MY DEAR INDIANS
As
the outrage grows against the heinous incident of rape in Delhi and
as the parliament discusses the issue, we looked at the background of
our lawmakers(MPs and MLAs) with respect to rape cases and other crimes against
women based on their self sworned affidavits. While several MPs showed disgust
about the case in the parliament and some also showed helplessness about the
situation, we found that there are several lawmakers which have similar cases
pending on them as per their last affidavit declaration to the ECI.
What
we also found to be appalling was that even larger number of such people have
been given tickets by the parties to contest elections in last 5 years. This
includes several of our major parties. Here are the highlights of the report:
Highlights
MPs/ MLAs
6 MLAs have declared that they have charges of rape
against themselves in their sworn affidavits submitted with the Election
Commission of India at the time of their election.
- Of these 6 MLAs with declared rape cases, 3 are from SP namely Sribhagwan Sharma, Anoop Sanda and Manoj Kumar Paras from Uttar Pradesh, 1 from BSP namely Mohd. Aleem Khan from Uttar Pradesh, 1 of BJP namely Jethabhai G.Ahir from Gujarat and 1 of TDP namely Kandikunta Venkata Prasad from Andhra Pradesh.
- 36 other MLAs have declared that they have other charges of crimes against women such as outraging the modesty of a woman, assault, insulting the modesty of a woman etc.
- Of the 36 MLAs who have declared that they have charges of crimes against women, 6 MLAs are from INC , 5 from BJP and 3 from SP.
- U.P. has the maximum number of MLAs (8) who have declared that they have charges of crimes against women, followed by Orissa and West Bengal with 7 MLAs each
- 2 MPs, namely Semmalai S of ADMK from Salem constituency in Tamil Nadu and Adhikari Suvendu of AITC from Tamluk constituency in West Bengal, have declared that they have charges of crimes against women, such as cruelty and intent to outrage a woman’s modesty etc.
Political Parties gave tickets to 27 candidates who
contested the State Elections in the last five years, who have declared that
they have been charged with rape.
- Of these 7 are Independent candidates, 5 have been given tickets by SP, 2 have been given tickets by BJP and 2 are BSP candidates.
- Out of these 27 candidates who declared rape charges, 10 are from Uttar Pradesh, and 5 are from Bihar.
- Political Parties also gave tickets to 260 other contesting candidates in the Legislative Assembly Elections held in the last five years have declared that they have charges of crimes against women such as outraging the modesty of a woman, assault, insulting the modesty of a woman etc.
- Out of the 260 candidates who declared that they have been charged with crimes against women, 72 are IND candidates, 24 have been given tickets by the BJP, 26 candidates have been given tickets by the INC, 16 have been given tickets by the SP and 18 have been given tickets by BSP.
- Maharasthra has the maximum number of such candidates (41), followed by Uttar Pradesh (37) and West Bengal (22).
In Lok Sabha 2009 Elections,
political parties gave tickets to 6 candidates who declared that they have been
charged with rape,
- Of these, 1 is from RPP, 1 from RCP, 1 from BSP, 1 from JMM and 2 Independent candidates.
- Out of these 6 candidates who declared rape charges 3 are from Bihar, 1 from Delhi, 1 from Uttar Pradesh and 1 from Andhra Pradesh
- 34 other contesting candidates from the Lok Sabha 2009 General Elections declared that they have charges of crimes against women.
- 12 out of the other 34 Lok Sabha 2009 candidates declared that they have been charged with crimes against women, 77 are IND candidates, 4 are BSP candidates and 2 each from AITC and CPI (ML) (L).
- Maximum cases of crimes against women are against candidates from Bihar (9), followed by Maharashtra (6), and Uttar Pradesh (5).
Source: National ElectionWatch/Association for Democratic Reforms
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