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New Assembly has more than 200 crorepati MLAs, average wealth Rs 23 crore

  •   Fri, May 10 2013 06:54:45 PM

New Assembly has more than 200 crorepati MLAs, average wealth Rs 23 crore

Bangalore, May 10 (PTI): The average asset per MLA in the 2013 Karnataka Assembly elections is Rs 23.54 crore, a nearly 135 per cent increase compared to the previous 2008 poll, when it was Rs 10.02 crore, according to an NGO.

Karnataka Election Watch (KEW) also said today 93 per cent or 203 MLAs of the total 218 analysed are crorepatis. In 2008, 63 per cent MLAs were crorepatis.

KEW said it analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 218 out of the 223 newly elected MLAs.

It said 92 re-elected MLAs have been analysed. Their average asset in 2008 was Rs 17.53 crore, which has gone up to Rs 30.15 crore, a growth of 72 per cent.

The maximum growth in assets in the last five years has been for D K Shivakumar (Congress), who has declared an increase of Rs 175.9 crore -- from Rs 75.5 crore in 2008 to Rs 251 crore in 2013. Assets of Priyakrishna (Congress) has increased by Rs 143.36 crore -- from Rs 767.6 crore to Rs 910.9 crore and that of Santhosh Lad (Congress) by Rs 124.8 crore -- from Rs 61.5 crore to Rs 186.4 crore

KEW said 34 per cent or 74 of the 218 MLAs analysed have declared criminal cases against them, compared to 20 per cent five years ago.

Out of these 74 MLAs, 39 have declared serious criminal cases like attempt to murder, kidnapping, dacoity, assault against women etc. Five MLAs have declared that they have murder-related cases against them. 11 MLAs have declared that they have been charged under Prevention of Corruption Act.

Out of 218 MLAs, five (two per cent) are women in the new Karnataka Assembly, compared to three in 2008.
  

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  • Richard Dlima, Shirva/Mumbai

    Sat, May 11 2013

    Mr. Siddu is clean politician till date, let him clean the system spoiled by previous government. I like his simple nature like Nijalinagappa.Expecting good government from Hon. Siddu.being a Socialist secular let it prevail and practice....

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  • simple, Bangalore

    Sat, May 11 2013

    Richard D'lima. Shirva

    First talk of the house then we talk about other houses - other wise it is like that oldage saying "Dusranchya dollyanth kisall aslyari distha, apnachya dollyanth mussall aslyari disana"
    First we will try to remove that 'Mussall' from our eyes so that we can see clearly and then go after those "Kisals" in others eyes.
    Operation successful

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  • Premnath, Udupi

    Sat, May 11 2013

    We are the one making them crorepathi by voting. Therefore, no regrets …...let them enjoy lavish life and fools like us struggle every day.After all India is still a developing country and only politicians are developing (by wealth)

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  • richardsfern, Mangalore, Oman

    Sat, May 11 2013

    In India it will be never ending story. In this country one has to become politician or film actor or Cricketer or underworld to live happily. Frustrated, we have a choice to write our comments in "DAIJIWORLD" and digest our feelings. We are happy to see the ink mark we get on our finger nail after voting. Good old days for common man will never comes unless one more Gandhiji born

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  • ESKEY, UDUPI

    Sat, May 11 2013

    All are CLEAN Crorepathis. Karnataka on road to prosperity. If the ones like Shivakumar, Priya and santhosh can achieve 300% to 500% growth NOT BEING IN POWER then can we guess what they are capable of? I an very curious to know the names of those unfortunate POOR MLS who are not yet crorepathis.

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  • Umesh. Salian, Uppala / Dubai

    Sat, May 11 2013

    this is nothing BOSS.. let.. 2018 come... SEE CONGres MLA's wealth..
    They are earners thru.. C>>>>>>>

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  • Rahul, Mulki

    Sat, May 11 2013

    Better now on raid crorepatis..
    It's going to increase by ten fold..
    Investigation starts now..it will complete before at least they become old..otherwise at last moment they land in hospital...due to fake illness..!!

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'Lore

    Sat, May 11 2013

    Here the crore 'levels' keep rising,never mind if the 'water' levels in all dams keep dwindling
    following which many do not even have a to drink!Need to check these 'levels' every three months and strictly at that!

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  • Peter, Bolkunje/Mangalore

    Sat, May 11 2013

    Now that we know that 200 MLAs' are crorepati, in years ahead, the public should be made aware of how much wealth each one will amass. The transparency should be maintained and their accounts shown in black and white, yearly, to the ones who put them in that place.

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  • G.Sadananda, Mlore/Mumbai

    Sat, May 11 2013

    It only goes to prove the common belief that money power is essential to win elections. Let us only hope that they will not be driven by greed to amass even more in their new roles. For, after all how much can you take with you when you leave this earth?

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  • Gerald dsouza, Riyadh

    Sat, May 11 2013

    Now only CROREPATIS,Within 5 years they will be BILLIONAIERS........

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  • Charles D'Mello, Pangala

    Fri, May 10 2013

    All politicians are after money and looters....what I feel is in Congress this will be less than BJP/JDS. We have to chose one better among them.

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  • c ferrer, mangalore

    Fri, May 10 2013

    It is very good that 200 out of 223 MLA's of the new Assembly are crorepatis.
    Lets see how many are so socially conscious that they will forgo their salaries, their perks,etc and hire their own security guards (why they need them when just a few weeks ago they were ordinary citizens beats me) so that the savings for the Govt can go to the poorest of the poor or maybe to do up the roads which are in a horrible condition (excluding the roads that were being used by the BJP rajas that were concreted)

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  • Nelson Pais, Mangalore

    Fri, May 10 2013

    Can someone throw light on at what point one's wealth becomes "Disproportionate to known sources of income?"

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Fri, May 10 2013

    M.L.A's need to be rich but not crorepati's. Hope,our new CM.a clean man, will look into this matter and take suitable steps to curb amassing of wealth by M.L.A's

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  • KRPrabhu, Kudla/Bangalore

    Fri, May 10 2013

    This is nothing.In previous BJP government each and every minister/MLA was crorepathis.Not only that after assuming power BJPs state level,dist level,taluk level functioneries,MPs ,RSS functioneries at various levels etc., have be ccomerorepathis.That was a great achievemnt by BJP government in a short span of time.Their next project was to make crorepathis each and every ordinary citizen of this state.Alas, we are ill fated citizens and lost a chance to become the target of their great project!Better luck next time.....

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  • Richard Dlima, Shirva/Mumbai

    Sat, May 11 2013

    Mr. Prabhu please pull central ministers are also this issue.don't drink milk like cat closing your eyes your so called non corrupt congis what they are doing in recent added case railgate and cbi.. please be impartial. please target all the corrupt politicians. we the general public voters we need clean governance dont act as party chamcha.

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  • KRPrabhu,

    Sat, May 11 2013

    Here reference was with regard to Karnataka politics....

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Fri, May 10 2013

    M.L.A's need to rich but not crorepati's. Hope,our new CM.a clean man, will look into this matter and take suitable steps to curb amassing of wealth by M.L.A's

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  • CYRIL MASCARENHAS, KIREM/MIRA ROAD/DUBAI

    Fri, May 10 2013

    GOOD NEWS KARNATAKA WILL BE RICHEST STATE IN INDIA..

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  • Shakeel, Mangalore/ Melbourne

    Sun, May 12 2013

    Cyril,,,

    Infact Politicians are more richest, Not Karnataka state.

    Hope Mr. Siddaramiah will maintain a strict law & order to stop the corruption and make Karnataka a richest state.

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