Criminal case against 6 out of 6 ministers in the new Union Cabinet

New Delhi, Dt

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expanded for the first time in his second term, bringing the number of cabinets to six, with four new faces being added to the Union Cabinet on Wednesday. Out of 8 ministers in the central government, 6 per cent, i.e. 7 ministers, have criminal cases registered against them, out of which 7 have been charged with murder, attempted murder and serious offenses related to robbery.

According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a group that raises awareness for electoral rights in the country, 70 per cent of the new central government ministers are billionaires. Analyzing the election affidavits filed by the ministers, the ADR said that 20 ministers in the new cabinet are crorepatis, with Rs. More than 1 crore assets have been declared. Jyotiraditya Scindia (over Rs 3 crore), Piyush Goyal (over Rs 3 crore), Narayan Rane (over Rs 2 crore) and Rajiv Chandrasekhar (over Rs 3 crore) are among the 'High Asset Ministers' of the Union Government. Is.

The proportion of ministers with criminal cases has increased by three per cent since the cabinet expansion. In the new cabinet, 7 out of 9 ministers, or 21 per cent, have declared criminal cases against them, including John Barla, Nitish Pramanik, Pankaj Chaudhary, V. Serious criminal cases related to attempted murder have been registered against Muralitharan.

When the first cabinet was sworn in in 2014, 9 per cent of the nine ministers had declared criminal cases against them. Even in that cabinet, 51 per cent of the ministers were crorepatis, the ADR report said. According to the report, the average wealth of ministers in the new cabinet is Rs. 12.5 crore. Among the least wealthy ministers in the cabinet are Pratima Bhaumik of Tripura (Rs 3 lakh), John Barla of West Bengal (Rs 15 lakh), Kailash Chaudhary of Rajasthan (Rs 5 lakh), Bishweshwar Tudu of Odisha (Rs 3 lakh) and V. of Maharashtra. . Muralitharan (Rs. 3 lakh).

The ADR report on the educational qualifications of the new ministers said that 21 ministers are post graduates. Nine ministers have doctoral degrees while 12 ministers are graduates and vocational graduates. Only two ministers have passed eighth standard, three tenth standard and seven 12th standard.