INDIAN DEMOCRACY – AN EXAMPLE!!!!
165 MLA`s of the 288 new legislators, elected recently have criminal cases against
them, with 115 charged with serious offences of murder, attempt to murder,
kidnapping, and crimes against women and communal disharmony, a watchdog said
on Tuesday.
Among 165, 51 (31 percent) already have charges framed against
them in various courts of law, said a study by the Maharashtra Election Watch
and Association for Democratic Reforms (MEW-ADR).
Three legislators have murder
cases lodged, while 15, have cases of attempt to murder against them.
In crimes against women, 11
legislators have cases against them, while eight have admitted to cases
pertaining to sexual assault or criminal force against a woman with the intent
to outrage her modesty against them, the MEW-ADR said.
Three legislators have cases of
causing communal disharmony, while 14 - are charged with robberies or
dacoities. Nine legislators have cases related to kidnappings against them.
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