Bengal bypolls: Seven candidates with serious criminal cases, another 7 crorepatisSeven of the 41 candidates in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly bypolls face serious criminal charges, according to an analysis of their af...
07 Nov, 2024, 03.17 PM IST
West Bengal: 10 out of 37 candidates contesting in 1st phase are crorepatisThe West Bengal Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), which scrutinised the affidavits, on Monday said three indepen...
09 Apr, 2024, 01.26 AM IST
Tripura Assembly Election; 45 candidates crorepatis, 41 have criminal cases: ReportDeputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma of the BJP who is contesting from the Charilam constituency is the wealthiest candidate with 15.58 c...
08 Feb, 2023, 02.58 PM IST
Goa Assembly polls: 26 per cent candidates booked in criminal casesThe highest number of candidates with criminal cases are with the Congress, followed by the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and BJP, i...
08 Feb, 2022, 03.10 PM IST
90% Rajya Sabha MPs are crorepatis: ADR reportAmong major parties, the average asset size per parliamentarian of 64 BJP MPs is Rs 27.80 crore, while it is Rs 40.98 crore for 50 belongin...
24 Mar, 2018, 11.48 PM IST
Net worth of richest West Bengal MLA Rs 40 crore, poorest has Rs 50,000The top ten richest candidates are from the Trinamool Congress which has won a second consecutive term.
26 May, 2016, 01.23 PM IST
244 crorepati candidates in West Bengal polls, TMC tops chart with 114In fact, among the highest growth of assets in top three sitting MLAs who are contesting is that of state Minister for Disaster Management,...
03 May, 2016, 11.49 AM IST
15 crorepatis, 33 with criminal cases in Phase 6 of West Bengal pollsAt least 15 crorepatis are in the fray for the sixth phase of the West Bengal assembly elections to be held on Thursday, while 33 have decl...
02 May, 2016, 08.20 PM IST
'Average assets of 45 MLAs recontesting in West Bengal 2nd phase polls has doubled'"If we look at the profiles of the re-contesting candidates, the number of crorepati candidates has increased to 16 in 2016 from four in 20...
14 Apr, 2016, 12.43 PM IST
Three candidates in Bengal's phase 2 polls have zero assetsAt least three candidates trying their luck in the second phase of West Bengal assembly elections on April 17 next have declared zero assets
13 Apr, 2016, 12.19 PM IST
Every third MP in 16th Lok Sabha has criminal charges: Association for Democratic ReformsEvery third MP in 16th LS has criminal charges while 82% of lawmakers have assets worth Rs one crore or more, as per Association for Democr...
18 May, 2014, 10.29 PM IST
One third candidates in Delhi poll fray are crorepatis: ReportOne-third of the 150 candidates who are in the fray for 7 Lok Sabha seats in Delhi are crorepatis with Kapil Sibal being the richest of the...
02 Apr, 2014, 09.31 PM IST
Fifty of 58 new Rajya Sabha members are crorepatisThis is higher than 67% crorepatis in Rajya Sabha in 2013 where 153 of the 227 members had assets of over a crore.
06 Feb, 2014, 09.13 AM IST
Presidential election: Mamata Banerjee’s aim is to create chaos, says Bengal CongressBengal Congress has taken a strong exception to its senior alliance partner TMC’s move to oppose Pranab Mukherjee’s candidature in the pres...
15 Jun, 2012, 04.19 AM IST
- The poor rich Indian MPs
The Association for Democratic Reforms, an NGO that works towards strengthening democracy and governance, says there are 315 crorepatis - p...
21 Aug, 2010, 02.20 AM IST
- 47 crorepatis in new Manmohan Singh government
With nearly Rs 90 crore, Praful Patel is the richest member of the Manmohan Singh government while Mamata Banerjee ranks at the bottom of t...
28 May, 2009, 11.14 PM IST
- Marxist crorepatis rule in Bengal
Marxist crorepatis! Sounds paradoxical? It isn’t. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s Cabinet now has two of this vaulted species. Law minister Rabil...
19 Jun, 2006, 12.33 AM IST