9 ministers in the new government have pending criminal records, 1 has serious record
National Election Watch (NEW) has analyzed affidavits for all the ministers from Lok Sabha (66 out of 79) in the cabinet. Out of these, there are pending criminal cases against 9 ministers and 1 of them has a serious IPC charge as declared by themselves in their affidavits. INC has 7 such ministers; Trinamool Congress & DMK have 1 minister each with pending criminal records.
The ministers who have declared that they have pending criminal cases against them are Subodh Kant Sahay (INC), Wasnik Mukul Balkrishna (INC), Ajay Makan (INC), Harish Rawat (INC), Arun Yadav (INC), Pratik Prakashbabu Patil (INC), Pradeep Kumar Jain (INC), Adhikari Sisir
Kumar (AITC) and Gandhiselvan (DMK). Adhikari Sisir Kumar (AITC) has declared that there is a criminal charge of theft against him.
5 ministers have declared that they are charged with wrongful restraint- Ajay Makan, Wasnik Mukul Balkrishna, Arun Yadav, Pratik Prakashbabu Patil & Pradeep Kumar Jain. The detailed list of all the charges against these ministers is attached in the report.
