In the newly formed Tripura Cabinet, 3 out of the 9 ministers have declared pending criminal cases against them. Out of the 3 ministers, two have said in their affidavits that they have serious criminal cases pending against them.

The findings were made known in a report prepared by the Association for Democratic Reforms.

Out of the 9 Ministers, 6 are crorepatis and the average assets stand at Rs 2.83 crore.

The minister with the highest declared total assets is Jishnu Devvarma from Charilam constituency with assets worth Rs.11.07 crores. Pranajit Singha Roy comes second on the list with assets worth Rs 5 crore. Sudip Roy Barman is third with Rs 3 crore worth assets.

Santana Chakma has assets worth Rs 1 lakh. The second on this list of lowest assets are Mevar Kumar and Manoj Kanti Deb with assets worth Rs 26 lakh and Rs 41 lakh respectively.

The report also said that a total of 4 (44%) ministers have declared their age to be between 31-50 years while 5 (56%) ministers have declared their age to be between 51-80 years. Out of 9 ministers, only 1 is a woman.