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RAJASTHAN ELECTION WATCH (2008)

CRIMINIAL AND FINANCIAL BACKGROUND OF MLAs AND CANDIDATES

ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2008

ASSOCIATION FOR DEMOCRATIC REFORMS

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RAJASTHAN ELECTION WATCH 2008

CRIMINAL AND FINANCIAL BACKGROUND OF MLAs AND CANDIDATES

ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2008

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Contents

Sr.No. Description Page No.

1 Media Coverage 2 All India Election Watch Contact & Resource List 3 Report on Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2008 4 Financial Background & Criminal Records First List of

Ministers

5 Financial Background of Winners and Candidates 6 Criminal Background of MLAs 7 Voters’ Right to Know 8 Background on ADR and National Election Watch

Press Coverage for Rajasthan Election Watch 2008

S No. Date Newspaper Details

1. 8th Nov 2008

Hindustan Times NGO plan march to create poll awareness

2. 9th Nov 2008

Dainik Navjyoti Vote de magar soch samajhkar

3. 9th Nov 2008

Times of India Election Watch to hol rally to create awareness among voters

4. 9th Nov 2008

Dainik Bhasker Lokmat yatra shuru

5. 9th Nov 2008

Rajasthan Patrika Loktantra Humara

6. 10th Dec 2008

Hindustan Times 25 MLAs with criminal past

7. 10th Nov 2008

Bhasker Janta ko batayenge vote ki takat

8. 10 Nov 2008

Dainik Navjyoti Loktantra ka matlab hain logon ka raj rai

9. 10th Nov 2008

Patrika Buniyadi mudda par ho chunau

10. 10th Nov 2008

Bhilwara Bhasker Ghotala Raj ki jai jaikar

11. 11th Nov 2008

Dainik Navjyoti Buniyadi muddo par ladna chahiye chunao

12. 12th Nov 2008

Dainik Navjyoti Chunawi dalgat rajniti ko sudharne ke liye lok rajniti jaruri

13. 12th Nov 2008

Rajasthan patrika Janta ki kahi janta ki suni

14. 12th Nov 2008

Rajasthan Patrika Bhrast Pratyashi chune-Aruna Roy

15. 19th Nov 2008

Hindustan Times Parties have room for tainted candidates

16. 20th Nov 2008

Dainik Bhasker Neta-Afsar malke ghotala kar gaya re

22nd Nov 2008

Dainik Navjyoti Swacha vote pranali se swacha rajniti swambhav: Aruna roy

17. 23rd Nov 2008

Dainik Bhaskar Ghotala Rath Yatra Begins

18. 23rd Nov 2008

Rajasthan Patrika Lokmat yatra rajsamand pahuchi

19. 23rd Nov 2008

Pratkal Ghotala Rath yatra nikali

20. 24th Nov 2008

Dainik Bhasker Ghotala rathyatra devgarh pahuchi

21. 24th Nov 2008

Hinduatan Times Activists to question parties

22. 26th Nov 2008

Dainik Navjyoti Ghotala Rath Yatra Begins

23. 27th Nov 2008

Hindustan Times Volunteers compile data on poll candidates

24. 28th Nov 2008

Hindustan Times Voters want to know parties agenda

ALL INDIA ELECTION WATCH CONTACT & RESOURCE LIST

Association for Democratic Reforms, B 1/6, Hauzkhas, New Delhi – 110 016 National Coordinator Mr. Anil Bairwal 011- 65901524 +91- 9999310100 [email protected] North Zone Coordinator Mr. Jaskirat Singh +91- 9316084953 [email protected] Andhra Pradesh Election Watch Mr. Ajay Gandhi +91- 9963077444 [email protected] www.apelectionwatch.org Ms. Sowmya Kidambi +919490469329 [email protected]. Rakesh Reddy Dubbudu +91- 9885419012 [email protected] Arunachal Pradesh Election Watch Mr. Dushan +91- 9862569134 [email protected] Assam Election Watch Mr. Tasaduk Ariful Hussain +91- 9435054775 [email protected]

Chhattisgarh Election Watch Mr. Gautam Bandyopadhyay +91- 9826171304 [email protected]. Uma Prakash Ojha +91- 9425210113 [email protected] Goa Election Watch Mr. Ajit Ranade +91- 9702215312 [email protected] Gujarat Election Watch Prof. Jagdeep Chhokar +91- 9999620944 [email protected]. Pankati +91- 9909006791 079-26821553 Anand/Manoj 079 - 2646 1629 Himachal Pradesh Election Watch Mr. J.R Ramoul +91- 9418023307, 9418618400 [email protected] Jammu & Kashmir Election Watch Dr Muzaffar Bhatt [email protected] Jharkhand Election Watch Mr. Sudhir Pal +91- 9431107277 [email protected]

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Bihar Election Watch Mr. Anjesh Kumar +91- 9334397067 9431251351 [email protected] Kerala Election Watch Mr. Satish Babu +91- 9447027274 +91 471 2314060/ 4016781 [email protected] www.electionwatchkerala.orgMr. V.Vivekanandan +91-9847084840 Madhya Pradesh Election Watch Mr. Rakesh Ranjan +91- 9826326708 [email protected] [email protected] Maharashtra Election Watch Mr. Ajit Ranade +91- 9820215312 [email protected] Nitin Valame +91- 9821086201 [email protected] Manipur Election Watch Mr. Sumorjit +91-9436294734/ 9862496991 [email protected] Meghalaya Election Watch Ms. Mayfreen Ryntathiang +91- 9862106870 [email protected]

Karnataka Election Watch Mr. Trilochan Sastry +91- 9448353285 [email protected]. Sindhu Naik +91-9900191517 [email protected]. Sridhar Pabbisetty +91- 9916298421 [email protected] Orissa Election Watch Mr. Ranjan Mohanty +91- 9437013723 [email protected] Punjab Election Watch Mr. Kamal Anand +91- 9417238325 [email protected]. Hitendra Jain +91- 9463030600 [email protected]. U.K.Sharda +91- 9815083955 [email protected] Singh +91- 9316084953 [email protected]. Hemant Goswami 094178-68044 [email protected] Rajasthan Election Watch Mr. Nikhil Dey +91-9414001480 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]. Kamal Tank +91- 9214641706 [email protected]



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Mizoram Election Watch Mr. Vanlalruata Pachuau +91- 9863373928 [email protected] Nagaland Election Watch Ms. Hekani Jakhalu +91- 9436077394 [email protected] Haryana Election Watch Mr. Jaskirat Singh +91- 9316084953 [email protected] West Bengal Election Watch Dr. Deepika Kedia +91-9831239520 [email protected] Uttarakhand Election Watch Mr. Ravi 0135- 2773849 +91- 9411135976 [email protected] Delhi Election Watch Mr. Anil Bairwal 011- 65901524 +91- 9999310100 [email protected] Orissa Election Watch Mr. Ranjan Mohanty +91- 9437013723 [email protected]

Tamil Nadu Election Watch Prof Sudarsan P 044-2257-4526 [email protected]. Kris Dev [email protected] Tripura Election Watch Mr. Biswendu +91-9436125214 [email protected] Uttar Pradesh Election Watch Mr. Ishwar Dwivedi +91- 9415001468 [email protected]. Navin Chandra Tiwari +91- 9935008249 [email protected] Lenin +91- 9935599333 [email protected]. Vineet Gavri +91- 9916712675 [email protected]. Sanjay Rai +91- 9415121462 [email protected]. Sanjay Singh Parmarth +91- 9415114151 [email protected]. Mahesh Anand +91- 9415233694 [email protected]. Snehvir Pundir +91- 9837250111 [email protected]



















Rajasthan Election Watch 2008 Report on 20008 Assembly Elections

This report is an outcome of a state wide, non-political, non-partisan initiative of civil society.

The main objective of Rajasthan Election Watch (REW) was to disseminate information on the

electoral process and candidates in an unbiased and neutral manner so that voters can make an

informed choice. In partnership with other organizations around India, REW seeks to raise voter

awareness and work towards cleaner politics and governance on an ongoing basis beyond the

elections. The first REW was carried out during the 2003 Assembly Elections in Rajasthan.

While the process followed in this REW was the same as that in 2003, there were some key

factors which made a qualitative difference to the outcome. The process of affidavit filing and

making the same available to the citizens is now streamlined into a single-window system by the

Election Commission; as a result it was much easier to access information on candidates.

Second, the availability of data from two consecutive elections, added a new dimension to the

analysis, making it possible to compare the data of re-contesting candidates and winners on

important attributes.

The report has information on the following category of candidates and MLA’s:

i. All candidates who contested the 2008 elections

ii. MLA’s who won in the respective constituencies

iii. The first ministry which was announced by the new government

Each section provides an analysis of the candidates and winners financial and criminal records.

A short analysis on women representation among the candidates as well as amongst the winner’s

is presented. There is also a comparison with information from 2004 elections regarding changes

in financial between the two elections. All the information in this report was obtained from the

election commission which made available the affidavits filed by the candidates along with their

nomination papers. These affidavits are now required to be filed as per the Supreme Court

judgments of May 2nd, 2002 and March 13th, 2003 in response to a petition filed by the

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Please also see www.adrindia.org which has links

to other websites.

How representative is the assembly?

This was the first election after delimitation of constituencies in Rajasthan. The number of

constituencies remained at 200 but some regions had more constituency and other’s less. The

Bharatiya Janata Pary (BJP) won 78 seats, the congress (INC) 96, Bahujan Samajwadi Party

(BSP) won 6, others 6 and independent 14. The government was formed by the INC with

Party % of Votes Cast % of Registered Voters

INC 36.81 24.46

BJP 34.27 22.77

BSP 7.6 5.05

Others 14.95 9.93

Table 1: How representative is the Assembly

strength of 96 and support of independent candidates.

The poling percentage according to the election commission was 66.44%. The votes obtained by

the 3 major parties are as given in table 1.

Party-wise % of votes cast

INC, 37%

BJP, 34%

BSP, 8%

Others, 15%

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As seen in table 1, it was largely a two way contest and none of the parties got any where near

50% of the votes cast.

The BJP for instance, got 34.27% of the total votes cast, and only 22.77% of the total registered

votes and INC obtained 36.8 of total votes casts and 24.46% of the total registered votes.

Table 2 shows the percentage of votes by different categories of constituencies. While in 35 seats

the winner’s got more than 50% of the total votes cast, there are no seats where the winner

obtained more than 50% of the total registered votes.

% of Vote cast obtain

by winner

Number of

Constituency

% of Registered votes

obtain by winners

Number of

constituency

>50% 35 >50% 0

40%-50% 88 40%-50% 4

30%-40% 60 30%-40% 71

25%-30% 12 25%-30% 69

20%-25% 5 20%-25% 37

15%-20% 0 15%-20% 17

15%< 0 15%< 2

Total 200 Total 200

Table 2: Percentage of votes by Constituency

Party As

winner

As Runner

up to INC

As Runner

up to BJP

As Runner

up to BSP

Votes polled by

losers

Total votes

polled

INC 5085607 - 2626063 128668 574345 8871978

BJP 3951065 3596327 - 31176 467440 8258729

BSP 238458 20736 267906 - 1277604 1832183

Table 3: Votes polled by Party

When we examine the actual votes polled by each of the major parties as given in table 3, we

find that the Congress secured 50.85 Lakh votes in the seats it won and 5.74 Lakh votes in the

seats lost. Similarly BJP obtained 39.51 Lakh and 4.67 Lakh respectively. The INC clearly had a

straight fight with BJP. The BJP was a runner up in 84 of the 96 seats that the INC won.

Women’s Representation

As the following table shows representation of women as candidates and as MLA’s is very low.

Only 154 female contested out of 2194 contestants and there are only 28 women MLA’s out of

200. None of the political parties gave anything near 33% of the seats to women.

Taking all this into account, it seems that the MLA’s do not really represent majority of the

voter’s.

INC BJP BSP Other Parties

Independents Total

Women

Candidates 23 32 12 34 53 154

MLA’s 13 13 0 0 2 28

Men

Candidates 177 161 187 545 970 2040

MLA’s 83 65 6 6 12 172

% women Candidates

11.5 19.8 6.0 5.8 5.1 7.0

%women MLA’s

13.5 16.6 0 0 14.2 14

Table 4: Women Candidates and MLAs

Distribution of Candidates Party-Wise and Gender-Wise

23 32 12 34 53

177 161 187

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INC BJP BSP Other Parties Independents

Women CandidatesMen Candidates

Money power of winning candidates

As the table shows below, the chances of winning are higher for candidates with more assets. At

one extreme, barely 1% of candidates with declared assets of Rs. 5 Lakhs or less won. At the

other, 34% of candidates with declared assets of Rs 3 Cr or more won.

Assets of Candidates

Low (Rs 5 Lakhs or less)

Medium(Rs 5Lakhs to 40 Lakhs)

High(Rs 40 Lakhs to 3 Cr)

Very High (Rs 3 Cr and more)

% winners 1% 7% 24% 34%

Table 5: Percentage of Winners to Candidates in each Asset Category

The average assets of winner’s was 1.99 Crores and that of losers was 0.58 Crore. The average

assets of a Congress MLA is 1.85 Crore, BJP is 1.78 Crore, BSP MLA is 3.45 Crore and the

Independents is even higher at 4.13 Crores. This is a disturbing trend since ordinary citizens

have almost no chance of entering Politics.

The following table shows the increase in assets of Candidates and MLA’s between 2003 and

2008. 11 MLAs reported high assets increase. Their declared assets went up from Rs 13.14

Crores to 58.06 Crores, showing a net increase of 44.91 Crores which is almost 5188%.

Candidates and MLAs with Asset Increase from 2003 to 2008 Elections

Political Party

No. of Candidate

Assets in 2003

Assets in 2008

Increase in Assets

Average Assets candidates/ MLA

Average Increase Candidates/MLA

%Increa

se

INC 40 389744506 642493169 252748663 15737671 6318717 15072%

BJP 57 404590553 1200871983 796281430 21067930 13969850 14184%

IND 8 21609456 38242115 16632659 4780264 2079082 890%

Others 5 8756411 22226731 13470320 4445346 2694064 1010%

Total 110 824700926 1903833998 1079133072 46031211 25061713 31156%

MLAs with High Asset Increase from 2003 to 2008 Elections (Rs. Cr)

INC 2 10076455 107942590 97866135 53971295 48933068 4891%

BJP 9 121,397,900 472,671,856 351,273,956 52,519,095 39,030,440 297%

Total 11 131474355 580614446 449140091 106490390 87963508 5188%

Table 6: Candidates and Winners increase in Assets

Criminal Records

There were a total of 225 Candidates with criminal records and 30 of them have got elected in

the 2008 Assembly Elections. The BJP has 7 elected MLA’s with criminal records, the INC has

13, BSP has 3, Independent has 5 and others have 2. Thus, there are a total of 30 MLA’s with

criminal records in the 2008 assembly. It is ironic that one cannot get a government job with a

criminal case, but it is possible to get elected as an MLA.

There are a total of 66 cases of a serious nature including murder, attempt to murder, rape,

dacoity, theft, outraging modesty of women, causing hurt using dangerous weapon, cheating and

forgery. Several MLAs have multiple cases against them. Table 7 gives a summary of serious

offences .As seen in the table, there were 66 cases of a serious nature of which elected MLAs

had 10 cases.

Crime INC BJP BSP Others Total No. of cases

Cand Win Cand Win Cand Win Cand Win Cand Win

Murder 1

- - - 2 - 4 - 7 -

Attempt to Murder - - 1 1 5 2 3 1 9 4

Rape - - - - - - - - -

Dacoity - - - - 1 - 2 - 3

Outraging Modesty of Women

1 1 - - - - - - 1 1

Causing Hurt using dangerous weapon

1 - 1 1 1 - 3 - 6 1

Bribery - - - - - - - - -

Cheating 1 - 1 1 1 - 12 - 15 1

Theft 1 - 2 - 3 1 11 1 17 2

Forgery 1 - 1 1 2 - 4 - 8 1

Total No of cases 6 1 6 4 15 3 39 2 66 10

Total Candidates/Winners with Criminal Records

24 13 20 7 27 3 155 6 215 40

Table 7: Candidates and winners with serious offenses

Serious Cases Party-wise

61

6 4

15

3

39

2

66

10

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Cand Win Cand Win Cand Win Cand Win Cand WinINC BJP BSP Others Total No. of cases

Total No of serious cases

6 1 6 415

3

39

2

2413 20

7

27

3

155

60

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

Cand Win Cand Win Cand Win Cand WinINC BJP BSP Others

Total No ofseriouscases

TotalCandidates/WinnerswithCriminalRecords

No. of candidates with criminal Records

No. of

Const.

Constituencies Winners with Crime Records

Winners without Crime Records

% Clean Winners

0 67 There are 67 constituencies with 0 criminal records

0 67 100%


9 66 88%


9 25 74%


8 8 50%


3 3 50%


1 1 50%

Total 200 30 170 85%

Murder or attempt to murder cases:-

Const with one candidate

16 Anupgarh,Sangaria,Sadulpur,Surajgarh, Nawalgarh, Udaipurwati, Chomu, HawaMahal, Bansur, Dholpur, Karauli, Malpura, Ajmer South, Nathswara, Ladpura, Chhabra

4 12 75%

Table 8: Crime, Constituencies and winner

Does crime pay?

Do candidates with criminal record have a higher chance of winning? Analysis of the data shows

that this is not at all true. There are 225 candidates with pending criminal cases while there are

only 30 elected MLA’s out of 200 with cases against them. This difference in numbers indicates

that the voters have not really preferred candidates with criminal records. Further as table 8

shows, wherever voters had a significant choice between clean and tainted candidates, from the

major parties, they have largely chosen the clean ones. Thus, while INC had 24 candidates with

criminal records only 10 got elected. Similarly in BJP 7 out of 20, BSP 3 out of 27, CPM 1 out of

12 got elected. While there were 83 Independent candidates with criminal records only 5 got

elected. It is interesting to note that from other parties no tainted candidate got elected. Thus one

may reasonable conclude that Voters decisively rejected tainted candidates.

Conclusion The Indian National Congress won 96 seats in the 200 member Assembly and received the

support of 8 Independents to get majority. Ashok Gehlot who spear headed the Congress

Campaign and was the Chief Minister between 1998 and 2003 was sworn in as the Chief

Minister for a second term in office. 11 cabinet and two state ministers have been included in

the newly formed Ashok Gehlot led Congress Government in Rajasthan.

Out of 14 ministers two have criminal charges against them and 30 MLAs out of 200 are tainted.

It is amazing how our system which does not permit even a class 4 job to be taken up if the

candidate has a pending case against him, allows a tainted person to get elected as MLA or

Minister.

As seen in the discussion above, chances of winning are higher for candidates with more assets.

While at one extreme, barely 1% of candidates with declared assets of Rs. 5 Lakhs or less won,

at the other, 34% of candidates with declared assets of Rs 3 Cr or more won. This is a very

disturbing trend as ordinary men might not get an opportunity to enter politics which has

essentially become a game of money and muscle power.

Finally Representation of women also continues to be very low. While only 154 female

contested out of 2194, 28 got elected in the 200 member Assembly. Further only 35 MLAs

obtained 50% of the votes cast. In fact no party secured anything near 50% of the votes cast. The

ruling party INC obtained 37% of the votes. Thus one may logically infer that the Government

might be stable but not a representative one.

The Republic of India is known to be the Worlds largest democracy. However the increasing

criminalization of politics and other related ill practices has made a mockery of Indian

Democracy. To preserve Democracy the nexus between crime, money and politics need to be

broken. Moreover the floor has to be set open for wider debate on reforms and alternate systems

including proportional representation, direct election of the chief minister and a requirement that

the winner must get at least 50% of the votes cast. Greater Transparency in election expenses is

also needed in increase the accountability of political parties and the information should be made

available to the voters well in advance to facilitate informed voting. Since, the political system

has not shown much interest in such reforms, the imperative now lies upon the citizens to carry

this work forward.

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Financial Background & Criminal Records

of the First List of Ministers

First Ministry (Dec 2008) at a Glance Party Number Total

Assets (in Cr)

Total Liabilities (in Cr)

Average Assets

Average Liabilities

No. with Criminal Record

INC Ministers

10 22.17 0.46 2.21 0.04 1

Independent Ministers

4 2.37 0 0.59 0 1

Total 14 24.54 0.46 2.8 0.04 2

Comparison of Ministers Assets and Liabilities with other MLAs and Candidates INC

Ministers Independent Ministers

Overall Ministry

INC MLAs

IND MLAs

Other MLAs

Average Assets

2.21 0.59 2.8 1.84 4.12 0.39

Average Liabilities

0.04 0 0.04 0.05 0.18 0.009

MLAs Assets and Liabilities (Rs Cr) Political Party

No. of MLAs

Assets Liabilities Average Assets/MLA

Average Liabilities/MLA

% of total Assets

INC 96 177.4 5.33 1.84 0.05 44.65 BJP 78 138.99 6.43 1.78 0.08 34.98 BSP 6 20.7 0.55 3.45 0.09 5.21 IND 14 57.81 2.54 4.12 0.18 14 Others 6 2.35 0.05 0.39 0.009 5.99 Total 200 397.25 14.9 11.58 0.409 104.83

Candidates and MLAs with Asset Increase from 2003 to 2008 Elections

Political Party

No. of Candidate

Assets in 2003 Assets in 2008

Increase in Assets

Average Assets candidates/ MLA

Average Increase Candidates/MLA

%Increas

e

INC 40 389744506 642493169 252748663 15737671 6318717 15072%

BJP 57 404590553 1200871983 796281430 21067930 13969850 14184%

IND 8 21609456 38242115 16632659 4780264 2079082 890%

Others 5 8756411 22226731 13470320 4445346 2694064 1010%

Total 110 824700926 1903833998 1079133072 46031211 25061713 31156%

MLAs with High Asset Increase from 2003 to 2008 Elections (Rs. Cr)

INC 2 10076455 107942590 97866135 53971295 48933068 4891%

BJP 9 121,397,900 472,671,856 351,273,956 52,519,095 39,030,440 297%

Total 11 131474355 580614446 449140091 106490390 87963508 5188%

Const.no

Constituency Candidate Party Criminal Record (YES/ NO)

Total No. of Cases

Details of Criminal record (IPC Sections)

IPC Code Descriptions Total Assets Total Liablities

Educational Qualification

127 Sardarpura Ashok Gehlot INC NO 0 NO NO 10,750,647 0 L.L.B.

59 Tijara Aimuddin Ahmed urf Durru Miyan

INC NO 0 NO NO 36,850,126 0 1st Year T.D.C

188 Sangod Bharat Singh INC NO 0 NO NO 21,557,523 0 B.A

121 Sumerpur Beena Kak INC NO 0 NO NO 8,550,000 1,241,000 B.SC

49 Hawamahal Brijkishore Sharma INC NO 0 NO NO 35,936,252 0 Diploma in Electrical

Engineering139 Gudamalani Hema Ram Chaudhury INC NO 0 NO NO 27,027,574 40,000 LLB

24 Sujangarh Master Bhanwarlal INC NO 0 NO NO 10,707,501 0 M.A.

125 Osian Mahipal Maderna INC NO 0 NO NO 6,153,439 0 L.L.B.

165 Bagidogra Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya

INC YES 1 32,33 RAJASTHAN FOREST ACT

32,33 RAJASTHAN FOREST ACT 9,127,702 2,071,994 BA

189 Kota North Shanti Dhariwal INC NO 0 NO 55,130,933 1,300,000 L.L.B

85 Bandikui Ram Kishore Saini IND NO 0 NO 710,749 0 L.L.B

86 Mahuwa Golma Devi IND NO 0 NO NO 6,527,805 0 Iliterate

89 Lalsot Parsadi Lal Meena IND YES 3 143, 353/ 143, 342/ 143, 283,

(143) : Punishment(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty(143) : Punishment(342) : wrongful Confinement(143) : Punishment(283) : Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation

4,515,000 0 11th Pass

106 Ladnun Harji Ram Burdak IND NO 0 NO NO 11,988,610 0 Hindi Bhasha

First List of Ministers Rajasthan Assembly 2008, December 2008:14 Members

INC:10 members Total Assets-Rs.22.17 Crores;Total Liabilities-Rs 0.46 Cr; Avg Assets-2.21 Cr, Avg Liabilities- Rs.0.04 Cr

Criminal Record-1IND: 4 members Total Assets-Rs 2.37 Cr; Total Liabilities- 0

Avg Assets-Rs 0.59 Cr Criminal Record-1

RAJASTHAN ELECTION WATCH

Assembly Elections 2008

Financial Background

Winners and candidates

Winners, Losers and Assets

Low Assets (less than Rs 0.5Cr)

Assets between Rs.0.5 Cr and Rs.3 Cr

High Assets (Between Rs 3 Cr and 20 Cr)

Very High Assets (>20 Cr)

Won Lost Won Lost Won Lost Won Lost INC 37 40 50 47 12 15 2 2 BJP 24 48 42 53 12 10 0 2 BSP 3 129 2 55 1 10 0 0 Others 10 1356 2 192 2 28 1 3 Total 74 1573 96 347 27 63 3 7 Total Assets (Rs Crore)

19.27 181.51 121.75 381.08 163.23 363.37 93.00 228.62

Average Assets (Rs. Crore)

0.26 0.11 1.2 1.09 6.04 5.76 31.00 32.60

In the above table it can be seen that 7 out of 10 candidates with very high declared assets and 63 out of 90 candidates with high assets lost, indicating that owning large assets does not guarantee a win. Yet, it appears that high assets did influence a chance of wining. The chances of winning are higher for candidates with more assets. While at one end barely 4.49 % of candidates with declared assets of Rs 50 Lakhs or less won, at the other, 30% of candidates with declared assets of Rs 3 Cr or more won.

Const.no Constituency Candidate Name Party Total Assets Total liablities


94 Malpura Ranveer Pahalwan IND 367,761,710 7,600,000 8th

7 Sangaria Param Navdeep INC 322,152,496 1,851,385 BSC

170 Nimbahera Anjana Udailal INC 240,100,564 0 B.COM II

42 Shahpura Rao Rajendra Singh BJP 189,112,000 1,000,000 BA

90 Gangapur Ramkesh BSP 173,722,839 0 M.A

13 West Bikaner Gopal Krishnan BJP 150,378,000 1,882,000 Phd

MLAs with Very High Declared Assets (>15 Crores); 6 MLAs with Assets wirth Rs 144.3 Crores; Liabilities worth Rs. 1.23 Cr:

Average Assets 24 Cr; Average Liability Rs. 20 Lakhs

Const.no Constituency Candidate Party Total Assets Total Liablities Educational Qualification

171 Bari Sadri Prakash Chandra Chaudhury INC 94201000 0 NG

3 Karanpur Gurmeet Singh Kunnar IND 86102862 0 12th Pass

20 Taranagar Rajendra Rathore BJP 74703173 0 D.L.L

4 Suratgarh Ganga Jal INC 68841412 0 PUC

55 Sanganer Ghanshyam Tiwari BJP 58665716 7949963 L L B/B.COM

189 Kota North Shanti Kumar Dhariwal INC 55130933 1300000 L.L.B

193 Anta Pramod Kumar Bhaya INC 53673343 2974627 12th Pass

61 Mundawar Major O.P. Yadav INC 48382466 1300000 F.S.C.

130 Luni Malkhan Singh INC 47739202 11651937 M.A.

18 Nokha Kanhayi Lal jhanwar IND 44681000 15980000 9th PASS

47 Amber Ganga Sahay INC 44650072 2624222 BA

73 Bharatpur Vijay Bansal BJP 39112741 1721193 B.SC.Ist yr

79 Dholpur Abdul Sageer Khan BJP 38750000 1400000 L.L.B

80 Rajakhera Raveendra Singh Bohara BJP 38737084 2000 L.L.B

59 TIJARA Aimuddin urf Durru Miyan INC 36850126 0 1st YEAR T.D.C

53 Adarsh Nagar Ashok Parnami BJP 36600165 16387176 Grdauate

49 HawaMahal Brij Kishore sharma INC 35936252 0 DIPLOMA IN Electrical Engineering

198 Jhalrapatan Vasundhara Raje BJP 31516740 0 B.A.

MLAs with High Declared Assets (Between Rs. 3 Crores and less than 15 Crores): INC 12 MLAs, BJP 10 MLAs, IND 2. Total 24 MLAs. Total Assets 111.91Cr,

Total Liabilitites Rs. 6.59Cr, Average Assets Rs.4.66 Cr, Average Liabilities 27.33 Lakhs

Const.no Constituency Candidate Party Total Assets Total Liablities Educational Qualification

MLAs with High Declared Assets (Between Rs. 3 Crores and less than 15 Crores): INC 12 MLAs, BJP 10 MLAs, IND 2. Total 24 MLAs. Total Assets 111.91Cr,

Total Liabilitites Rs. 6.59Cr, Average Assets Rs.4.66 Cr, Average Liabilities 27.33 Lakhs

56 Bagru Ganga Devi INC 31431762 477054 Literate

10 Nohar Abhiskek Matoria BJP 31316665 458595 Ist Year Commerce

96 Tonk Zakiya INC 30802500 0 M.SC

136 Baytoo Col Sonaram INC 30740135 1372856 B.E

50 VidyadharNagar Narpat Singh Rajvi BJP 30333227 0 B.A

83 Karauli Rohini Kumar BJP 30281000 0 12th Pass

Const.no

Constituency Candidate Party Total Assets Total Liablities Educational Qualification

123 Lohawat GAJENDRA SINGH KHINVSAR

BJP 29,810,010 0 B.B.A.

37 Khandela BANSHIDHAR BJP 28,474,568 210,319 B.Com

139 GUDAMALANI HEMARAM CHOUDHARY INC 27,027,574 40,000 LLB

144 SANCHORE JEEVA RAM CHOUDHARY IND 24,858,703 0 8TH PASS

52 KISHANPOLE MOHAN LAL GUPTA BJP 24,268,527 0 LLB

22 Churu HAZI MAQBOOL INC 23,185,650 0 Literate

31 Khetri JITENDRA SINGH INC 23,135,691 550,000 M.B.B.S

2 GANGANAGAR RADHEY SHYAM GANGANAGAR

BJP 22,750,920 1,000,000 Literate

48 JAMWARA RAMGARH GOPAL MEENA INC 22,159,382 0 12TH PASS

19 SADULPUR KAMLA KASWAN BJP 21,883,996 274,348 LLB

188 SANGOD BHARAT SINGH KUNDANPUR

INC 21,557,523 0 B.A

88 Dausa MURARI LAL MEENA BSP 21,525,253 0 S.S.C

54 Malviya Nagar KALI CHARAN SARAFF BJP 20,293,472 2,158,253 M.A

62 BEHROR DR.JASWANT SINGH BJP 20,150,000 743,281 B.A.M.S

173 BHIM HARI SINGH RAWAT(PANNA SINGH)

BJP 19,819,000 171,000 10TH PASS

MLAs with High Declared Assets (Between Rs.50 Lakhs and less than 3 Crores): INC 45 MLAs, BJP 42 MLAs, Others 9. Total 96 MLAs. Total Assets 121.75 Cr

Total Liabilitites Rs. 5.81 Cr, Average Assets Rs.1.26 Cr, Average Liabilities 6.06 Lakhs

Const.no




168 BEGUN RAJENDRA SINGH INC 19,720,982 75,000 GRADUATE

114 Parbatsar MANN SINGH BJP 19,694,639 5,928,000 GRADUATE

128 Jodhpur KAILASH BHANSALI BJP 18,672,296 23,300 C.A.

74 Nadbai KRISHNENDRA KAUR (DEEPA)

BJP 18,207,000 1,250,000 Not Clear

200 MANOHAR THANA KAILASH CHAND MEENA INC 17,342,500 2,090,000 H.S.

40 KOTPUTLI RAMSWAROOP LSWP 17,306,000 450,000 10th PASS

44 PHULERA NIRMAL KUMAWAT BJP 17,264,608 0 10TH PASS

1 SADULSHAHAR SANTOSH KUMAR SAHARAN

INC 16,906,330 95,906 B.A

112 Degana AJAYSINGH BJP 16,786,380 1,600,000 POST GRADUATE

70 Kaman ZAHIDA INC 16,375,000 2,729,693 LLB, B.A

14 BIKANER EAST SIDHI KUMARI BJP 15,576,365 1,292,086 M.A.

135 BARMER MEWARAM JAIN INC 15,555,190 0 10TH PASS

120 Bali PUSHPENDRA SINGH BJP 15,415,185 1,909,649 B.A.

46 JHOTWARA RAJPAL SINGH SHEKHAWAT

BJP 15,111,000 315,729 NOT GIVEN

75 Weir BAHADUR SINGH BJP 15,024,916 850,000 NOT GIVEN

Const.no




97 DEOLI-UNIARA RAM NARAYAN MEENA INC 14,941,739 686,022 GRADUATE

23 Ratangarh RAJ KUMAR RINWA BJP 14,808,125 624,030 LLB

143 Bhinmal POORA RAM CHOUDHARY BJP 14,765,363 0 7TH PASS

27 Jhunjhunu BRIJENDRA SINGH OLA INC 14,150,560 0 LLB

51 CIVIL LINES PRATAP SINGH KHACHARIYAWAS

INC 14,147,428 3,000,000 M.A

199 KHANPUR ANIL KUMAR BJP 14,024,887 0 SR.SEC

17 DUNGARGARH MANGLARAM INC 13,835,326 222,519 8 TH PASS

45 DUDU BABU LAL NAGAR INC 13,751,590 1,804,255 LLB

71 Nagar ANITA BJP 13,170,000 300,000 B.Sc, L.L.B

155 Vallabhnagar GAJENDRA SINGH INC 12,912,030 300,000 B.A

38 NeemÂ Ka Thana RAMESH CHAND KHANDELWAL

INC 12,740,941 0 B.Com - I

169 CHITTORGARH SURENDRA SINGH INC 12,541,989 408,015 B.A.

39 Srimadhopur DEEPENDRA SINGH INC 12,358,948 0 NOT GIVEN

82 HINDAUN BHAROSI LAL INC 12,061,845 0 H.S.

106 LADNUN HARAJI RAM IND 11,988,610 0 HINDI BHASHA

Const.no




190 KOTA SOUTH OM BIRLA BJP 11,985,798 500,000 M.com

152 UDAIPUR RURAL(ST) SAJJAN DEVI INC 11,612,000 590,000 M.Ed

119 Marwar Junction KESA RAM CHOUDHARY BJP 11,305,842 1,582,063 SEC.

127 Sardarpura ASHOK GEHLOT INC 10,750,647 0 LLB

24 Sujangarh MASTER BHANWARLAL INC 10,707,501 0 M.A.

104 MASUDA BRAHMDEV IND 10,641,269 1,000,000 9TH PASS

60 KISHAN GARH BAS RAMHAET SINGH BJP 10,405,438 0 B.A, LLB

176 NATHDWARA KALYAN SINGH CHOUHAN BJP 10,298,531 326,728 8TH PASS

174 KHUMBALGARH GANESH SINGH PARMAR INC 10,057,723 0 LLB

138 SIVANA KANSINGH BJP 10,032,800 100,000 B.Ed

153 UDAIPUR GULAB CHAND KATARIYA BJP 9,901,364 0 LLB

91 Bamanwas NAWAL KISHOR INC 9,500,722 0 M.A

160 Sagwara SURENDRA KUMAR INC 9,492,109 58,000 B.A.

25 Pilani SUNDER LAL BJP 9,491,073 0 Literate

196 CHHABRA KARAN SINGH INC 9,390,073 364,775 NA

Const.no




129 Soorsagar SURYAKANTA VYAS BJP 9,335,000 770,000 MIDDLE

186 BUNDI ASHOK DOGARA BJP 9,290,228 0 DIPLOMA ELECTRONIC ENGG.

165 BAGIDORA MAHENDRAJEET SINGH INC 9,127,702 2,071,994 B.A

100 AJMER NORTH VASUDEV DEVNANI BJP 9,018,914 0 B.E.

69 KATHUMAR BABU LAL BJP 8,940,000 300,000 B.Sc

154 Mavli PUSHKAR LAL INC 8,920,000 350,000 10th PASS

118 Pali GYAN CHAND PARAKH BJP 8,811,478 0 B.Com

72 Deeg Kumher DR. DIGAMBER SINGH BJP 8,674,583 108,000 DIPLOMA IN GYNICIAN

63 BANSUR ROHITASH KUMAR BJP 8,584,617 0 10th PASS

121 Sumerpur BINA KAK INC 8,550,000 1,241,000 B.Sc

41 VIRATNAGAR PHOOL CHAND BJP 8,184,968 0 Phd.

175 RAJ SAMAND KIRAN MAHESHWARI BJP 7,940,456 0 B.Com

16 LUNKARANSAR VIRENDRA BENIWAL INC 7,801,546 0 M.Com

172 Pratapgarh NANDLAL BJP 7,672,216 297,763 LLB

84 SAPOTRA RAMESH BSP 7,546,000 3,672,014 B.E

Const.no




156 Salumber RAGUVEER MEENA INC 6,707,025 1,860,000 B.A.

105 KEKARI RAGHUNANDAN INC 6,573,500 650,000 Phd.

81 TODABHEM KIRODI LAL IND 6,527,805 0 MBBS

86 MAHUWA GOLAMA IND 6,527,805 0 ILLITERATE

65 ALWAR RURAL TIKA RAM INC 6,496,569 0 B.A

137 PACHPADRA MADAN INC 6,261,183 427,000 Not Clear

103 BEAWAR SHANKAR SINGH BJP 6,192,490 665,287 10TH CLASS

192 RAMGANJ MANDI CHANDRAKANTA MEGHWAL

BJP 6,191,032 3,118,650 P.G

125 Osian MAHIPAL MADERANA INC 6,153,439 0 LLB

131 Bilara ARJUN LAL BJP 6,122,500 0 DIPLOMA

95 NIWAI(SC) KAMAL BAIRWA INC 6,012,395 0 LLB

32 Fatehpur BHANWARUKHAN INC 5,967,169 406,589 8 TH PASS

185 KESHORAIPATAN C L PREMI INC 5,791,887 0 M.A, B.Ed.

66 ALWAR URBAN BANWARI LAL SINGHAL BJP 5,757,015 1,470,845 B.Com

163 GARHI KANTA GARASIYA INC 5,685,975 1,397,401 BEd., BBM

Const.no




151 KHERWARA(ST) DAYARAM PARMAR INC 5,624,776 0 M.A., Phd

187 PIPLDA PREMCHAND INC 5,505,000 300,000 12th

122 Phalodi OM JOSHI INC 5,476,854 44,276 B.Com

115 Nawan MAHENDRA CHOUDHARY INC 5,456,099 0 LLB

158 Dungarpur LAL SHANKAR GHATIYA INC 5,292,250 2,525,000 NOT GIVEN

11 BHADRA JAIDEEP IND 5,189,893 879,086 B.Sc

Const.no

Constituency Candidate Party Total Assets Total Liablities


108 Jayal MANJU DEVI INC 4,951,937 591,851 B.A

9 PILIBANGA AAD RAM INC 4,900,338 0 8th PASS

99 PUSHKAR NASEEM AKHTAR INSAF INC 4,766,101 0 B.Ed

113 Makrana ZAKIR HUSSAIN INC 4,720,000 0 9TH PASS

26 Surajgarh SHARWAN KUMAR INC 4,660,630 0 10TH PASS

149 GOGUNDA(ST) MANGI LAL INC 4,629,992 0 LLB, MA

89 LALSOT PARSADI LAL IND 4,515,000 0 11TH PASS

43 CHOMU BHAGWAN SHAHAY SAINI INC 4,508,263 0 B.Com

92 Sawai Madhopur ALAUDDIN AZAD INC 4,490,000 0 B.Ed

33 LACHMANGARH GOVIND SINGH DOTASRA INC 4,425,583 752,224 LLB

178 Mandal RAM LAL INC 4,324,088 1,617,235 B.Com

64 THANA GAJI HEMSINGH BHADANA BJP 4,225,000 1,730,000 LLB

141 Ahore BHAGRAJ CHOUDHARY INC 4,216,401 0 LLB

12 KHAJUWALA VISHWANATH BJP 4,182,000 1,875,000 LLB

21 Sardarshahar ASHOK KUMAR BJP 4,135,563 0 B.Com

15 KOLAYAT DEVI SINGH BHATI BJP 4,087,614 62,105 NOT GIVEN

183 Mandalgarh PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH INC 3,908,400 22,800 B.A

5 RAISINGHNAGAR(SC)

DAULAT RAJ INC 3,745,000 0 M.A., B.Ed

117 Sojat SANJANA AGRI BJP 3,741,000 0 B.A

58 CHAKSU PROMILA BJP 3,653,752 0 B.A (FIRST YEAR)

162 GHATOL NANALAL IND 3,644,375 0 9TH PASS

177 Asind RAMLAL GURJAR BJP 3,603,500 364,358 B.Com

MLAs with Declared Assets (Less than Rs.50 Lakhs): INC 37 MLAs, BJP 24 MLAs, Others 13. Total 74 MLAs. Total Assets 19.27 Cr,


Const.no





184 HINDOLI PRABHU LAL BJP 3,457,497 0 LLB

67 RAMGARH GYAN DEV AHUJA BJP 3,332,626 0 B.A. 1ST YEAR

179 Sahara KAILASH CHANDRA TRIVEDI INC 3,280,700 0 10TH PASS

57 BASSI ANJU DEVI DHANKA IND 3,166,000 0 B.A

87 Sikrai MAMTA BHUPESH INC 3,139,606 0 B.A

140 Chohtan PADMARAM INC 3,114,795 160,838 B.A

8 HANUMAN GARH VINOD KUMAR "LILAWALI" INC 3,090,000 285,000 9TH PASS

159 Aspur RAIYA MEENA INC 3,087,949 0 NOT GIVEN

98 KISHAN GARH NATHU RAM SINODIYA INC 3,016,348 0 N.A

93 Khandar ASHOK INC 2,944,990 300,000 Not Clear

107 Deedwana RUPARAM INC 2,937,500 0 9TH PASS

109 Nagaur HABIBUR RAHAMAN BJP 2,929,079 325,000 B.Com

102 NASIRABAD MAHENDRA SINGH INC 2,835,653 214,094 9TH CLASS

132 JAISALMER CHHOTU SINGH BJP 2,697,515 0 10TH PASS

191 LADPURA BHAWANI SINGH RAJAWAT BJP 2,660,166 0 B.A

76 Bayana GYARSARAM BJP 2,657,751 0 B.Sc

180 Bhilwara VITTHAL SHANKAR AVASTHI BJP 2,589,737 0 B.SC

101 AJMER SOUTH ANITA BHADEL BJP 2,587,439 363,296 M.Ed

166 KUSHALGARH FATEH SINGH JD(U) 2,539,952 0 9TH PASS

167 KAPASAN(SC) SHANKAR INC 2,419,671 0 4TH PASS

142 Jalore RAMLAL MEGHWAL INC 2,383,000 236,437 8th PASS

78 Bari GIRRAJ SINGH BSP 2,286,000 1,585,677 6TH PASS

Const.no





197 DAG(SC) MADAN LAL INC 2,063,785 60,906 H.S.

195 BARAN- ATRU PANACHAND INC 2,033,879 0 Mechnical Engg.

145 Raniwara RATAN INC 2,000,000 41,000 12th PASS

35 Sikar RAJENDRA PAREEK INC 1,968,376 0 B.Com

116 JAITARAN DILIP CHOUDHARY IND 1,825,000 0 B.Ed

182 Jahazpur SHIVJIRAM MEENA BJP 1,790,000 0 M.A

164 BANSWARA ARJUN SINGH INC 1,781,303 0 12TH PASS

161 Chorasi SHANKAR LAL AHARI INC 1,772,000 0 12th PASS

148 REVDAR JAGASI RAM BJP 1,709,000 400,000 B.E

36 DantaRamgarh AMRA RAM CPM 1,669,392 0 B.Ed

30 Udaipurwati RAJENDRA SINGH BSP 1,569,356 0 12TH PASS

150 JHADOL(ST) BABU LAL KHARADI BJP 1,398,874 0 11TH PASS

111 Merta SUKHARAM BJP 1,345,509 2,400 8TH PASS

157 Dhariawad NAGRAJ INC 1,331,064 639,213 8TH PASS

146 SIROHI OTARAM BJP 1,269,985 446,475 LLB

68 LAXMANGARH SURAJ BHAN SP 1,200,000 0 M.A.

134 SHEO AMEEN KHAN INC 1,188,285 400,000 LITERATE

147 PINDWARA-ABU(ST)

GANGA INC 1,166,007 145,978 10TH PASS

110 Khinwsar HANUMAN BAINIWAL BJP 1,107,285 0 LLB

133 POKRAN SALEH MOHAMMAD INC 879,223 0 8TH PASS

34 Dhod PEMA RAM CPM 808,000 100,000 M.A

77 Baseri SUKHRAM BJP 800,000 0 10TH PASS

Const.no





181 Shahpura MAHAVEER PRASAD MOCHI INC 711,761 0 GRADUATE

85 Bandikui RAM KISHOR IND 710,749 0 LLB

194 KISHANGANJ NIRMALA INC 588,750 0 9TH PASS

29 Nawalgarh DR. RAJKUMAR SHARMA BSP 404,372 291,000 NOT GIVEN

126 Bhopalgarh KAMSA BJP 171,827 0 6TH PASS

124 Shergarh BABU SINGH RATHORE BJP 160,000 56,000 D.C.L.L

28 Mandawa RITA CHOUDHARY INC 82,369 0 M.B.A

6 ANUPGARH PAWAN KUMAR DUGGAL CPM 6,099 0 GRADUATE

Const.no

Constituency Name Candidate Name Party Total Assets Total liablities Educational Qualification

54 Malviya Nagar Rajiv Arora INC 477,071,415 18,957,693 M.A, MBA

62 Behror Om Prakash IND 414,810,000 7,500,000 I.T.I

32 Fatehpur Nanda Kishore Maharia

BJP 386,966,149 0 B.E

38 NeemÂ Ka Thana Prem Singh Bajor BJP 278,456,454 17,519,953 Literate

94 Malpura Mitha Lal LSWP 272,488,851 51,844,579 B.A.II year

59 Tijara Aasin Khan Urf Bani NLHP 255,555,625 0 MIDDLE CLASS

72 Deeg Kumher Vishvendra Singh INC 200,897,562 102,522,360 PUC

90 Gangapur Ramkesh IND 173122839 0 M.A.

125 Osian Chandra prakash Deora

BSP 161,333,168 63,517 11TH PASS

34 Dhod Parasram mordiya INC 155,336,000 7,653,596 9TH PASS

114 Parbatsar Dalpat Singh INC 150,587,797 456,000 10TH PASS

92 Sawai Madhopur Rajeshwar Singh IND 129981000 0 B.A.(1ST YEAR)

44 PHULERA Ajit Singh Khangarot IND 112,307,022 800,000 B.A., B.Ed

128 Jodhpur Jugal Kabra INC 91,358,707 290,000 N.G

109 Nagaur Harendra Mirdha INC 90,402,968 296,729 M.B.A.

91 Bamanwas Girraj IND 86029200 625000 H.S.

71 Nagar Satbir Singh IND 85960000 1500000 B.Com

62 Behror Nand Ram IND 83,040,000 600,000 8th PASS

191 Ladpura Subhash Khanna BSP 81,515,400 7,077,000 B.Sc

Candidates with High Assets (Between Rs 3 Crores and Rs. 47 Crores) 70 Candidates with Assets worth Rs. 592 Crores;Liabilities 34.02 Crores BJP 12, INC 17, IND 20,

Other Parties 21

Const.no



Other Parties 21

40 Kotputli Rajender singh INC 79,574,811 6,944,321 GRADUATE

40 Kotputli Suresh Chand IND 67,910,000 0 LLB

7 Sangaria Krishan Kadwa BSP 64,281,114 8,982,630 M.Com

7 Sangaria Damyant Beniwal BJP 63,672,165 0 N.G

50 Vidyadhar nagar Birdi Chand BJSH 62,709,552 0 B.E

183 Mandalgarh Puran Rao SP 61,230,000 0 M.A, M.Sc

144 Sanchore Sharwan Singh IND 60513000 16169000 11TH PASS

55 Sanganer Gopal BSP 58,539,416 350,000 N.G

48 Jamwara Ramgarh Ram Lal BSP 56,952,000 15,000 B.Com

122 Phalodi Devendra Vishnoi BSP 54,864,749 7,970,459 10th PASS

171 Bari Sadri Bheru Singh Chauhan BJP 52,845,761 1,731,432 LLB

99 Pushkar Bhanwar Singh Palara BJP 51,448,944 14,781,816 B.A.II YEAR

58 Chaksu Ashok Tanwar IND 50,850,590 1,250,000 B.A

7 Sangaria Krishan Kumar Jakhar IND 50,794,962 0 M.B.A.

89 Lalsot Raj Kumar Meena BJP 50,305,000 0 N.G

10 Nohar Suchitra Arya INC 49,463,010 0 I.T

133 Pokran Mahendra Vyas BSP 47,584,163 655,595 8TH PASS

30 Udaipurwati Virendra Pratap Singh IND 46904907 4819078 B.SC

110 Khinwsar Sahdev INC 46,744,159 0 M.B.B.S.

Const.no



Other Parties 21

63 Bansur Jagat Singh Tanvar IND 44,535,000 0 8th

41 VIRATNAGAR Manoj Kumar IND 43,562,399 2,900,000 B.Sc

17 Dungargarh Karan Singh Janghu BSP 43,000,423 0 M.A.

145 Raniwara Narayan Singh Dewal BJP 42,888,480 0 B.A

126 Bhopalgarh Heera Devi INC 42,411,129 0 Literate

18 Nokha Rameshwar Lal Duddi INC 40,703,000 5,600,000 B.Com

96 Tonk Mohemmad Ajmal NCP 40,347,155 0 12TH

175 Rajsamand Hari Singh Rathore INC 39,439,666 6,220,317 B.Com

90 Gangapur Durga Prasad INC 38,606,216 0 B.Com

145 Raniwara Hiralal IND 37525459 0 6TH PASS

59 Tijara Fazal Hussain BSP 37,335,411 7,246,000 B.Com, LLB

29 Nawalgarh Shubh Karan INLD 37,063,000 0 B.A

101 Ajmer South Lalit Bhati NCP 36,718,138 0 LLB

36 DantaRamgarh Pushpa Kanwar BJP 36,622,505 0 10TH PASS

139 Gudamalani Laduram BJP 36,249,717 0 B. ENGG.

86 Mahuwa Usha Meena BJP 36,160,000 0 B.A.

120 Bali Jai singh INC 35,832,000 500,000 H.S.

144 Sanchore Milap Chand Kanungo BJP 35,647,700 0 B.SC.(TECH)

125 Osian Shambhu Singh IND 34766954 0 B.SC

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Other Parties 21

7 Sangaria Gurdeep Singh IND 34,359,200 4,388,360 N.G

65 Alwer Rural Dr. Jagdish Prasad BJP 34,240,000 0 M.B.B.S

67 Ramgarh Zubair Khan INC 33,754,788 5,990,321 B.Ed

16 Lukaransar Laxminarayan INLD 32,918,952 2,844,928 8TH PASS

193 Anta Dr. Ramsagar Nagar BSP 32,254,255 12,928,010 B.A.M.S

60 Kishangarh Bas OM Prakash Rogha IND 32103005 0 B.Com

27 Jhunjhunu Salim Chouhan IND 31736000 930000 N.G

78 Bari Daljit Singh INC 31,612,000 89,808 B.A

60 Kishangarh Bas Bharat Yadav IND 31,165,722 20,000 10TH

14 Bikaner East Dr. Tanveer Malawat INC 30,643,521 6,457,428 MASTER OF SURGERY

71 Nagar Brahmanand RLD 30,590,000 2,100,000 12 TH PASS

44 Phulera KRISHNA KUMAR SINGH

LJNSP 30,470,000 700,000 M.A

59 Tijara Chander shekhar

yadav

JD(U) 30,337,149 0 LLB

TOTAL 5,920,007,404 340,290,930

% of total of all candidates

38% 39%

AVERAGE 84,571,534 4,861,299

%of average of all

candidates

1193% 1238%

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Constituency Candidate Party Total Assets Total liablities Educational Qualification

195 Baran Atru Madan Dilawar BJP 14,780,127 23,291,000 N.G

38 NeemÂ Ka Thana Prem Singh Bajor BJP 278,456,454 17,519,953 Literate

53 Adarsh Nagar Ashok Parnami BJP 36,600,165 16,387,176 Graduate

99 Pushkar Bhanwar Singh Palara BJP 51,448,944 14,781,816 B.A.II Year

55 Sanganer Ghanshyam Tiwari BJP 58,665,716 7,949,963 B.Com, LLB

114 Parbatsar Mann Singh BJP 19,694,639 5,928,000 Graduate

193 Anta Dr Ramsagar Nagar BSP 32,254,255 12,928,010 BEMS

7 Sangaria Krishan Kadwa BSP 64,281,114 8,982,630 M.Com

122 Phalodi Devendra Vishnoi BSP 54,864,749 7,970,459 10th Pass

59 Tijara Fazal Khan BSP 37,335,411 7,246,000 B.Com, LLB

191 Ladpura Subhash Khanna BSP 81,515,400 7,077,000 B.Sc

72 Deeg Kumher Vishvendra Singh INC 200,897,562 102,522,360 PUC

54 Malviya Nagar Rajiv Arora INC 477,071,415 18,957,693 MA, MBA

130 Luni Malkhan Singh INC 47,739,202 11,651,937 M.A.

118 Pali Manvendra Singh INC 20,302,628 7,739,864 B.A, LLB

34 Dhod Parasram Mordiya INC 155,336,000 7,653,596 9th Pass

132 Jaisalmer sunita INC 4,640,907 7,000,000 H.S.

40 Kotputli Rajender Singh INC 79,574,811 6,944,321 Graduate14 Bikaner East Dr. Tanveer Malawat INC 30,643,521 6,457,428 Master of Surgery175 Rajsamand Hari Singh Rathore INC 39,439,666 6,220,317 B.Com

67 Ramgarh Zubair Khan INC 33,754,788 5,990,321 B.Ed

18 Nokha Rameshwar Lal Duddi INC 40,703,000 5,600,000 B.Com

144 Sanchore Sharwan singh IND 60513000 16169000 11th Pass

Candidates with High Liabilities(>Rs. 50 Lakhs) : Total 29 Candidates Total Liabilities Rs.43.33Cr, Avg Rs 1.49 Cr, Total Assets Rs. 303.02 Cr, Avg Rs 10.45 Cr

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Constituency Candidate Party Total Assets Total liablities Educational Qualification

Candidates with High Liabilities(>Rs. 50 Lakhs) : Total 29 Candidates Total Liabilities Rs.43.33Cr, Avg Rs 1.49 Cr, Total Assets Rs. 303.02 Cr, Avg Rs 10.45 Cr

18 Nokha Kanhaiya Lal Jhanwar IND 44,681,000 15,980,000 9th Pass

115 Nawan Ramprasad Saboo IND 0 9441430 5th Pass

94 Malpura Ranveer Pahalwan IND 367,761,710 7,600,000 8th

62 Behror Om Prakash IND 414,810,000 7,500,000 I.T.I

94 Malpura Mitha Lal LSWP 272,488,851 51,844,579 B.A.II year

50 Vidyadhar Nagar Ajay Kumar Agarwal NCP 9,989,440 8,060,000 H.S.



Change in declared assets from 2003 and 2008

Const. No

2008 Constituency

Candidate 2008 Party

2003 Assets 2008 Assets Asset Increase % IncreaseFirst

Ministery98 Kishangarh BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY BJP NA 10,954,096 - - No

177 Asind HAGAMILAL INC NA 7,561,876 - - No

182 Jahazpur SHIVJIRAM MEENA BJP 4,251,262 NC - - No

184 Hindoli HARIMOHAN INC NA 14,731,816 - - No

43 Chomu RAM LAL SHARMA BJP NA 1,172,892 - - No

69 Kathumar BABU LAL BJP NA 8,940,000 - - No

114 Parbatsar RAKESH MEGHWAL IND 11899840 NA - - No

17 DUNGARGARH MANGLARAM INC NA 13,835,326 - - No

167 Kapasan ARJUN LAL IND 2147953 NC - - No

114 Parbatsar RAKESH MEGHWAL IND 11899840 NC - - No

45 Dudu BABU LAL NAGAR INC 333,455 13,751,590 13,418,135 4024% No

62 RAMGARH ZUBER KHAN INC 1,054,935 33,754,788 32,699,853 3100% No

32 Fatehpur BHANWARUKHAN INC 265,000 5,967,169 5,702,169 2152% No

161 Chorasi SUSHIL KATARA BJP 106,797 1,569,681 1,462,884 1370% No

142 Jalore JOGESHWAR GARG BJP 336,000 4,343,091 4,007,091 1193% No

150 Jhadol BABU LAL KHARADI BJP 117,540 1,398,874 1,281,334 1090% No

41 Viratnagar RAM CHANDRA INC 2,298,332 23,924,515 21,626,183 941% No

171 Bari Sadri PRAKASH CHANDRA CHAUDHARY INC 9,743,000 94,191,000 84,448,000 867% No

20 Taranagar RAJENDRA RATHORE BJP 8802656 81,858,173 73,055,517 830% Yes

101 Ajmer South ANITA BHADEL BJP 316,636 2,587,439 2,270,803 717% No

149 Gogunda MANGI LAL GARASIYA INC 580,035 4,653,606 4,073,571 702% No

194 Kishanganj HEMRAJ BJP 1,525,192 10,784,181 9,258,989 607% No

168 Begun CHUNNI LAL BJP 3,661,886 24,674,643 21,012,757 574% No

46 Jhotwara LAL CHAND KATARIA INC 5,353,000 29,913,557 24,560,557 459% No

178 Mandal RAM LAL INC 797683 4,324,088 3,526,405 442% No

38 NeemÂ Ka Thana PREM SINGH BAJOR BJP 52,060,986 278,456,454 226,395,468 435% No

39 Srimadhopur HARLAL SINGH KHARRA BJP 846000 4,520,608 3,674,608 434% No

134 Sheo JALAM SINGH BJP 1,154,988 5,912,113 4,757,125 412% No

Asset Difference in 2003 and 2008 for Contesting Candidates

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2008 Constituency



Ministery


100 Ajmer North VASUDEV DEVNANI BJP 1,795,143 9,018,914 7,223,771 402% Yes

50 Vidhyadhar Nagar NARPAT SINGH RAJVI BJP 4,367,255 21,335,227 16,967,972 389% Yes

24 Sujangarh KHEMARAM BJP 1,034,766 5,048,311 4,013,545 388% Yes

165 Bagidora JEETMALKHANT JD(U) 882,078 4,295,000 3,412,922 387% No

148 Reodar JAGASI RAM BJP 398,000 1,709,000 1,311,000 329% No

71 Nagar ATTAR SINGH BHADANA INC 4696500 19,258,818 14,562,318 310% No

160 Sagwara KANAKMAL KATARA BJP 2,931,000 11,810,173 8,879,173 303% Yes

21 Sardarshahar BHANWAR LAL INC 2,865,000 11,511,554 8,646,554 302% No

152 Udaipur Rural VANDANA MEENA BJP 1,025,026 4,040,618 3,015,592 294% No

42 Shahpura RAO RAJENDRA SINGH BJP 48,205,000 189,112,000 140,907,000 292% No

26 Surajgarh RANVEER SINGH GUDHA LJP 390993 1,496,379 1,105,386 283% No

157 Dhariawad GOUTAM LAL MEENA BJP 887000 3,358,126 2,471,126 279% No

195 Baran-Atru MADAN DILAWAR BJP 3,905,455 14,780,127 10,874,672 278% Yes

162 GHATOLÂ NAVNEETLAL BJP 1,349,515 5,042,397 3,692,882 274% No

156 Salumber RAGUVEER MEENA INC 1906875 6,707,025 4,800,150 252% No

33 LACHMANGARH KESHAR DEV IND 1,934,998 6,757,982 4,822,984 249% No

55 Sanganer GHANSHYAM TIWARI BJP 17,788,063 58,665,716 40,877,653 230% Yes

52 KishanPole MOHAN LAL GUPTA BJP 7,518,482 24,268,527 16,750,045 223% No

159 Aspur RAIYA MEENA INC 1002634 3,087,949 2,085,315 208% No

176 Nathdwara C. P. JOSHI INC 6,594,663 20,133,841 13,539,178 205% No

73 Bharatpur VIJAY BANSAL BJP 12,917,079 39,112,741 26,195,662 203% No

12 KHAJUWALA GOVIND RAM IND 1281700 3,871,700 2,590,000 202% No

12 KHAJUWALA GOVIND RAM IND 1281700 3,871,700 2,590,000 202% No

54 Malviya Nagar KALI CHARAN SARAFF BJP 6,810,865 20,293,472 13,482,607 198% Yes

53 Adarsh Nagar MAHIR AZAD INC 3,868,320 11,314,147 7,445,827 192% No

100 Ajmer North DR. SHRIGOPAL BAHETI INC 5,643,194 16,127,680 10,484,486 186% No

3 Karanpur SURENDER PAL SINGH BJP 1,925,000 5,453,415 3,528,415 183% Yes

151 KHERWARA(ST) NANA LAL AHAARI BJP 9278916 26,156,361 16,877,445 182% No

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2008 Constituency



Ministery


137 PACHPADRA AMRARAM BJP 4046755 11,042,310 6,995,555 173% Yes

186 Bundi MAMTA SHARMA INC 6,279,255 16,938,679 10,659,424 170% No

120 Bali PUSHPENDRA SINGH BJP 5836050 15,415,185 9,579,135 164% No

173 Bhim HARI SINGH RAWAT(PANNA SINGH) BJP 7,560,000 19,819,000 12,259,000 162% No

36 DantaRamgarh AMRA RAM CPM 655,000 1,669,392 1,014,392 155% No

153 Udaipur GULAB CHAND KATARIYA BJP 4,007,698 9,901,364 5,893,666 147% Yes

74 Nadbai KRISHNENDRA KAUR (DEEPA) BJP 7,428,500 18,207,000 10,778,500 145% No

184 HINDOLA PRAHLAD GUNJAL LSWP 4996840 12,171,026 7,174,186 144% No

90 Gangapur DURGA PRASAD INC 16,019,738 38,606,216 22,586,478 141% No

172 Pratapgarh NANDLAL BJP 3237934 7,672,216 4,434,282 137% Yes

97 Deoli-Uniara NATHU SINGH GURJAR BJP 5,376,736 12,612,907 7,236,171 135% Yes

29 Nawalgarh PRATIBHA SINGH INC 4,351,790 10,131,000 5,779,210 133% No

117 Sojat LAKSHMI BARUPAL IND 954,096 2,212,146 1,258,050 132% No

170 NIMBHERA ASHOKKUMAR NAVLAKHA BJP 612068 1,414,081 802,013 131% No

190 Kota South OM BIRLA BJP 5,197,359 11,985,798 6,788,439 131% No

116 Jaitaran SURENDRA GOYAL BJP 4,039,294 8,466,275 4,426,981 110% Yes

143 Bhinmal SAMRJIT SINGH INC 3709872 7,770,097 4,060,225 109% No

94 Malpura JEETRAM BJP 13,297,000 27,785,000 14,488,000 109% No

69 KATHUMAR RAMESH KHINCHI INC 800973 1,602,092 801,119 100% No

178 Mandal KALU LAL GURJAR BJP 10,252,100 20,215,793 9,963,693 97% Yes

9 Pilibanga DHARMENDRA KUMAR BJP 1,917,000 3,727,951 1,810,951 94% No

80 Rajakhera PRADHYUMN SINGH INC 9,647,002 18,707,489 9,060,487 94% No

81 Todabhim KIRODI LAL IND 3,387,357 6,527,805 3,140,448 93% No

145 Raniwara ARJUN SINGH DEORA IND 6,091,265 11,612,384 5,521,119 91% No

25 Pilani SUNDER LAL BJP 4,984,339 9,491,073 4,506,734 90% No

196 Chhabra PRATAP SINGH BJP 12,217,699 23,214,976 10,997,277 90% Yes

23 Ratangarh RAJ KUMAR RINWA BJP 7,878,450 14,808,125 6,929,675 88% No

37 Khandela MAHADEV SINGH INC 3,513,737 6,068,222 2,554,485 73% No

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2008 Constituency



Ministery


146 Sirohi SANYAM LODHA INC 4,194,520 6,958,934 2,764,414 66% No

118 Pali GYAN CHAND PARAKH BJP 5,384,170 8,811,478 3,427,308 64% No

116 Jaitaran C. D. DEWAL INC 12,595,192 19,888,460 7,293,268 58% No

15 Kolayat DEVI SINGH BHATI BJP 2,745,043 4,087,614 1,342,571 49% Yes

93 Khandar ASHOK INC 2000810 2,944,990 944,180 47% No

70 Kaman MADAN MOHAN SINGHAL BSP 1,831,500 2,594,934 763,434 42% No

107 Deedwana YOONUS KHAN BJP 5696600 8,000,913 2,304,313 40% Yes

174 Kumbhalgarh SURENDRA SINGH RATHORE BJP 5,640,722 7,910,952 2,270,230 40% Yes

188 SANGOD BHARAT SINGH KUNDANPUR INC 15409564 21,557,523 6,147,959 40% No

125 Osian MAHIPAL MADERANA INC 4,435,927 6,153,439 1,717,512 39% No

78 Bari DALJIT SINGH INC 23102000 31,612,000 8,510,000 37% No

1 Sadulshahar GURJANT SINGH BJP 7,576,064 10,203,326 2,627,262 35% No

106 Ladnun MANOHAR SINGH BJP 9,239,113 11,885,000 2,645,887 29% No

198 Jhalrapatan VASUNDHARA RAJE BJP 27,994,030 31,516,740 3,522,710 13% Yes

68Rajgarh-Laxmangarh

SAMARTH LAL BJP 7,620,916 8,309,676 688,760 9% No

129 Soorsagar SURYAKANTA VYAS BJP 8,915,000 9,335,000 420,000 5% No

72 Deeg Kumher DR. DIGAMBER SINGH BJP 8,317,544 8,674,583 357,039 4% Yes

16 Lunkaransar VIRENDRA BENIWAL INC 7,504,207 7,801,546 297,339 4% No

139 GUDAMALANI HEMARAM CHOUDHARY INC 26990412 26,892,574 -97,838 0% No

76 Bayana NIRBHAY LAL INC 4,517,500 4,432,500 -85,000 -2% No

191 Ladpura BHAWANI SINGH RAJAWAT BJP 2,806,000 2,660,166 -145,834 -5% No

28 Mandawa SUMITRA SINGH BJP 16,896,000 15,913,099 -982,901 -6% No

13 Bikaner West DR BULAKIDAS KALLA INC 4,206,508 3,908,994 -297,514 -7% No

20 Taranagar DR.CHANDRASHEKHAR BAID INC 21,239,000 18,001,000 -3,238,000 -15% No

49 HawaMahal BRIJ KISHORE SHARMA INC 43,708,267 35,936,252 -7,772,015 -18% No

119 Marwar Junction KHUSHVEER SINGH INC 6,117,997 4,891,950 -1,226,047 -20% No

97 DEOLI-UNIARA PRABHU LAL IND 1260500 965,098 -295,402 -23% Yes

127 Sardarpura ASHOK GEHLOT INC 16,466,108 10,750,647 -5,715,461 -35% No

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Ministery


59 Tijara AIMADUDDIN URF DURRU MIYAN INC 75,763,790 36,850,126 -38,913,664 -51% No

115 Nawan HARISH CHAND BJP 2,508,000 1,140,000 -1,368,000 -55% No

31 Khetri DATA RAM IND 5,417,840 2,423,300 -2,994,540 -55% No

96 TONK MAHAVEER PRASAD BJP 3115623 1,174,000 -1,941,623 -62% No

164 BANSWARA ARJUN SINGH INC 5992268 1,781,303 -4,210,965 -70% No

19 Sadulpur NANDLAL INC 2,337,443 595,809 -1,741,634 -75% No

8 Hanumangarh VINOD KUMAR "LILAWALI" INC 21,838,000 3,090,000 -18,748,000 -86% No

124 Shergarh BABU SINGH RATHORE BJP 1,181,500 160,000 -1,021,500 -86% No

824,700,926

1,903,833,998

131%

9,810,301

12,716,620208%

Total Assets in 2003

Total Assets in 2008

% increase

% difference

Average increase per MLA

Average increase



Criminal Background

MLAs

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Constituency Candidate PartyTotal No. of Cases


IPC DETAILS Total Assets

Total Liablities


54 Malviya NagarKALI CHARAN SARAFF

BJP 1186, 189, 204, 228, 353, 427, 506, 3 OF PUBLIC

PROPERTY DESTRUCTION ACT

(186) : Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions(189) : Threat of injury to public servant(204) : Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as sevidence(228) : Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty(427) : Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees(506) : criminal intimidation3 OF PUBLIC PROPERTY DESTRUCTION ACT

20,293,472 2,158,253 M.A

66 ALWAR URBANBANWARI LAL SINGHAL

BJP 1 420, 467, 468, 471

(420) : Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property(468) : Forgery for purpose of cheating(467) : Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.(471) : Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record

5,757,015 1,470,845 B.Com

67 RAMGARH GYAN DEV AHUJA BJP 1 147, 332, 353, 427, 336, 323, 149 I.P.C

(147) : rioting(332) : Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty(427) : Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees(336) : Act endangering life or personal safety of others(323) : voluntarily causing hurt(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object

3,332,626 0 B.A. 1ST YEAR

BJP MLAs with crime records (7): Total Assets Rs. 5.82 Crores, Avg Assets Rs.0.83 Crores, Total Liabilities Rs.0.40 Crore, Avg Liability 0.06 Crore

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IPC DETAILS Total Assets

Total Liablities


BJP MLAs with crime records (7): Total Assets Rs. 5.82 Crores, Avg Assets Rs.0.83 Crores, Total Liabilities Rs.0.40 Crore, Avg Liability 0.06 Crore

176 NATHDWARAKALYAN SINGH CHOUHAN

BJP 1 148, 307, 326, 324, 323

(148) : Rioting, armed with deadly weapon(307) : Attempt to murder(326) : Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means(324) : Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means(323) : voluntarily causing hurt

10,298,531 326,728 8TH PASS

182 Jahazpur SHIVJIRAM MEENA BJP 1 341, 323, 332, 353

(341) : wrongful restraint(323) : voluntarily causing hurt(332) : Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty

1,790,000 0 M.A

191 LADPURABHAWANI SINGH RAJAWAT

BJP 2 147, 148, 448, 353, 332, 149, 147, 149, 323, 427,

(147) : rioting(148) : Rioting, armed with deadly weapon(448) : house-trespass(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty(332) : Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object(147) : rioting(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object(323) : voluntarily causing hurt(427) : Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees

2,660,166 0 B.A

199 KHANPUR ANIL KUMAR BJP 1 451, 504, 323/34

(451) : House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment(504) : Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace(323) : voluntarily causing hurt(34) : Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention

14,024,887 0 SR.SEC

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IPC DETAILS Total Assets Total Liablities Educational Qualification

51 CIVIL LINESPRATAP SINGH KHACHARIYAWAS

INC 1 332, 147, 353

(332) : Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty(147) : rioting(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty

14,147,428 3,000,000 M.A

70 Kaman ZAHIDA INC 2

353, 171(H)/34, 147, 353, 342, 171(H), 135K, 136(2), 135K

(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty(171) : Wearing grab or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent(34) : Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention(147) : rioting(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty(342) : wrongful Confinement(171) : Wearing grab or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent(135) : Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman(136) : Harbouring deserter(135) : Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman

16,375,000 2,729,693 LLB, B.A

82 HINDAUN BHAROSI LAL INC 1147, 436, 149,

354, 308 (527/01)

(147) : rioting(436) : Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, etc.(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object(354) : Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty(308) : Attempt to commit culpable homicide

12,061,845 0 H.S.

Congress(INC) MLAs with crime records (13): Total Assets Rs. 23.16 Crores, Avg Assets Rs.1.78 Crores

Total Liabilities Rs.1.33 Crore, Avg Liability .10 Crore

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107 Deedwana RUPARAM INC 2365,342,347,120

B/, 409

(365) : Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person(342) : wrongful Confinement(347) : Wrongful confinement to extort property, or constrain to illegal act(120B) : Punishment of criminal conspiracy(409) : Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent

2,937,500 0 9TH PASS

113 Makrana ZAKIR HUSSAIN INC 1 304A(304A) : Causing death by negligence 4,720,000 0 9 TH PASS

136 BAYTOO COL. SONARAM INC 1 186, 353

(186) : Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty

30,740,135 1,372,856 B.E

155 Vallabhnagar GAJENDRA SINGH INC 2147, 148, 341, 323, 149, 427

(147) : rioting(148) : Rioting, armed with deadly weapon(341) : wrongful restraint(323) : voluntarily causing hurt(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object(427) : Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees

12,912,030 300,000 B.A

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163 GARHI KANTA GARASIYA INC 2 332,504/

143,341,149,286,283,117

(332) : Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty(504) : Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace(143) : Punishment(341) : wrongful restraint(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object(286) : Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance(283) : Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation(117) : Abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons

5,685,975 1,397,401 B.ED., BBM

165 BAGIDORAMAHENDRAJEET SINGH

INC 132,33 RAJASTHAN

FOREST ACT32,33 RAJASTHAN FOREST ACT 9,127,702 2,071,994 BA

171 BARI SADRIPRAKASH CHANDRA CHAUDHARY

INC 3336, 352, 147, 148, 149, 283,

353

(336) : Act endangering life or personal safety of others(352) : assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation(147) : rioting(148) : Rioting, armed with deadly weapon(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object(283) : Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty

94,201,000 0 NOT GIVEN

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195 BARAN- ATRU PANACHAND INC 2

147,148,332,353,337,336,149/

143, 283 and 3 PDPP Act

(147) : rioting(148) : Rioting, armed with deadly weapon(332) : Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty(337) : Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others(336) : Act endangering life or personal safety of others(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object(143) : Punishment(283) : Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation

2,033,879 0MECHNICAL ENGINEER

196 CHHABRA KARAN SINGH INC 1 188(188) : Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant 9,390,073 364,775 NA

200MANOHAR THANA

KAILASH CHAND MEENA

INC 1279, 337, 324,

323, 34

(279) : Rash driving or riding on a public way(337) : Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others(324) : Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means(323) : voluntarily causing hurt(34) : Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention

17,342,500 2,090,000 H.S.

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Constituency Candidate Party Total No. of Cases

Details of Criminal record

(IPC Sections)

IPC DETAILS Total Assets Total Liablities


29 Nawalgarh DR. RAJKUMAR SHARMA

BSP 7 147, 149, 342, 452, 323, 3 PDPP

ACT/ 283, 336 ,427/ , 279, 337/

147, 149, 452, 332, 353/ 147, 149, 323, 353,

307, 225, 3PDPP ACT/ 283, / 147.

(147) : rioting(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object(342) : wrongful Confinement(452) : House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint(323) : voluntarily causing hurt(283) : Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation(336) : Act endangering life or personal safety of others(427) : Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees(279) : Rash driving or riding on a public way(337) : Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others(147) : rioting(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object(452) : House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint(332) : Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty(147) : rioting(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object(323) : voluntarily causing hurt(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his dut(307) : Attempt to murder(225) :Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person(283) : Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation(147) : rioting

404,372 291,000 NOT GIVEN

Others (BSP,CPM, LSWP,IND ) MLAs with crime records (10): Total Assets Rs. 23.16 Crores, Avg Assets Rs.1.78 Crores


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(IPC Sections)





30 Udaipurwati RAJENDRA SINGH

BSP 7 332, 353, 224, 225,/ 332, 353/ 147, 341, 323, 332, 353/ 147, 148, 149, 379, 365, 307, 323,/ 147, 341, 323, 365/ 147, 148, 149, 307, 382, 325, 323, /323,

341

(332) : Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty(224) : Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension(225) : Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person(332) : Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty(147) : rioting(341) : wrongful restraint(323) : voluntarily causing hurt(332) : Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty(147) : rioting(148) : Rioting, armed with deadly weapon(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object(379) : theft(365) : Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person(307) : Attempt to murder(323) : voluntarily causing hurt(147) : rioting(341) : wrongful restraint(323) : voluntarily causing hurt(365) : Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine pe(147) : rioting(148) : Rioting, armed with deadly weapon(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prose(307) : Attempt to murder(382) : Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order (325) : voluntarily causing grievous hurt(323) : voluntarily causing hurt(323) : voluntarily causing hurt(341) : wrongful restraint

1,569,356 0 12 TH PASS

78 Bari GIRRAJ SINGH BSP 2 46/2000,111/2001 (F.I.R. NO.) 19/54

AVKARI ACT

46/2000,111/2001(F.I.R. NO.) 19/54 AVKARI ACT 2,286,000 1,585,677 6TH PASS

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(IPC Sections)





6 ANUPGARH PAWAN KUMAR DUGGAL

CPM 13 332, 353, 336, 147, 148, 149/332, 343, 147, 148, 149, 353, 186, 307, 382, 353, 147, 148, 149, 188, 307, 332, 353, 121K, 116, 120B, 109, 147, 148, 149, 336, 188, 283,307, 332, 353, 336, 341, 147, 148,

149, 117, 3PDPP ACT,27Arms Act, 3/6 Explosive Act, 435, 336, 452, 147, 148,

149, 188, 109, 147,148, 149, 188, 109, 27 Arms Act,

147, 148, 149, 436, 395, 3/4 PDPP

Act,307, 332, 353, 333, 336, 382, 283,

147, 148, 149, 3PDPP Act, 341, 353, 189, 147, 148, 149, 147, 148, 149, 336, 307, 332, 353, 336, 147, 148, 149, 3PDPP Act, 283, 147, 149, 307, 332, 353, 336, 341, 147, 148, 149, 27

Arms Act, 3/6 Explosive Act

(332) : Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty(336) : Act endangering life or personal safety of others(147) : rioting(148) : Rioting, armed with deadly weapon(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object(332) : Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty(343) : Wrongful confinement for three or more days(147) : rioting(148) : Rioting, armed with deadly weapon(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty(186) : Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions(307) : Attempt to murder(382) : Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to the committing of the theft(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty(147) : rioting(148) : Rioting, armed with deadly weapon(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prose(188) : Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant(307) : Attempt to murder(332) : Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his dut(121) : Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against th(116) : Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment-if offence be not com(120B) : Punishment of criminal conspiracy(109) : Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence, (147) : rioting(148) : Rioting, armed with deadly weapon(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prose(336) : Act endangering life or personal safety of others

6,099 0 GRADUATE

3 KARANPUR GURMEET SINGH KUNNAR

IND 1 132, 39, (132) : Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof(39) : Voluntarily

86,102,862 0 12 TH PASS

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(IPC Sections)





89 LALSOT PARSADI LAL IND 3 143, 353/ 143, 342/ 143, 283,

(143) : Punishment(353) : Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty(143) : Punishment(342) : wrongful Confinement(143) : Punishment(283) : Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation

4,515,000 0 11 TH PASS

94 MALPURA RANVEER PAHALWAN

IND 2 323, 341, 452, 327,

147, 452, 323,

(323) : voluntarily causing hurt(341) : wrongful restraint(452) : House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint(327) : Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act(147) : rioting(452) : House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint(323) : voluntarily causing hurt

367,761,710 7,600,000 8th

104 MASUDA BRAHMDEV IND 3 NOT GIVEN NOT GIVEN 10,641,269 1,000,000 9TH PASS

116 JAITARAN DILIP CHOUDHARY

IND 1 147, 451, 336, 149 (147) : rioting(451) : House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment(336) : Act endangering life or personal safety of others(149) : Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object

1,825,000 0 B.ED

40 KOTPUTLI RAMSWAROOP LSWP 2 323, 427, 447, 34 (323) : voluntarily causing hurt(427) : Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees(447) : criminal trespass(34) : Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention

17,306,000 450,000 10th PASS

Voters’ Right to Know Voters’ right to know about the criminal, financial, and educational background of candidates contesting elections has been firmly established by the historic judgement of the Supreme Court on March 13, 2003 which has made it compulsory for candidates contesting elections to Parliament and State Assemblies to submit affidavits as an essential part of their nomination paper, containing information on the following five points:

(1) “Whether the candidate is convicted/acquitted/ discharged of any criminal offence in the past-if any, whether he is punished with imprisonment or fine?

(2) Prior to six months of filing of nomination, whether the candidate is accused in any pending case, of any offence punishable with imprisonment for two years or more, and in which charge is framed or cognizance is taken by the court of law. If so, the details thereof.

(3) The assets (immovable, movable, bank balances etc) of a candidate and of his/her spouse and that of dependants.

(4) Liabilities, if any, particularly whether there are any over dues of any public financial institution or government dues.

(5) The educational qualifications of the candidate.”

The Election Commission (EC) has issued an Order dated March 27, 2003 implementing the above judgement. The EC’s Order also says that in case any candidate does not submit the affidavit along with the nomination form, this “shall be considered to be violation of the Order of the Honorable Supreme Court and the nomination of the candidate concerned shall be liable to rejection by the Returning Officer at the time of scrutiny of nominations for such non-furnishing of the affidavit”.

The EC has also issued another Order to the Chief Electoral Officers of all States and Union Territories, dated August 7, 2003, saying that “copies (of the affidavits) are also to be supplied freely and liberally to all other candidates, representatives to media, etc.” EC’s Order of August 7, 2003 further mentions that “the District Election Officers shall furnish copies of these papers to any one on request on payment of standard copying charges”. In a subsequent order of April 01, 2004, the EC has prescribed “Rs.10/- as the fees for copy of one set of nomination paper and affidavits of a candidate.” The EC has further said that “this fee may be obtained in cash, for convenience, against proper reciept.” EC’s order of April 01, 2004 also clarifies that “copies of nomination papers, affidavits, and copies of counter affidavits etc., should be supplied on demand to any individual, political party, organisation, agencies etc. without any discrimination.”

In simple terms,

− Every voter/citizen now has a right to know about the criminal, financial, and educational background of the candidates contesting elections to Parliament and the State Assemblies.

− This background is contained in the affidavit which has to be filed by every candidate along with the nomination form.

− Every voter/citizen has the right to obtain a copy of the affidavit filed by the candidate. − Copies of affidavits can be obtained from the (a) Returning Officer of each

constituency, or (b) District Election Officers which usually are the Collectors of each district.

− Copies of the affidavits filed by the candidates will be supplied to anyone and everyone without discrimination.

It is now up to the citizens/voters to get to know the background of candidates contesting elections and make an informed choice while casting their vote, so that democracy and quality of governance in the country can be improved.

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Web: www.adrindia.org, www.nationalelectionwatch.com, mail:[email protected], ph: 011 6590 1524

Background on ADR and National Election Watch

Efforts to strengthen democracy and governance

1. Background

Early 1999: 11 IIM-Ahmedabad professors get together to form Association for Democratic Reforms to work on electoral reforms.

August 1999: ADR files PIL in Delhi High Court seeking disclosure of pending criminal cases by candidates contesting elections to parliament and state assemblies.

November 02, 2000: Delhi High Court upholds above PIL.

December 2000: Government of India appeals to Supreme Court against the judgment of Delhi High Court.

May 02, 2002: Supreme Court rejects the appeal and upholds the High Court judgment.

June 28, 2002: Election Commission issues orders to implement the Supreme Court judgment.

July 08, 2002: All party meeting decides to amend Representation of People Act to prevent/dilute the Supreme Court’s orders.

August 22, 2002: Cabinet sends Ordinance for amending the Representation of People Act, to President for signature.

August 23, 2002: President returns the Ordinance.

August 24, 2002: Cabinet sends the Ordinance to the President a second time, the President signs, in keeping with the convention.

October 2002: PILs filed in Supreme Court, including one by ADR, challenging the constitutional validity of the amendment to the Representation of People Act, done by above Ordinance.

March 13, 2003: Supreme Court declares above amendment of the Representation of People Act as “illegal, null and void” and restores its May 02, 2002 judgment.

March 27, 2003: Election Commission issues orders implementing the Supreme Court judgment.

2002-till date: First ADR, and now National Election Watch, conduct Election Watches in all Parliament and State Assembly elections, collecting copies of affidavits filed by candidates, and collating and summarizing the information given by candidate under oath.

Data for over 50,000 candidates, self-declared by the candidates themselves under the Supreme Court order, is now available.

2007: Files RTI applications before Election Commission and the Tax authorities seeking information whether Political Parties file their contribution reports as per Sec 29(A) of RPA (Representation of Peoples’ Act) 1951 to get tax benefits under Sec 13A of Income Tax Act, 1961

21 Jun 2007: EC response contains details on 21 parties’s contribution report. Many parties are listed for not submitting the reports ever. Tax Authorites refuse to divulge the information

2008: CIC on 2nd appeal allows tax returns of political parties to be made public and directs the authorities to furnish copies of the IT returns of the parties to public

2008: Scrutiny of copies of the return revelas that all the parties have availed benefit under Sec 13 A of the Income Tax Act, even those who have not filed their statutorily mandated contribution reports before Election Commission.

2008: Files a PIL in Supreme Court to issue order to conduct an inquiry to examine all defaulting parties whom have been given benefit of section 13A of Income Tax Act and to take appropriate action against the defaulting political parties to recover the income tax due from them from the date of default till date

Nov, 14 2008: Supreme court sets the PIL aside saying that the time is not appropriate to take up the PIL.

Jan 2009: Discussion with network partners to strategize on next steps.


Impact of ADR’s work

Filed and won two landmark judgments on candidate disclosure of criminal and financial records from the Supreme Court in May 2002 and March 2003. Since then over a thousand NGOs around the country in partnership with ADR did Citizen Election Watch for all major elections since December 2002, disclosing candidate background information to the media and the public. The Election Commission has backed this work and the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) has attended each year’s Annual National Conference on Electoral and Political Reforms. A National level political leader contacted ADR during the UP Election Watch in 2007 and wanted the list of candidates for his party with details. This indicates that at the top level, leaders are becoming concerned about the type of candidates they are putting up. This also happened in the Karnataka 2008 Assembly Elections. Bihar Election Watch in October-November 2005 resulted in intense pressure on the Chief Minister Designate due to the extensive media coverage of candidate background. As a result, for the first time perhaps in decades, Bihar has a Council of Ministers without any known criminal record. Both the major National political parties – the BJP and the Congress have started prior candidate scrutiny and checking the financial and criminal record of ticket aspirants. Civil Society non-partisan Election Watches are springing up in different states. In the recent Lok Sabha 2004 Elections, 19 States and 5 Union Territories carried out Election Watches. A compendium of this data was released by the CEC at the Bangalore Conference. We now estimate that about a thousand NGOs around the country would have participated in Election Watch activities, mostly in collaboration with ADR. Members of Parliament (MPs) lined up to clear lakhs of rupees of outstanding dues to the Government for rent, electricity, phone bills and so on to avoid embarrassing disclosures while filing nomination papers. The Election Commission has completed a massive exercise based on the Gujarat Election Watch report to verify information filed by candidates in the nomination papers and affidavits, and has started proceedings against candidates with false declarations. They are now currently doing that for the subsequent elections as well. A Bill on Electoral Expenses was passed in September 2003. The EC has taken it one step forward and asked candidates to file a statement of expenses every 3 days during the campaign. The EC has also made this information (in addition to the affidavits filed by candidates disclosing financial, criminal and educational background) available to citizens on request to Returning Officers, District Election Officers and the CEOs. The issue of corruption and tainted Ministers has now come to the forefront. The recent Bihar November 2005 Elections were a small turning point. For the first time in decades, Bihar has a Cabinet without any tainted Ministers. The civil society pressure due to media disclosure was intense and the CM responded favourably. First time candidates are largely clean. However there seems to be a grandfather clause where established leaders would continue to contest elections.


A detailed analysis shows that in Bihar where there was only one tainted candidate, the electorate largely rejected him/her. The Election Commission including the new CEC is solidly backing civil society initiatives like these. They inaugurated Civil Society led National Conferences on Electoral Reforms in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Jabalpur, Bangalore, Patna and this year (2007), in Lucknow. These Conferences were action oriented and resulted in successful Election Watch campaigns. The EC also helped in making candidate nomination papers available. The EC has issued several very significant orders in the last one or two years relating to candidate disclosure, enforcing that affidavits are complete, taking action against false affidavits on the basis of complaints, and disclosing electoral expenses. These orders empower the citizen and strengthen her right to information. Work on cleaning up political parties has started. This includes using RTI to get financial and organizational information on all major parties out in the public domain, and using the media, workshops and seminars, and working with the EC and the Standing Committee of Parliament to get changes done. In addition to advocacy and lobbying, we will also bring out reports on the State of Political Parties. Work is in progress. In April 2008, ADR obtained a landmark ruling from the Central Information Commission saying that Income Tax Returns of Political Parties would now be available in the public domain along with the assessment orders. ADR and its partners are now using that in the Lok Sabha campaign for the 2009 general elections. Using the information above, ADR has filed a PIL asking that those parties that have not given a list of all donors above Rs.20,000 as required by law should be asked to pay taxes. The PIL has been admitted. Karnataka Assembly Elections, 2008: There was a reduction in the number of candidates with serious offenses put by parties. These offenses include murder, attempt to murder, bribery, cheating, forgery, causing hurt by dangerous weapons, rape, theft and outraging the modesty of women. There were 93 such cases against candidates in the 2008 elections, down from 217 in the 2004 assembly elections. Mr. L.K. Advani, Leader of the Opposition gave a press statement that their party, the BJP would not field candidates with criminal records (October 2008). He said even if they were “winnable”, they would not be given tickets. A similar announcement was given by Rahul Gandhi of the Congerss a couple of months back.


Some eminent persons who are or have been involved with this initiative

1. Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah, former Chief Justice of India

2. Justice Jeevan Reddy, former Supreme Court Judge and Chairman of the Law Commission

3. Justice B.J. Divan, former Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court

4. (Late) Justice P.D. Desai, former Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court

5. Justice T.U. Mehta, former Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court

6. Mr. V. T. Shah, former DG Police, Gujarat

7. Mr. Julio Rebeiro, former DG Police, Maharashtra

8. Admiral Ram Tahiliani, former Head of the Indian Navy, and President of Transparency International

9. Mr. J.M. Lyngdoh, former Chief Election Commissioner of India

10. Mr. T.S. Krishnamurthy, former Chief Election Commissioner of India

11. Mr. C G Somiah, Former Comptroller and Auditor General of India

12. Justice Shiva Shankar Bhatt, former Justice of the Karnataka High Court

13. Mr. L.C. Jain, Former Planning Commission; Former High Commissioner to South Africa

14. Mr. T R Satish Chandran, Former Chief Secretary; Karnataka, Former Governor Goa

15. Dr. Samuel Paul, former Director of IIM Ahmedabad

16. Dr. Narayan Sheth, former Director of IIM Ahmedabad

17. Mr. Ramachandra Guha, eminent Historian and columnist

18. Mr. P.S. Appu, IAS, former Secretary to the Government of India

19. Mr. P.V. Shenoi, IAS, former Secretary to the Government of India

20. Mr. K C Sivaramakrishnan, , former Secretary to the Government of India

21. Mr. I.C. Dwivedi, former DG Police, Uttar Pradesh

22. Justice Sachidanand Awasthi, former Judge of the MP High Court

23. Mr. B.G. Deshmukh, foremer Cabiner=t Secretary, Government of India

24. Justice Chandrashekhar Dharmadhikari, former Justice of the Mumbai High Court

25. Mr. D.M. Sukhtankar, Former Chief Secretary; Maharashtra

26. Lt. Gen. Y.D. Sahasrabuddhe, Former Director General Army Setvice Corps

27. General (Retd) Shankar Roychowdhury, Former General, Indian Army


List of Organizations who are part of Rajasthan Election Watch

Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) Association For Democratic Reforms

SWRC Alarippu

RTI Support Group SRKPS MMSBS

Khilti Kaliyan-Alarippu Lok Adhikar Network

Astha Action Aid

Mahila Purnvas Samuh Samiti CDR

Centre for Advocacy and Research Mashal

Consumer Legal Help Society Academy for Society Legal Studies

DISCLAIMER

All information about candidates, MLAs and Ministers in this report has been taken from the affidavits filed by candidates with their nomination papers. Copies of affidavits were obtained from the Election Commission (Website http://ceorajasthan.nic.in). While all efforts have been made to ensure that the information is in keeping with what is mentioned in the affidavits, in case of discrepancy between information in this report and that given in the affidavits, the information reported in the affidavits filed by candidates should be treated as correct. Neither Association for Democratic Reforms nor Rajasthan Election Watch nor their volunteers are responsible or liable for any damage arising directly or indirectly from the publication of this volume.

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