Thursday, June 11, 2009

Composition of 15th Parliament

India had faced 15th Parliament elections successfully. This time, we have got very positive result in the form of stable Government. There are some positive as well as negative aspects regarding the compositions of the Members of the Parliament. Let's have a look on it.
We have elected total 543 MPs. This time, unfortunately, serious crimes have been registered on the name of 73 MPs. On the other hand, political crimes and cases have been registered on 78 MPs.  Total 151 MPs are having criminal background. Last year, this no. was 120. BJP has given maximum no. of MPS who are having such criminal background (42 out of 116), then comes Congress (41 out of 202), Shivsena (8 out of 11). NCP has given 5 such MPs out of 8.
Uttar Pradesh is having highest no. of criminal MPs -21. Rajasthan has given least criminal MPs - 2. One positive aspects shows that Indian voters have rejected 962 criminal candidates. Top 10 criminal MPs are Jagdish Sharma, Laluprasad Yadav (Bihar), Balkumar Patel, Kapil Karvariya, Varun Gandhi (U.P.), Prabhatsing Chauhan, Kanvarjibhai Bhavalia, Vitthalbhai Radajiya, Chndrakant Patil (Gujrat), P. Karunakaran (Keral).
One of the remarkable characteristic of the 15th Parliament is there are almost 300 MPs who are having the assets worth Rs. 1 Crore or more. Richest MP is from Andhra Pradesh Mr. Nama Nageshwar Rao (Telgu Desam Party) who is having assets worth Rs. 173 crores. After that, there are Mr. Navin Jindal ( Rs. 131 Crores - Congress) from Hariyana, Mr. l. Rajgopal (Rs. 122 Crores - Congress) from Hariyana and Dr. Padmasing Patil (Rs.105 Crores - NCP) from Maharashtra.
Here is the analysis of educational background of our MPs.

Education

No. of MPs

Illiterate

1

Literate

8

5th Pass

7

8th Pass

9

10th Pass

47

12th Pass

47

Graduate

153

Graduate Professionals

84

Post-Graduate

130

Doctors

23

Others

8

Information not given

16

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