Shillong, April 30: Goa and Telangana have the highest percentage of sitting women MPs/MLAs with criminal cases, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala and Bihar.
According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW), 2 (67%) out of 3 women MPs/MLAs from Goa, 8 (67%) out of 12 women MPs/MLAs from Telangana, 14 (58%) out of 24 women MPs/MLAs from Andhra Pradesh, 7 (50%) out of 14 women MPs/MLAs from Punjab, 7 (50%) out of 14 women MPs/MLAs from Kerala and 15 (43%) out of 35 women MPs/MLAs from Bihar have declared criminal cases against themselves in their self-sworn affidavits.
Telangana has the highest number of women representatives with serious criminal cases at 42% (5 out of 12). In Meghalaya, 1 out of 4 MLAs has serious criminal cases.
The party-wise analysis showed 24 (11%) out of 217 women MPs/MLAs from BJP, 17 (20%) out of 83 women MPs/MLAs from the Congress, 9 (45%) out of 20 women MPs/MLAs from TDP, 6 (11%) out of 54 women MPs/MLAs from AITC, 4 (31%) out of 13 women MPs/MLAs from AAP and 3 (14%) out of 21 women MPs/MLAs from SP have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their self-sworn affidavits.
