Karnataka has the best whole asset of MLAs amongst states, a report claimed on Tuesday.
According to a report launched by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and the National Election Watch (NEW), the whole asset of 223 MLAs analysed from Karnataka is Rs 14, 359 crore, which is greater than the person annual funds of 2023-24 of Mizoram and Sikkim.
The report stated it’s 26 per cent of the mixed whole belongings of all sitting MLAs, which stood at Rs 54, 545 crore.
“It is also more than the combined assets of sitting MLAs from Rajasthan, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Goa, Meghalaya, Odisha, Assam, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Puducherry, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. The total combined assets of sitting MLAs from these 21 States and Union Territories are Rs 13, 976 crore, ” the report added.
As per the report, Karnataka is adopted by Maharashtra with 284 MLAs whose belongings stood at Rs 6, 679 crore, and 174 MLAs from Andhra Pradesh have whole belongings value Rs 4, 914 crore.
As per the report, Tripura has the bottom whole asset of MLAs. The whole asset of 59 MLAs analysed from the state is Rs 90 crore, adopted by 40 MLAs from Mizoram with Rs 190 crore, and 60 MLAs from Manipur have whole belongings value Rs 225 crore.
The report was launched after analysing the self-sworn affidavits of sitting MLAs in State Assemblies and Union Territories throughout the nation.
The knowledge has been extracted from affidavits filed by the MLAs previous to contesting their final elections.
The report stated {that a} whole of 4, 001 MLAs out of 4, 033 have been analysed throughout 28 State Assemblies and two Union Territories. This report covers 4, 001 sitting MLAs belonging to 84 political events and Independent MLAs.