The latest study reveals that 87 out of 140 legislators in Kerala Assembly have criminal cases against them. This accounts for 62 percent of the lawmakers. The study is amid the effort of Supreme Court to set up fast-track courts to for criminal cases involving political personalities.
The study was conducted by the Association for Democratic Reforms by analyzing the self-sworn affidavits of the legislators to the Election Commission in 2016 polls. The offenses which carry a maximum punishment of five years or more, non-bailable offenses, electoral offenses and crimes against women etc come under serious criminal cases category.
As per the report, in 2011, 48 percent of legislators in the previous assembly are suspicious with criminal cases. It’s clear that a rise of 14 percent from the previous assembly. The break-up also reveals that an overwhelming 91 percent of the CPM MLAs (53 of 58) face criminal cases. The Congress, the main Opposition party in the state, has 9 MLAs with criminal charges against them or 42 percent of its 22 legislators.
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