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Five of seven  new  ministers in Delhi face criminal cases

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Dr Satish Misra

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New Delhi | Friday | 21 February 2025

Not that it matters to the ruling party or the RSS, five including the chief minister, out of seven newly sworn-in ministers in Delhi have declared criminal cases against them, while two are billionaires, according to the  poll rights organisation Association for Democratic Reforms.

The findings are based on the self-sworn affidavits submitted by the ministers ahead of the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections.

According to the analysis by the ADR, five out of seven ministers (71 per cent) have declared criminal cases against them, while two ministers (29 per cent) are billionaires.

 

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A report by the Association for Democratic Reforms reveals that five out of seven newly sworn-in ministers in Delhi, including Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, have declared criminal cases against them, with one facing serious charges.
Additionally, two ministers are billionaires, with the highest declared assets at Rs 248.85 crore. The average assets of the ministers are Rs 56.03 crore, and all have declared liabilities, the highest being Rs 74.36 crore.
Most ministers are graduates, and the cabinet includes only one woman. The findings suggest a troubling acceptance of criminality and corruption within the ruling party.

The report highlighted that five ministers, including Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, have declared criminal cases against them.

Among them, one minister, Ashish Sood, faces serious criminal charges.

On the financial front, two ministers, accounting for 29 per cent of the cabinet, are billionaires. The minister with the highest declared total assets is Manjinder Singh Sirsa from Rajouri Garden with assets worth Rs 248.85 crore and the minister with the lowest declared total assets is Kapil Mishra from Karawal Nagar constituency with assets worth Rs 1.06 crore.

The average assets of the seven ministers stand at Rs 56.03 crore. All seven ministers have declared liabilities, with Parvesh Sahib Singh of the New Delhi constituency having the highest liabilities at Rs 74.36 crore.

Six ministers (86 per cent) have declared educational qualifications of graduate level or above, while one minister has completed only the 12th standard.

In terms of age, five ministers (71 per cent) are between 41 and 50, while the remaining two (29 per cent) are aged between 51 and 60. The cabinet includes only one woman minister -- the chief minister herself.

Criminality and corruption seem to have been accepted as it has become a ‘new normal’. At one time, while the RSS used to boast of high morals and character building of its character and the party’s slogan was a “party with difference”, unchallenged power appear to have changed all that, a senior RSS leader observed today requesting anonymity.   

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