16th Lok Sabha to be the most tainted yet

16^th Lok Sabha to be the most tainted yet

DUBIOUS DISTINCTION

·        A study of election affidavits found that 34% of the member

     elected to Lok Sabha this time have been booked in criminal cases

·        In 2009, 30% of elected MPs were tainted , and in the term prior to it, the figure was 24%

·        Shiv Sena has the highest proportion of winners with criminal cases (83%), followed by the BJP (35%), and Trinamool (21%)

·        In terms of sheer numbers, 98 of the 186 winning candidates with criminal cases are from the BJP