Out of 543 members of the current Lok Sabha, 251 i.e. 46 percent of the MPs have criminal cases.

The Central Government introduced the bill on Wednesday for the Prime Minister, Union Minister, Chief Minister and ministers who were arrested in serious criminal cases. According to the bill, if they remain in custody for more than 30 days, then they will be removed from the post on the 31st day. However, the bill has been sent to JPC amidst the uproar in the House.If the bill is passed, then the danger of the sansadis of those MPs will increase against whom there are already criminal cases registered or convicted.

Looking at the famous cases, former CM Kejriwal of Delhi was in custody and jail for 6 months and Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji for 241 days. Kejriwal was the first CM to be arrested while holding his post. Let us know this on the pretext, how many MPs are currently registered in the 18th Lok Sabha, how many cases increased elections and such MPs in any party?

Criminal cases on 251 out of 543 Lok Sabha MPs, more than 25 convicted

The ADR report says, out of 543 members of the current Lok Sabha, 251 i.e. 46 percent of the MPs have criminal cases. More than 25 have also been convicted in this. A total of 233 MPs (43 percent) had declared criminal cases against them. At the same time, this figure in 2019 233 (43%) The figure in 2014 was 185 (34 %), 162 (30 %) in 2009 and 125 (23 %) in 2004.

In which party, how many MPs are cases?

According to the ADR, out of 240 winning candidates of BJP emerged as the largest party in the 18th Lok Sabha, 94 (39 percent) have criminal cases. Out of 99 Congress MPs, 49 (49 percent) have declared criminal cases and 21 (56 percent) out of 37 MPs of Samajwadi Party have criminal cases.

13 (44 percent) out of 29 of TMC, 13 out of 22 of DMK, eight out of 16 (50 percent) of TDP and five out of seven winning candidates of Shiv Sena (71 percent) have declared criminal cases.

The analysis found that 63 (26 percent) BJP candidates, 32 (32 percent) Congress candidates and 17 (46 percent) SP candidates have declared serious criminal cases.

The report says, seven (24 percent) TMC candidates, six (27 percent) DMK candidates, five (31 percent) TDP candidates and four (57 percent) Shiv Sena candidates are facing serious criminal cases.

What is in the three bills?

The central government is bringing three bills. These include Union Government Government (Amendment) Bill 2025, Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025 and Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Amendment) Bill, 2025.

• Union Territory Government (Amendment) Bill 2025: There is no provision to remove the CM or Minister arrested for arrested and detained due to serious criminal allegations in the Union Territory Government Act, 1963 (20 of 1963). Therefore, the government feels that there is a need to make changes in Section 45 of the Union Territory Government Act, 1963.
• Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025: The Indian Constitution does not have a provision to remove the minister arrested and detained in serious criminal charges. In such cases, the need for changes in Article 75, 164 and 239AA of the Constitution has been felt to remove any minister of PM or Union Council of Ministers and Chief Minister of States and National Capital Region Delhi or any minister of the Council of Ministers.
• Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization,Amendment,Bill2025: Currently, under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 2019, 34), there is no provision for removing the CM or Minister arrested in serious criminal charges and detained in custody. This is the reason that in such cases, the need for change has been felt in Section 54 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019.