Bengaluru : Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President, DK Shivakumar is the richest MLA in the country with assets worth s 1,413 crore, According to the report from the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW).
In his 2023 affidavit, filed before the Election Commission, DK Shivakumar had disclosed that he has total of Rs 273 crore in immovable assets and Rs 1,140 crore in movable assets and liabilities are Rs 265 crore.
Karantaka MLAs dominate the list of richest MLAs in the country with 12 in the top 20. ADR report says that 14% of the Karnataka MLAs are billionaires (worth Rs 100 crore), the highest in the country, and the average assets of the legislatos is Rs 64.3 crore.
In the list, the top three slots are taken by Karnataka MLAs . The second richest is an Independent legislator and Businessman—KH Puttaswamy Gowda from Guribidanur, which is 80km from bengaluru. Gowda Valued at 1,267 crore. The third richest is the youngest Congres MLA in the Karnataka assembly Priyakrishna. The 39 year old has decaled assets of s 1,156 crore. Interestingly, Priyakrishna also hold the record in the list of legislators from across the country for having the highest liabilities with Rs 881 crore.
As per the ADR and NEW reports, as many as 55% state MLAs have a criminal case filed against them and 32% face serious criminal charges. Dharwad MLA Vinay Kulkarni faces the highest number of charges against any MLA in the state with seven cases under IPC & 21 under other sections.
The advocacy group has analysed 4,001 sitting MLAs from 28 Assemblies and two UTs. Overall, the poorest MLA in India is Nirmal Kumar Dhara from Indus Constituency in West Bengal with an asset of Rs 1,700 and no liabilities.
The poorest MLA who was elected to the Karnataka legislative assembly recently is BJP’s Bhagirathi Murulya, who declared assets of s 28 lakh and Rs 2 lakh of liabilities.
