96% Newly Elected Haryana MLAs Are Crorepatis: ADR Report

Chandigarh: Out of the new MLAs elected to the 90-member Haryana Assembly, 96 per cent MLAs (86) are crorepatis, according to a report of poll rights body ADR.

In 2019, the crorepati MLAs elected to the Haryana Assembly were 93 per cent. They have increased their number to 96 per cent in 2024.

Of the 90 Haryana MLAs, only 2.2 per cent have assets below Rs 20 lakh and 44 per cent own assets worth over Rs 10 crore. The average assets per winning candidate stand at Rs 24.97 crore. Party-wise, 96 per cent BJP MLAs, 95 per cent Congress MLAs, and 100 per cent of both INLD and Independent winners have declared assets exceeding Rs 1 crore.

Independent MLA from Hisar Savitri Jindal tops the list with assets totalling over Rs 270 crore, followed by BJP’s Shakti Rani Sharma and Shruti Choudhry at Rs 145 crore and Rs 134 crore, respectively.

A total of 30 MLAs have been re-elected in 2024, whose average assets grew by 59 per cent since 2019, from Rs 9.08 crore to Rs 14.46 crore now, marking significant financial gains over the past five years.

In the Haryana Assembly polls, the BJP ended up with 48 seats, 11 more than the Congress, and the INLD managed to win just two seats.