9 Congress Ministers in Karnataka Have Criminal Cases Against Them: ADR Report

New Delhi: Nine ministers, who have taken the oath of office in Karnataka, have criminal cases against them and all of them are crorepatis, revealed a report of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The report is based on the self-sworn affidavits of nine out of 10 Ministers, including Siddaramaiah, the new Chief Minister of Karnataka. The report stated that it could not analyze KJ George’s case due to the unavailability of his clear and complete affidavits on the ECI website at the time of preparing the report.

The average assets of the nine ministers analyzed is Rs 229.27 crore. As per the report, Karnataka’s Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar is the richest with declared assets worth Rs 1,413.80 crore. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s son Priyank Kharge is the minister with the lowest declared total assets of Rs 6.83 crore.

Highlighting the Ministers’ education, the report said, “Three Ministers have declared their educational qualification to be between 8th pass and 12th pass, while six Ministers have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above.”