here’s a summary of criminal cases faced by the MPs of the 15th Lok Sabha:

“There are 158 newly elected MPs with criminal cases pending against them. Out of these, there are 74 MPs having serious charges against them. Here is the high level summary of the new Lok Sabha:

• Affidavits available for MPs - 543
• MPs with criminal charges - 161 (29.65 %)
• MPs with serious criminal charges - 75 (13.81 %)
• Total criminal cases against MPs - 512
• Total serious IPC sections against MPs - 272
• Total crorepati MPs – 314

As compared to 2004, the number of MPs with pending criminal charges has gone up. There were 128 MPs with pending criminal cases against them in 2004 Lok Sabha out of which 55 had serious criminal charges. There is an increase of about 25.78% in MPs with criminal charges and 36.36% increase in the number of MPs with serious criminal charges

The right to recall, the right to cast a negative vote against all the candidates from a constituency — have long been debated. Now is the time to press for them. Not by holding dharnas or thumbing a nose at Parliament but by inducing Parliament constitutionally to effect such changes.