Complete list of BJP Member of Parliament with criminal cases or convictions

• A bench of Justices R F Nariman and S Ravindra Bhat ordered that it is mandatory for political parties to upload criminal past of candidates.
• India recorded an increase of 44% in the number of MPs with declared criminal cases since 2019.

The Supreme Court of India today ordered all the political parties to upload credentials, achievements and criminal antecedents of their candidates on their website. It also asked them to specify the reasons behind their selection.

A bench of Justices R F Nariman and S Ravindra Bhat ordered that it is mandatory for political parties to give justification for not choosing a candidate with a clean image and giving tickets to a candidate with a criminal past, instead. They further said the reasons must include details like a candidate’s qualifications, achievements, and other merit work.

“Political parties must put all the information in public domain about a candidate within 48 hours after clearing the name and the party must also submit a report regarding publication within 24 hours after the nomination of the candidate,” read the Supreme Court order. The parties will be liable for contempt if they fail to comply with the rules, said the top court.

The Election Commission can file a contempt petition in courts if the party fails to follow the order.

India recorded an increase of 44% in the number of MPs with declared criminal cases since 2019. In Lok Sabha election 2019, as many as 233 (about 43%) out of 539 winners declared criminal cases against themselves.


List of BJP sitting MPs with criminal background:

Name	Constituency	Total Cases/Charges
Ajay Nishad	Muzaffarpur	3 charges
Anurag Singh Thakur	Hamirpur	13 charges
Ajay Kumar	Kheri	1
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur	Bhopal	1
Chhatar Singh Darbar	Dhar	1
Horen Singh Bey	Autonomous District	2
Sri Nisith Pramanik	Cooch Behar	11
Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak	Mumbai North East	2
Jagdambika Pal	Domariyaganj	3
Arun Kumar Sagar	Shahjahanpur	1 Charge
10. Rajbahadur Singh	Sagar	1
Ashok Kumar Yadav	Madhubani	14 charges
Ashwini Kumar Choubey	Buxar	17 charges
Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma	Jalau	1
Bhola Singh	Bulandshahr	1
Bidyut Baran Mahato	Jamshedpur	3
Brij Bhushan Sharam Singh	Kaiser Ganj	3
Chattar Singh Darbar	Dhar	1
Chhedi Paswan	Sasaram	4
Dilip Kumar Ghosh	Medinipur	14
Ganesh Singh	Satna	2
Gautam Gambhir	East Delhi	1
Harish Chandra Alias Harish Dwivedi	Basti	5
Jagannath Sarkar	Ranaghat	1
Jagdambika Pal	Domariyaganj	3
Tsering Namgyal	Ladakh	1
Janardan Singh Sigriwal	Maharajganj	5
Jitendra Singh	Alwar	2
John Barla	Alipurduars	9
Jyotirmay Singh Mahato	Purlia	2
Kamlesh Paswan	Bansgaon	5
Kaushal Kishore	Mohanlalganj	1
Keshari Devi Patel	Phulpur	2
Khan Saumitra	Bishnupur	6
Kishan Kapoor	Kangra	2
Kunwar Pushpendra Singh	Hamirpur	4
Lallu Singh	Faizabad	1
Locket Chatterjee	Hooghly	14
Narendra Kumar	Jhunjhunu	1
Narendra Singh Tomar	Morena	1
Nishikant Dubey	Godda	4
Om Birla	Kota	1
Pankaj Choudhary	Maharajganj	5

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