Mumbai: Devendra Fadnavis, known to be Prime Minister ’s blue-eyed boy, was sworn-in as Chief Minister here in a grand ceremony. It is learnt that Fadnavis is chosen for the top job for his squeaky clean image!

However, facts are against this claim, as the new CM from has 22 charges of rioting registered against him.

If we talk about Maharashtra Assembly in general, it is also fully loaded with crime accused.



According to a report by New Delhi-based Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), out of 2,336 candidates of various parties, 798 had criminal cases against them.

Another website, IndiaSpend’s analysis, shows that more than 50 per cent members of the Assembly have criminal cases against them. In numbers, 165 members of the 288-member assembly have criminal cases registered against their name, which comes out to be nearly 57 per cent.

What may come as a shocker is that assembly elections of 2014 in Maharashtra have produced highest percentage of MLA’s with criminal charges registered against their names when compared to year 2009 (52%) and 2004 (46%).