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KCR, Chandrababu included in ADR's list of criminals
KCR, Chandrababu Naidu Included in ADR’s List of Criminals. KCR, the Chief Minister of Telangana state, and Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, are included in the list of the Association of Democratic Reforms.
KCR, the Chief Minister of Telangana state, and Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, are included in the list of the Association of Democratic Reforms. An ADR and NEW analysis reveals 44 (23%) out of 194 State Cabinet Ministers from 13 Assemblies (where elections were conducted in the last two years) and 12 (27%) out of 45 Union Ministers have self-declared criminal cases against themselves.
In a landmark judgement on Aug. 27, a five-member Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court observed that it is not the prerogative of the Apex court to disqualify ministers facing criminal charges. Putting the ball in Prime Minister’s court, the SC held that it is the collective responsibility of the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers to keep those people against whom charges have been framed in criminal and corruption cases, out of their Cabinet. Astoundingly, both the Chief Ministers of Telugu states have been included in the list.
The detailed list is appended below:
