Study says 116 of 303 Indian lawmakers from PM Modi's BJP face criminal charges, including one for terrorism
Firebrand Hindu nationalist nun Sadhvi Pragya Thakur , a newly elected BJP MP, faces a terrorism charge over a 2008 attack near a mosque that killed six people.
More than 40 percent of lawmakers in India's new parliament face criminal charges –– some as serious as murder and rape –– and the list is growing,One member of parliament for the opposition Congress party is battling 204 cases including manslaughter and robbery, the Association of Democratic Reforms said.
At least 233 of the 543 members named as winning seats on Thursday face criminal proceedings, according to the ADR, whose election chief Anil Verma said there is a "disturbing trend" in parliament that "is bad for the democracy". Mob lynchings rocketed in India after Modi came to power in 2014. Why are some nationalists killing Muslims and Dalits for cows?
With Modi set to rule India for the next five years, will we see more mob violence against minorities?
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