A comprehensive & objective rating of the Elected Representatives’ performance
DELHI
MLA RATINGS 2017
DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD i Table of Contents
Chapter Pg. No. Praja is a non-partisan organisation working towards enabling accountable governance since 1999. Praja empowers citizens to participate in governance by providing knowledge and The Team 2 perspective so that they can become politically active and involved beyond the ballot box. It undertakes extensive Why was a Report Card needed and what does it contain? 3 research and highlights civic issues to build the awareness of, and mobilize action by the government and elected Foreword 4 representatives. Acknowledgements 6 THE PROBLEM PRAJA's RESPONSE Assessing the performance of the MLAs objectively 7 Praja believes that uninformed and Praja conducts data driven disengaged elected representatives research and provides information Profiles and Performance of MLAs 8 and administration, rather than on civic issues to citizens, media, existing systems or policies, are and government administration and How to read the Ranking Page 12 responsible for the lack of good works with elected representatives governance. Additionally, there is a to identify and address inefficiencies Key Analysis 44 paucity of tools to facilitate effective in their work processes, bridge the interaction between citizens and information gaps, and aid them in The Methodology 53 the local government. taking corrective measures. (1) The Matrix – Scale of Ranking 53 HOW DID IT EVOLVE? (2) Parameters for Past Records as per Affidavit 56 1999 2003 2005 2008 2014 (3) Parameters for Present Performance in the State Legislature 57 Praja, along with the Teamed up with BMC Published Mumbai Initiated Praja Conducted Brihan Mumbai Municipal and built its citizen's Citizen's Handbook to Dialogue; launched workshops Corporation (BMC), grievance redressal demystify governance CityScan, an online with elected (4) Parameters for People’s Perception as per Opinion Poll 61 created Mumbai's first mechanism, The in Mumbai; About collation of extensive representatives, Citizen Charter Online Complaint and 2 lakh copies data on civic and educating them on Management System distributed security Issues In policies and roles; (5) Parameters for Negative Marking 67 (OCMS), and conducted Mumbai; Published started the Delhi complaint audits in the Councilor handbook; Chapter to replicate ensuing years and annual report the model developed cards on MLAs, and In Mumbai Councilors
DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 1 Why was a Report Card needed and THE TEAM what does it contain?
Board of Trustees Dr. Suma Chitnis The People of India have had Elected Representatives representing them in Social Scientist & former Vice Chancellor, various bodies from the parliament to the panchayat for the last 60 years. Nitai Mehta SNDT University Managing Trustee, Praja Foundation; These representatives have deliberated, debated, questioned, proposed Vinay Sanghi Entrepreneur new laws, passed new laws and governed the nation at all levels using the Entrepreneur Sumangali Gada mechanisms given to them by the Constitution of India. The 1950 constitution Founder Trustee, Praja Foundation; Market Research Agency which we gave to ourselves laid out the way in which we would govern Entrepreneur Hansa Research ourselves. In the last three decades we have seen a steady decline in the Anuj Bhagwati Ashok Das quality of governance due to various reasons, prime amongst them being Trustee, Praja Foundation; Entrepreneur Managing Director, Hansa Research commercialisation of politics and criminalisation of politics, this has created a Iris Madeira Anjan Ghosh huge governance deficit in our country. Trustee, Praja Foundation; Education Senior Vice President, Hansa Research Consultant, Board of Advisor’s Centre for The Electorate has remained a silent witness for most part of this and And the rest of the Hansa team including Civil Society are feeling let down and frustrated by the Government and the elected Tristan Braganza, Nishant Thakkar, Virat Jamal Mecklai Parekh, Tarun Shroff, Joy Chakraborty, representatives. Trustee, Praja Foundation; Foreign Harish Singh, Vinod Kumar, Pradeep Exchange Consultant The time when the citizen has a ‘real’ say, is during elections which happens Kumar and Mukund Kumar once in five years. The elections are the only time when the elected Vivek Asrani Praja Team representatives are appraised for their performance in the corresponding term Trustee, Praja Foundation; Entrepreneur Milind Mhaske Project Director by the electorate. Advisors to Praja Priyanka Sharma Sr. Programme Manager Looking at the growing problems of Governance and the ever increasing Dr. C. R. Sridhar Balwant Kirar Asst. Programme Manager needs of the citizens there is a need of a continuous dialogue and appraisal Market Research Professional Anjali Srivastava Asst. Programme of the working of the elected representatives. D. M. Sukhtankar Manager It is this need of continuous dialogue and appraisal that made Praja develop former Municipal Commissioner, Mumbai and former Chief Secretary, Government And rest of the Praja Team including this Report Card. Anubhooti, Akshay Paonaskar, of Maharashtra Performance Appraisal of Elected Representatives has become the need of Dakshata Bhosale, Eknath Pawar, Dhruv Mundra the hour. Ganesh Jadhav, Ganesh Phulsundar, Entrepreneur Geetanjali Jodha, Himanshi, Himani This appraisal has been done keeping in mind the constitutional role Juju Basu Pant, Mahesh Bhaskar, Nilam Mirashi, Advertising Professional and responsibility of the elected representatives and the opinion of their Neerad Pandharipande, Nurul Hoda, electorate. We firmly believe in receiving every feedback to improve this K. M. S. (Titoo) Ahluwalia Neha Kori, Puneet Kaur, Pooja Verma, appraisal system. Former Chairman & CEO A.C. Nielsen Pragati Watve, Pradeep Shinde, ORG- MARG Rakesh Gaikwad, Rakesh Pote, Rashmi We believe this Report Card which we will be publishing every year will give Mustafa Doctor Kapoor, Riddhi Vartak, Ruchita Bait, to the citizens, elected representatives, political parties and the government Advocate Rupesh Kumar, Shivali Bagayatkar, valuable feedback on the functioning of the elected representatives. We also Rajan Mehra Swapneel Thakur, Vipul Gharat and hope that it will set standards and bench marks of the performance of the Entrepreneur Vibesh Kakapoil. elected representatives not only in Delhi but across the country.
2 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 3 Foreword
Delhi is the only one out of the four megacities of India to have a long history • As many as 7 MLAs did not raise even a single issue in the assembly in preceding the British era. The city has been destroyed and rebuilt several 2017. times, and each time it has emerged a different entity. Even in the present day, it is undergoing major changes. Whether it will emerge out of this churn as a • 31% MLAs (18 out of 59) raised 5 issues or less in 2017. more efficient and prosperous metropolis depends on the will of its elected • While the percentage with respect to ‘issues raised’ reduced from 49.88% representatives. in 2016 to 48.26% in 2017, the percentage with respect to ‘quality of On account of being the capital city, Delhi assumes special importance in the issues raised’ reduced from 39.04% to 35.76% in the same period. When national consciousness. Thus, the work done by its members of legislative we speak of quality of issues raised, we assess the extent to which MLAs assembly (MLAs) regularly finds space in the national headlines, much more raise issues which directly pertain to their own area of responsibility. so than other major cities. The city’s diverse demographics, muddled power Thus, it is clear that Delhi’s MLA need to be much more proactive in voicing structures and constant presence in the national spotlight mean that it can be people’s concerns in the legislative assembly. They also need to have their a political representative’s dream as well as nightmare. ear to the ground and understand what the priorities of the people are. For Through our MLA report card, we have sought to provide an objective analysis instance, even though 19,152 citizen complaints were filed on ‘drainage of the complex task that these elected representatives face. Our attempt is to chokes, blockages and cleaning and overflowing manholes’ in 2016, MLAs shed light on various aspects of their performance. raised only 2 issues on it in the same year. If MLAs are not performing their primary function of giving a voice to people’s concerns in the legislative In this year’s report card, possibly the most worrying finding is the huge assembly, then it is a cause for worry. increase in the number of people’s representatives with criminal records. In February 2015, 8 MLAs had FIRs (under sections with 2 or more years' of It is important to note that 67 out the 70 MLAs of Delhi are from the Aam imprisonment) registered against them, as per their affidavits. However, as on Aadmi Party (AAP). The AAP, a relatively new entrant to politics, had been 31st December, 2016, FIRs had been registered against as many as 26 MLAs. voted to power with an overwhelming mandate as it promised transparent Also, by the end of 2016, one-third of MLAs (20 out of 59) had chargesheets and accountable governance. If it is to follow up on its promise of governing filed against them, indicating that the law enforcement authorities found prima on principles of swaraj, its MLAs must use the legislative forum to hold the facie evidence of their involvement in the crime. Elected representatives government accountable. However, as things stand as of now, its performance facing accusations of breaking the law is particularly unfortunate, as they on this front is actually deteriorating instead of improving. are expected to be custodians of the Constitution and exemplars of good For this situation to improve, an objective and fact-based assessment of the conduct. This statistic is merely one part of the extensive data collected by us performance of these elected representatives is needed. Praja’s second Delhi for this report card. MLA report card is a step in this direction. If the report is able to act as a mirror Our major findings are as follows – for the MLAs to assess their own work, it will have achieved its objective.
• The average score of MLAs on several major parameters such as attendance, issues raised, quality of issues raised, perception of public services and corruption saw a reduction. With respect to ‘perception on NITAI MEHTA, accessibility’, the performance of the MLAs improved from 63.98% in Managing Trustee, 2016 to 64.91% in 2017. Praja Foundation
4 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 5 Assessing the performance of Acknowledgements MLAs objectively
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed The air in India is thick with criticism of politicians. The question that arises citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that is: how can the performance of our elected representatives be assessed ever has. objectively? Surely the right way cannot be by asking them for their opinion – Margaret Mead of themselves. Nor is it adequate to get a few political pundits (who may have their own angles) to evaluate them. The change comes when people stand up and demand for it, and then strive to get it. Today we are at that juncture of history where time demands that we stand The only way such an assessment can be done in a manner that is, and is up and demand that change and go and get it. seen to be, unbiased and credible, is through a systematic and transparent Individuals involved in developing this report card strongly believe that they cannot study undertaken independently by respected professionals. That is precisely just wait and remain mute spectators when time is demanding action from them. what The Praja Report Card seeks to accomplish. All of them have come together to develop this report card with a over-arching belief in the Constitution of India and the opportunity it creates for improved The ratings of the MLA’s are based on: and efficient governance – the mean towards achieving the high ideals of the (a) Data accessed through RTI on attendance of Assembly sessions, number constitution – Justice, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. and type of issues raised, use of discretionary funds, etc. This book is a compilation of sincere, concerned efforts of the Core Praja Team. We would like to particularly appreciate the guidance of: Dr. C R Sridhar, KMS (Titoo) (b) Personal interviews with 24,301 citizens of Delhi conducted by a reputed Ahluwalia and Dr. Suma Chitnis. And also to Praja’s Advisors for their active support. survey research organisation, to investigate the views of citizens on their We would like to thank our partner organisation, Initiatives of Change (IC) Centre for elected representatives. Governance, a prominent organisation working on improving governance structures. We believe the Report Card is an important step forward in promoting It is important here to acknowledge Hansa Research for conducting the opinion poll. accountability and transparency in the political governance of the country. It is also very important to acknowledge the support of Vakils for doing a splendid publishing work. K.M.S. (Titoo) Ahluwalia, Formerly Chairman & Praja has obtained much of the data used in compiling this report card through CEO of A.C. Nielsen ORG-MARG Right to Information Act, 2005; without which sourcing information on the MLAs would have been very difficult. Hence it is very important to acknowledge the RTI Act and everyone involved, especially from the civil society, in bringing such a strong legislation. Also to those government officials who believe in the RTI Act and strive for its effective implementation. Very importantly, Praja Foundation appreciates the support given by:
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6 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 7 Details of MLAs who have not been considered in this Report Card
PROFILES Name Party Details Reasons Born: 16th August, 1968 Chief Minister AND Birth Place: Village Siwani, (from Distt. Bhiwani (Haryana) 16/2/2015 to till date) AAP Education: B.Tech Mechanical PERFORMANCE Engineering Profession: Political Activist (Ex- Chief Minister of Delhi) OF MLAs Constituency: 40 Arvind Kejriwal (Area: New Delhi)
Born: 10th May, 1975 Minister (from Birth Place: Gobardih, 16/2/2015 Mau (U.P.) to till date) AAP Education: Post Graduate Profession: Social Worker Zone: Shahdara North Constituency: 67 Gopal Rai (Area: Babarpur)
Born: 21st May, 1981 Minister (from Birth Place: Delhi 20/10/2015 Education: Bachelor of Business to till date) AAP Studies Profession: Business Zone: Sadar Paharganj Of the total 70 MLAs from the city, the overall scaling is done for 59; while nine MLAs who are ministers, Speaker & Deputy Speaker (hence do not ask any questions to the government or Constituency: 22 (Area: Ballimaran) raise any issues in the house), one MLA representing Cantonment Board (where survey was Imran Hussain not conducted) and one MLA who was suspended (from 9th June 2016 to 10th March 2017), were not ranked. MLAs' education, profession, constituency details, date of birth, age & birth place have been taken from the affidavit submitted by the candidate during the election and/or from Delhi assembly website. For understanding details on the ranking and scales of the marking kindly go to the section on methodology.
8 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 9 Name Party Details Reasons Name Party Details Reasons
Born: 13th November, 1980 Minister Born: 5th January, 1948 Speaker (from (from Birth Place: Delhi Birth Place: Safidon Mandi, 31/8/2015 Haryana 16/2/2015 Education: M.A. to till date) to till date) AAP AAP (Social Work) Education: B.A. Profession: Social Work Profession: Retired Business Man Zone: Shahdara North Zone: Shahdara South Constituency: 62 Constituency: 70 (Area: Shahdara) Kapil Mishra (Area: Karawal Nagar) Ram Niwas Goel Born: 12th July, 1980 Minister Age: 43 Deputy Chief (from Minister Birth Place: Delhi Education: Diploma In Journalism 16/2/2015 (from Education: B.A., L.L.B. to till date) Profession: Social Service & 16/2/2015 AAP AAP Political Activist to till date) Profession: Advocate Zone: Shahdara South Zone: Rohini Constituency: 57 Constituency: 10 (Area: Patparganj) (Area: Sultan Pur Majra (SC)) Sandeep Kumar Manish Sisodia Age: 51 Minister Age: 63 Suspended (from Education: B. Arch Education: Graduate (from 9/6/2016 16/2/2015 to 10/3/2017) Profession: Self Employed to till date) AAP Profession: Business (Architect) BJP Zone: Shahdara South Zone: Rohini Constituency: 59 Constituency: 15 (Area: Vishwas Nagar) (Area: Shakurbasti) Satyendar Kumar Om Prakash Sharma Jain Born: 10th June, 1987 Deputy Born: 5th January, 1978 Cantonment Speaker Board Birth Place: Delhi Birth Place: Village Chhara, Distt. (from 7/6/2016 Jhajjar (Haryana) Education: M.A. to till date) AAP AAP Education: B.A. Profession: Social Worker Profession: Retired Government Zone: Rohini Servant, Ex. MLA Constituency: 12 Constituency: 38 (Area: Mangol Puri (SC)) (Area: Delhi Cantt.) Rakhi Birla Surender Singh
10 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 11 HOW TO READ THE RANKING PAGE :
Overall Rank for the current year (2017) is given after summation of all the weightages. The top three ranks are awarded a trophy - The Torch. The First gets gold, the DELHI’S second silver and the third bronze. MLAs NO. OF QUALITY OF LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE ISSUES RAISED ISSUES RAISED RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Score Score Score Score Score % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
MS/MR POPULAR AND THEIR B 75.46 3 A 12.02 A 8.69 B 22.38 A 5 C 26.21 RANKINGS
Total Scores Personal A details
Areas for ranking: 1. Attendance 2. Issues Raised B Badges for high ranks 3. Quality of Issues Raised in individual areas 4. Criminal Record (including the negative MS/MR PERCEPTION OF POPULAR PUBLIC SERVICES marking for criminal records) + PERCEIVED AS 5. Perceived Performance E ACCESSIBLE (Perception of Public Services + C Perceived as Accessible + F Perceived Least Corrupt) MS/MR QUALITY OF COMMITTED ISSUES RAISED + Colour Coding: NO. OF D ISSUES RAISED Grade ‘A’ – 100% to 80% marks Grade ‘B’ – Less than 80% to 70% marks Grade ‘C’ – Less than 70% to 60% marks MS/MR CLEAN CRIMINAL CLEAN RECORD Grade ‘D’ – Less than 60% to 50% marks + PERCEIVED LEAST Grade ‘E’ – Less than 50% to 35% marks CORRUPT Grade ‘F’ – Less than 35% marks
12 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 13 No. of Quality of LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE Question Question RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
49.67 0 4.13 9.28 5 25.78 2017 E 38 F E F A C
AAP C 67.14 14 A 8 A 8.90 D 16.03 A 5 C 26.21 2016
Date of Birth: 16th October, 1973, Birth Place: New Delhi, Zone: Najafgarh, Shift: Attendance; No. of issues raised; Adarsh Shastri Edu.: Post Graduate, Profession: Public Service & Social Worker Constituency No.: 33, (Area: Dwarka) Quality of issues raised
55.13 8 5 9.25 5 22.12 2017 D 27 A D F A D
C 67.20 13 A 10 D 5.63 E 12.23 A 5 B 28.35
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 14th July, 1975, Birth Place: New Delhi, Zone: South, Shift: Attendance; Quality of issues Ajay Dutt Edu.: M.B.A. (Executive), Profession: Self Employed Constituency No.: 48, (Area: Ambedkar Nagar) raised; Perceived performance
51.63 8 1.89 6.05 5 25.10 2017 D 35 A F F A C
AAP D 58.79 27 A 10 F 1.81 F 7.07 A 5 C 27.91 2016
Date of Birth: 15th July, 1967, Birth Place: Libaspur Village, Delhi, Zone: Civil Line, Shift: Attendance; Quality of issues Ajesh Yadav Edu.: B.A.(P), Profession: Business Constituency No.: 5, (Area: Badli) raised; Perceived performance
51.97 8 7.93 13.97 -10 26.48 2017 D 34 A B D F C
AAP E 43.47 55 C 6 E 4.54 F 9.30 F -10 C 26.64 2016
Akhilesh Pati Age: 32, Zone: Civil Line, Shift: Attendance; No. of issues raised; Tripathi Edu.: M.A., Profession: Social Worker Constituency No.: 18, (Area: Model Town) Quality of issues raised
14 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 15 No. of Quality of LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE Question Question RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
MS COMMITTED
60.53 10 9.65 16.75 -5 23.10 2017 C 17 A A C F D
AAP C 68.76 10 A 10 A 9.63 C 16.74 F 0 C 25.40 2016
Date of Birth: 21st September, 1975, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: Civil Line, Alka Lamba Shift: Chargesheet filed Edu.: M.Sc., M.Ed, Profession: Politician Constituency No.: 20, (Area: Chandi Chowk)
39.22 6 3.62 7.39 -2 19.25 2017 E 54 C E F F E
D 51.38 49 C 6 F 1.81 F 5.69 C 3 C 27.88
AAP 2016
Amanatullah Date of Birth: 10th January, 1974, Birth Place: Vill. Aghwan Pur, Distt. Meerut U.P., Zone: Central, Khan Edu.: HSC, Profession: Business Constituency No.: 54, (Area: Okhla)
63.45 10 6.89 12.30 5 23.08 2017 C 11 A C E A D
AAP B 70.40 6 A 10 B 7.63 D 14.41 A 5 C 26.37 2016
Date of Birth: 2nd July, 1957, Birth Place: Distt, Farrukhabad (UP), Zone: Shahdara South, Anil Kumar Bajpai Edu.: B.A., Profession: Self Employed (Business) Constituency No.: 61, (Area: Gandhi Nagar)
46.99 10 0 0 5 26.64 2017 E 46 A F F A C
AAP Note : Was Minister (from 16/2/2015 to 31/8/2015), hence not ranked. 2016
Date of Birth: 20th March, 1976, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: City Asim Ahmed Khan Edu.: B.A., Profession: Business Constituency No.: 21, (Area: Matia Mahal)
16 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 17 No. of Quality of LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE Question Question RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
MR POPULAR
55.81 10 1.37 6.85 5 27.80 2017 D 26 A F F A C
C 66.61 16 A 10 B 7.81 E 13.29 A 5 C 26.50
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 18th February, 1963, Birth Place: New Delhi, Zone: Central, Shift: No. of issues raised; Avtar Singh Edu.: Under Matric, Profession: Contractor Constituency No.: 51, (Area: Kalkaji) Quality of issues raised
52.22 8 2.58 8.78 5 22.24 2017 D 33 A F F A D
AAP Note : Was Deputy Speaker (from 16/2/2015 to 10/6/2016), hence not ranked. 2016
Date of Birth: 11th March, 1974, Birth Place: Samastipur, Bihar, Zone: Rohini, Bandana Kumari Edu.: B.A., Profession: Ex. MLA Constituency No.: 14, (Area: Shalimar Bagh)
72.38 10 9.13 16.84 5 24.80 2017 B 2 A A C A C
AAP B 70.27 7 A 10 A 9.27 C 16.44 A 5 C 26.55 2016
Date of Birth: 2nd December, 1970, Birth Place: Palam, New Delhi, Zone: Najafgarh, Bhavna Gaur Edu.: B.Ed., Profession: Self Employed Constituency No.: 37, (Area: Palam)
44.85 0 2.58 6.98 5 25.04 2017 E 51 F F F A C
C 63.92 22 A 10 C 6.36 E 12.55 A 5 C 27.01
AAP 2016
Devinder Kumar Date of Birth: 30th October, 1965, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: Najafgarh, Shift: Attendance; No. of issues raised; Sehrawat Edu.: B.Sc., M.Sc., Business MGT (IIM-A), Profession: Social Activist Constituency No.: 36, (Area: Bijwasan) Quality of issues raised
18 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 19 No. of Quality of LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE Question Question RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
29.17 10 0 0 -5 19.71 2017 F 57 A F F F E
AAP D 53.53 39 A 10 F 0.54 F 7.23 A 5 C 27.76 2016 Shift: No. of issues raised; Quality of Date of Birth: 31st December, 1977, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: Central, Dinesh Mohaniya issues raised, New FIR & chargesheet Edu.: HSC, Profession: Self Employed Constituency No.: 49, (Area: Sangam Vihar) register, Perceived performance
58.63 8 5.17 11.06 5 23.48 2017 D 20 A D E A D
C 66.79 15 A 10 C 6.36 E 12.65 A 5 C 24.78
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 30th December, 1963, Birth Place: Village Bhikan Pur Distt. Gaziabad, Zone: Shahdara North, Fateh Singh Edu.: B.A., Profession: Material Dealer Constituency No.: 68, (Area: Gokalpur)
MR CLEAN
58.13 10 4.13 8.48 5 24.61 2017 D 22 A E F A C
AAP D 57.63 29 A 10 E 3.81 F 9 A 5 C 24.82 2016 Date of Birth: 3rd December, 1963, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: West, Girish Soni Edu.: SSC, I.T.I Refrigeration & Air-conditioning, Shift: No. of issues raised Constituency No.: 26, (Area: Madipur) Profession: Self Manufacturing & Trading of Leather Goods
46.95 0 5.86 11.58 0 24.17 2017 E 47 F D E F C
C 63.64 23 A 10 A 8.90 D 16.03 F 0 D 23.71
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 30th October, 1978, Birth Place: Ghuman Hera, Delhi, Zone: Najafgarh, Shift: Attendance; No. of issues raised; Gulab Singh Edu.: HSC, Profession: Self Employed Constituency No.: 34, (Area: Matiala) Quality of issues raised
20 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 21 No. of Quality of LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE Question Question RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
52.82 10 1.37 4.60 5 27.21 2017 D 30 A F F A C
AAP D 51.41 48 A 10 F 0.72 F 7.47 A 5 C 24.22 2016
Hazari Lal Date of Birth: 10th May, 1948, Birth Place: Karol Bagh, Delhi, Zone: Karol Bagh, Shift: No. of issues raised; Chauhan Edu.: Ninth, Profession: Business, Social Worker Constituency No.: 24, (Area: Patel Nagar (SC)) Perceived performance;
54.36 10 7.93 14.31 -10 26.40 2017 D 28 A B D F C
D 53.35 40 E 4 A 8.36 D 13.86 F -5 C 25.13
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 31st May, 1971, Birth Place: Ambala Cantt., Zone: West, Shift: Attendance; Jagdeep Singh Edu.: HSC, Profession: Self Employed (Ex. MLA) Constituency No.: 28, (Area: Hari Nagar) Quality of issues raised
MR COMMITTED
70.52 10 9.82 16.79 5 22.39 2017 B 3 A A C A D
BJP B 71.87 2 A 10 A 10 C 17.71 A 5 D 22.17 2016
Date of Birth: 4th July, 1953, Birth Place: Vill. Karawal Nagar, Delhi, Zone: Shahdara North, Jagdish Pradhan Edu.: SSC, Profession: Business Constituency No.: 69, (Area: Mustafabad)
58.18 4 7.06 12.43 5 23.78 2017 D 21 E B E A D
C 65.66 20 A 10 C 6.18 E 11.56 A 5 C 26.92
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 16th February, 1973, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: West, Jarnail Singh Edu.: Master of Arts, Profession: Writer Constituency No.: 27, (Area: Rajouri Garden)
22 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 23 No. of Quality of LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE Question Question RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
47.87 10 5.86 11.04 -10 25.57 2017 E 40 A D E F C
AAP D 52.94 41 A 10 E 4.54 E 9.85 F -5 C 25.55 2016
Date of Birth: 15th March, 1981, Birth Place: Rampur (U.P.), Zone: West, Jarnail Singh Edu.: HSC, Profession: Business (Ex. MLA) Constituency No.: 29, (Area: Tilak Nagar)
56.16 8 5.86 11.61 0 24.88 2017 D 24 A D E F C
Note : Was Minister (from 16/2/2015 to 31/8/2015), hence not ranked.
AAP 2016
Jitender Singh Date of Birth: 12th April, 1966, Birth Place: Uttar Pradesh, Zone: Civil Line, Tomar Edu.: L.L.B, Profession: Self Employed Constituency No.: 16, (Area: Tri Nagar)
51.49 8 1.20 5.12 5 26.59 2017 D 37 A F F A C
D 57.37 31 A 10 E 3.81 F 9.29 A 5 C 26.27
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 22nd July, 1974, Birth Place: Najafgarh, New Delhi, Zone: Najafgarh, Shift: Attendance; No. of issues raised; Kailash Gahlot Edu.: LLM, Profession: Lawyer Constituency No.: 35, (Area: Najafgarh) Quality of issues raised
51.55 8 1.89 6.80 5 24.28 2017 D 36 A F F A C
AAP D 52.06 46 A 10 F 2.36 F 6.09 A 5 C 25.62 2016
Kartar Singh Date of Birth: 12th December, 1962, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: South, Shift: Other MLAs movement Tanwar Edu.: HSC, Diploma in Civil Engineering, Profession: Self Employed Constituency No.: 46, (Area: Chhatarpur)
24 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 25 No. of Quality of LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE Question Question RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
56.89 10 3.10 7.27 5 25.67 2017 D 23 A F F A C
D 55.22 37 A 10 F 2.36 F 6.09 A 5 C 25.77
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 7th August, 1956, Birth Place: Kotla Mubarak Pur, New Delhi, Zone: Central, Shift: No. of issues raised; Madan Lal Edu.: M.A., L.L.B., Profession: Advocate Constituency No.: 42, (Area: Kasturba Nagar) Quality of issues raised
30.60 8 0 0 -5 23.07 2017 F 56 A F F F D
AAP E 47.06 53 A 8 F 0.72 F 3.47 A 5 D 23.87 2016
Date of Birth: 5th May, 1963, Birth Place: New Delhi, Zone: West, Mahinder Yadav Edu.: SSC, Profession: Self employed (Ex. MLA) Constituency No.: 31, (Area: Vikaspuri)
47.26 10 4.13 8.63 -5 24.14 2017 E 43 A E F F C
D 50.31 50 A 10 E 4.90 E 9.93 F -5 C 24.47
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 6th September, 1978, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: Shahdara South, Manoj Kumar Shift: Other MLAs movement Edu.: SSC, Profession: Politician & Social Worker Constituency No.: 56, (Area: Kondli)
41.16 10 0 0 5 22.10 2017 E 53 A F F A D
AAP D 52.65 44 A 10 F 0 F 0 A 5 B 30.65 2016
Date of Birth: 14th July, 1961, Birth Place: Village Palwara, Distt. Hapur, U.P., Zone: Shahdara North, Mohd. Ishraque Shift: Perceived Performance Edu.: Primary School, Profession: Social Worker Constituency No.: 65, (Area: Seelampur)
26 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 27 No. of Quality of LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE Question Question RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
MR POPULAR
75.04 10 9.13 16.43 5 27.73 2017 B 1 A A C A C
C 69.54 9 A 8 A 8.18 D 15.26 A 5 C 26.10
AAP 2016 Shift: Attendance; No. of issues raised; Date of Birth: 6th November, 1963, Birth Place: Kaithal, Haryana, Zone: Rohini, Mohinder Goyal Quality of issues raised; Edu.: SSC, Profession: Business - Property dealing Constituency No.: 6, (Area: Rithala) Perceived Performance
61.10 10 5.17 10.59 5 24.28 2017 C 15 A D E A C
AAP D 56.46 33 A 10 F 2.36 F 7.19 A 5 C 25.91 2016
Narayan Dutt Date of Birth: 15th December, 1972, Birth Place: Village Kotvan, Distt. Mathura, U.P., Zone: Central, Shift: No. of issues raised; Sharma Edu.: HSC, Profession: Self employed Constituency No.: 53, (Area: Badarpur) Quality of issues raised
46.20 6 3.96 9.51 0 22.42 2017 E 49 C E E F D
D 57.19 32 A 8 E 4.90 E 10.12 A 5 C 25.18
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 22nd November, 1976, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: West, Shift: Attendance; New FIR register; Naresh Balyan Edu.: Ninth, Profession: Social Worker Constituency No.: 32, (Area: Uttam Nagar) Perceived Performance
47.20 10 3.10 7.69 -5 26.05 2017 E 44 A F F F C
AAP D 53.97 38 A 10 F 2.36 F 7.89 A 5 C 25.73 2016
Date of Birth: 5th February, 1972, Birth Place: Kapashera, New Delhi, Zone: South, Naresh Yadav Shift: New FIR & Chargesheet register Edu.: B.Com., L.L.B , Profession: Advocate Constituency No.: 45, (Area: Mehrauli)
28 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 29 No. of Quality of LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE Question Question RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
66.22 10 7.41 13.27 5 24.23 2017 C 7 A B E A C
B 71.30 3 A 10 B 7.27 E 13.26 A 5 C 27.77
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 16th June, 1973, Birth Place: Meerut, Zone: Shahdara South, Nitin Tyagi Edu.: Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management, Profession: Business Constituency No.: 58, (Area: Laxmi Nagar)
64.13 6 8.27 14.46 5 24.19 2017 C 9 C A D A C
C 69.70 8 A 10 B 7.27 D 13.65 A 5 C 25.78
AAP 2016
Pankaj Kant Date of Birth: 4th May, 1972, Birth Place: Gajraula, Uttar Pradesh, Zone: Civil Line, Singhal Edu.: M.A. Political Science, Profession: Politician Constituency No.: 3, (Area: Timarpur)
56.04 8 8.27 15.60 -5 23.37 2017 D 25 A A D F D
AAP D 51.71 47 A 8 F 2.36 F 8.79 F 0 B 29.56 2016
Date of Birth: 4th June, 1977, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: South, Shift: No. of issues raised; Parmila Tokas Edu.: HSC, Profession: Business Constituency No.: 44, (Area: R K Puram) Quality of issues raised
52.24 8 5.51 11.15 -2 23.96 2017 D 32 A D E F D
D 52.39 45 A 8 F 3.45 F 8.91 F -2 C 27.03
AAP 2016
Pawan Kumar Date of Birth: 30th March, 1970, Birth Place: Bass, Distt. Hissar, Haryana, Zone: Civil Line, Shift: No. of issues raised; Sharma Edu.: HSC, Profession: Business Constituency No.: 4, (Area: Adarsh Nagar) Quality of issues raised
30 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 31 No. of Quality of LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE Question Question RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
46.68 10 4.13 10.88 -5 21.34 2017 E 48 A E E F D
AAP E 43.04 56 A 10 F 0 F 0 C 3 C 27.04 2016
Date of Birth: 1st April, 1988, Birth Place: New Delhi, Zone: South, Shift: No. of issues raised; Prakash Edu.: M.Com, Profession: Politician (Ex. MLA) Constituency No.: 47, (Area: Deoli (SC)) Quality of issues raised
MR POPULAR
67.32 8 7.75 13.80 5 27.40 2017 C 5 A B D A C
C 66.18 17 A 10 E 4.90 E 10.25 A 5 B 29.02
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 21st December, 1984, Birth Place: Bhopal, Zone: Central, Shift: No. of issues raised; Praveen Kumar Edu.: M.B.A, Profession: Social Worker Constituency No.: 41, (Area: Jangpura) Quality of issues raised
39.18 8 0 0 0 26.22 2017 E 55 A F F F C
AAP E 41.96 57 C 6 F 0 F 0 F 0 C 27.96 2016
Raghuvinder Date of Birth: 18th December, 1966, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: Rohini, Shokeen Edu.: B.Sc. Engineering Constituency No.: 11, (Area: Nangloi Jat)
67.87 10 8.96 15.35 5 22.17 2017 C 4 A A D A D
B 70.47 5 A 10 A 9.45 D 15.75 A 5 D 22.27
AAP 2016
Rajendra Pal Date of Birth: 26th April, 1968, Birth Place: Ghonda, Delhi, Zone: Shahdara North, Gautam Edu.: B.A., L.L.B., Profession: Advocate Constituency No.: 63, (Area: Seemapuri)
32 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 33 No. of Quality of LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE Question Question RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
62.44 8 7.06 13.61 5 22.65 2017 C 12 A B D A D
AAP C 65.86 18 A 10 C 6.90 E 13 A 5 D 22.96 2016
Date of Birth: 2nd November, 1978, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: Civil Line, Rajesh Gupta Edu.: HSC, Profession: Business Constituency No.: 17, (Area: Wazirpur)
47.81 10 1.89 4.43 0 26.10 2017 E 41 A F F F C
C 64.48 21 A 10 C 6.36 E 12.49 A 5 C 27.63
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 18th October, 1964, Birth Place: Jalandhar (Punjab), Zone: West, Shift: No. of issues raised; Quality of Rajesh Rishi Edu.: B.Sc., Profession: Self Employed Constituency No.: 30, (Area: Janakpuri) issues raised; New FIR register
47.28 10 1.37 4.60 5 22.95 2017 E 42 A F F A D
AAP D 57.59 30 A 10 E 3.81 F 9.14 A 5 D 23.64 2016
Date of Birth: 25th July, 1973, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: Shahdara South, Shift: No. of issues raised; Raju Dhingan Edu.: Ninth, Profession: Politician (Ex. MLA) Constituency No.: 55, (Area: Trilokpuri) Quality of issues raised
29.10 8 0 0 -5 21.65 2017 F 58 A F F F D
AAP E 48.68 51 A 10 F 0.72 F 5.22 F 0 C 24.73 2016
Date of Birth: 13th August, 1988, Birth Place: Samastipur (Bihar), Zone: Rohini, Shift: Attendance; Quality of issues Rituraj Govind Edu.: Advance Diploma in Hotel Management, Profession: Social Worker Constituency No.: 9, (Area: Kirari) raised; Chargesheet filed
34 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 35 No. of Quality of LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE Question Question RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
MR CLEAN
65.41 10 6.37 12.91 5 24.85 2017 C 8 A C E A C
B 72.86 1 A 10 A 8.36 C 16.56 A 5 C 24.93
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 7th February, 1954, Birth Place: Kashi Pur (UP), Zone: Shahdara South, Shift: No. of issues raised; S. K. Bagga Edu.: M.Com., L.L.B, Profession: Advocate Constituency No.: 60, (Area: Krishna Nagar) Quality of issues raised
27.26 8 0 0 -10 24.90 2017 F 59 A F F F C
AAP E 40.29 58 A 10 F 1.45 F 6.96 F -5 D 23.89 2016
Date of Birth: 10th October, 1959, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: Central, Sahi Ram Edu.: Eleventh, Profession: Social Worker Constituency No.: 52, (Area: Tuglakabad)
58.74 10 6.72 13.63 0 22.45 2017 D 19 A C D F D
D 58.79 28 A 8 D 5.63 E 11.43 F 0 C 25.72
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 1st May, 1979, Birth Place: Madhubani (Bihar), Zone: Civil Line, Shift: Attendance; No. of issues raised; Sanjeev Jha Edu.: B.A. (Hon), Profession: Social Worker Constituency No.: 2, (Area: Burari) Quality of issues raised
47.07 8 3.44 7.72 0 23.56 2017 E 45 A F F F D
AAP C 60.74 25 A 8 E 4.90 E 9.75 A 5 B 28.09 2016 Shift: Quality of issues raised; Date of Birth: 20th March, 1986, Birth Place: Rai Brailly, Zone: Shahdara North, Sarita Singh Chargesheet filed; Edu.: M.A. (Sociology), Profession: Social Worker Constituency No.: 64, (Area: Rohtas Nagar) Perceived Performance
36 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 37 No. of Quality of LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE Question Question RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
MR CLEAN
62.05 6 7.41 13.53 5 24.01 2017 C 14 C B D A C
D 52.80 42 A 10 F 1.81 F 5.69 A 5 C 27.30
AAP 2016
Saurabh Age: Not given, Edu.: B. Tech Computer Sc., L.L.B., Zone: South, Shift: No. of issues raised; Bharadwaj Profession: Software Engineer (Ex. MLA) Constituency No.: 50, (Area: Greater Kailash) Quality of issues raised
49.37 10 4.13 9.98 -5 24.79 2017 E 39 A E E F C
AAP D 55.62 34 A 10 F 0.72 F 7.47 A 5 C 26.43 2016
Date of Birth: 29th June, 1975, Birth Place: Village Bakoli, Delhi, Zone: Narela, Sharad Kumar Edu.: SSC, Profession: Farmer Constituency No.: 1, (Area: Narela)
53.86 8 2.58 5.98 5 26.60 2017 D 29 A F F A C
D 59.42 26 A 10 E 4.36 E 9.57 A 5 C 24.48
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 6th February, 1962, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: Karol Bagh, Shiv Charan Goel Edu.: HSC, Profession: Businessman Constituency No.: 25, (Area: Moti Nagar)
63.86 10 8.79 15.08 0 23.80 2017 C 10 A A D F D
AAP C 61.70 24 A 10 C 6 E 11.56 A 5 D 22.13 2016
Date of Birth: 1st July, 1960, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: Shahdara North, Shift: No. of issues raised; Shri Dutt Sharma Edu.: HSC, Profession: Social Activist Constituency No.: 66, (Area: Ghonda) Quality of issues raised
38 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 39 No. of Quality of LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE Question Question RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
43.57 8 3.62 8.76 -5 23.01 2017 E 52 A E F F D
D 52.70 43 A 10 F 3.45 E 9.66 F -5 C 27.59
AAP 2016
Date of Birth: 17th February, 1977, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: Sadar Paharganj, Shift: Attendance; Quality of issues Som Dutt Edu.: B.A., Profession: Social Service Constituency No.: 19, (Area: Sadar Bazar) raised; Perceived Performance
60.54 10 9.48 15.91 -7 26.12 2017 C 16 A A D F C
AAP D 55.57 35 A 10 A 8.72 D 15.06 F -7 C 25.80 2016
Age: 42, Zone: South, Shift: No. of issues raised; Somnath Bharti Edu.: M.Sc. (Maths), Profession: Advocate Constituency No.: 43, (Area: Malviya Nagar) Perceived Performance
52.40 10 5.51 10.62 -5 25.66 2017 D 31 A D E F C
E 47.22 52 A 8 F 1.45 F 6.96 F 0 D 22.82
AAP 2016 Shift: Attendance; No. of issues raised; Date of Birth: 1st July, 1957, Birth Place: Village Hiran Kudna, Delhi, Zone: Narela, Sukhvir Singh Quality of issues raised; Edu.: M.A. (Eco), Profession: Retired Govt. Servant Constituency No.: 8, (Area: Mundka) Perceived Performance
58.96 10 8.27 14.71 -5 25.04 2017 D 18 A A D F C
AAP C 68.08 11 A 10 A 8.54 C 16.44 F 0 C 25.10 2016
Date of Birth: 22nd May, 1973, Birth Place: Bawana, Delhi, Zone: Rohini, Shift: Quality of issues raised; Ved Parkash Edu.: B.A., Profession: Business Constituency No.: 7, (Area: Bawana (SC)) Chargesheet filed
40 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 41 No. of Quality of LEAST CRIMINAL PERCEIVED TOTAL ATTENDANCE Question Question RECORD PERFORMANCE MLA PARTY GRADE SCORE RANK Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual % Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade out of 10 out of 10 out of 27 out of 5 out of 40
66.75 10 6.37 12.16 5 26.88 2017 C 6 A C E A C
C 65.79 19 A 10 B 7.81 D 14.54 A 5 C 25.44
AAP 2016
Vijender Garg Date of Birth: 3rd March, 1963, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: Karol Bagh, Shift: Perceived Performance; Vijay Edu.: B.Com., Profession: Self Employed Constituency No.: 39, (Area: Rajinder Nagar) Other MLAs movement
MR COMMITTED
62.16 10 10 17.14 -5 23.91 2017 C 13 A A C F D
BJP D 55.51 36 C 6 A 9.79 C 17.24 F -5 C 24.49 2016
Date of Birth: 14th August, 1963, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: Rohini, Shift: Attendance; Vijender Kumar Edu.: M.Com, Profession: Business Constituency No.: 13, (Area: Rohini) Other MLAs movement
45.78 10 1.89 6.05 0 22.55 2017 E 50 A F F F D
C 67.52 12 A 10 C 6.90 E 12.63 A 5 C 26
AAP 2016 Shift: No. of issues raised; Quality Date of Birth: 19th May, 1983, Birth Place: Delhi, Zone: Sadar Paharganj, Vishesh Ravi of issues raised; New FIR register; Edu.: B.A. (Prog.), Profession: Business Constituency No.: 23, (Area: Karol Bagh) Perceived Performance
42 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 43 Key Analysis
Note: Number of MLAs who were ranked in 2016 are 58 (55 MLAs from AAP and 3 MLAs from BJP), in 2017 are 59 (57 MLAs from AAP and 2 MLAs from BJP).
A - 100% to 80% marks Overall Grade B - Less than 80% to 70% marks No. of Issues Raised C - Less than 70% to 60% marks 25 D - Less than 60% to 50% marks 18 25 18 E - Less than 50% to 35% marks 16 F - Less than 35% marks 2016 20 16 14 14 2017 20 Avg. Score 18 18 2016 2017 58.8% in 14
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Attendance Quality of Issues Raised
60 30 2016 2017 27 52 A - 100% to 80% marks 51 A - 100% to 80% marks B - Less than 80% to 70% marks 24 50 B - Less than 80% to 70% marks 25 C - Less than 70% to 60% marks C - Less than 70% to 60% marks D - Less than 60% to 50% marks D - Less than 60% to 50% marks Avg. Score E - Less than 50% to 35% marks 40 E - Less than 50% to 35% marks 20 18 ( 5 9 )
( 5 9 ) F - Less than 35% marks 92.4% in s s F - Less than 35% marks A A
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44 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 45 Perceived Least Corrupt Perceived Accesibility 20 35 33 20 A - 100% to 80% marks 2016 2017 A - 100% to 80% marks B - Less than 80% to 70% marks 18 B - Less than 80% to 70% marks 28 16 30 Avg. Score C - Less than 70% to 60% marks 15 C - Less than 70% to 60% marks 67.8% in D - Less than 60% to 50% marks 16 14 D - Less than 60% to 50% marks 13 E - Less than 50% to 35% marks 25 2016 & 60.9% E - Less than 50% to 35% marks 14 F - Less than 35% marks in 2017 F - Less than 35% marks ( 5 9 ) s ( 5 9 )
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38 Good - above 70% Average - 70% to 50% 66.04 66.34 40 Avg. Score Poor - below 50% 51.7% in 70 58.44 35 30 2016 & 11.5% 52.92 2016
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e 30 o FIR as per Affidavit February 2015 8 v N 15 A New FIRs Registered as on 31st December 2016 26* 20 10 Charge sheeted as on 31st December 2016 20 10 2 5 0 0 0 AAP (57) BJP (2) Good Average Poor Grade Political Party (No. of MLAs) Note: In 2016, 55 MLAs from AAP and 3 from BJP were ranked. In 2017, 57 MLAs (*) Includes 6 MLAs had FIRs before elections as declared in their affidavit. from AAP and 2 from BJP were ranked.
46 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 47 Top 5 MLAs in Overall
Assembly Overall Rank Constituency Political Score Zone No. Party MLAs Name (out of 100) 2016 2017 Rohini 6 AAP Mohinder Goyal 75.04 9 1
Najafgarh 37 AAP Bhavna Gaur 72.38 7 2
Average Score for Different Parameters Shahdara North 69 BJP Jagdish Pradhan 70.52 2 3 Shahdara North 63 AAP Rajendra Pal Gautam 67.87 5 4 100.00 92.41 90.00 84.75 Central 41 AAP Praveen Kumar 67.32 17 5 80.00
64.91 67.84 70.00 63.98 ) 62.94 60.92 % 58.83 n 57.59 ( i 60.00
e 53.38 r 51.72
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r 39.04 e v 40.00 35.76 A
30.00 Assembly Overall Rank 20.00 11.53 Constituency Political Score 2016 2017 10.00 Zone No. Party MLAs Name (out of 100)
0.00 Attendance Issues Raised Quality of Perception of Perceived Perceived Clean Overall Score Central 52 AAP Sahi Ram 27.26 58 59 Issues Raised Public Accessibility Least Corrupt Criminal Services Record 2016 92.41 49.88 39.04 62.94 63.98 67.84 51.72 58.83 Rohini 9 AAP Rituraj Govind 29.10 51 58 2017 84.75 48.26 35.76 57.59 64.91 60.92 11.53 53.38 Central 49 AAP Dinesh Mohaniya 29.17 39 57
West 31 AAP Mahinder Yadav 30.60 53 56
Rohini 11 AAP Raghuvinder Shokeen 39.18 57 55
Bottom 4 MLAs in Attendance
Assembly Overall Rank Constituency Political Score Zone No. Party MLAs Name (out of 10) 2016 2017
Najafgarh 33 AAP Adarsh Shastri 0 14 38
Najafgarh 34 AAP Gulab Singh 0 23 47
AAP Devinder Kumar 0 Najafgarh 36 22 51 Sehrawat
West 27 AAP Jarnail Singh 4 20 21
48 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 49 Top 5 MLAs in Quality Issues Raised Bottom 7 MLAs in Quality Issues Raised
Assembly Overall Rank Assembly Overall Rank Constituency Political Score Constituency Political Score Zone No. Party MLAs Name (out of 27) 2016 2017 Zone No. Party MLAs Name (out of 27) 2016 2017
Rohini 13 BJP Vijender Kumar 17.14 36 13 Central 52 AAP Sahi Ram 0 58 59 Rohini 9 AAP Rituraj Govind 0 51 58 Shahdara North 69 BJP Jagdish Pradhan 16.79 2 3 Central 49 AAP Dinesh Mohaniya 0 39 57 Najafgarh 37 AAP Bhavna Gaur 16.78 7 2 West 31 AAP Mahinder Yadav 0 53 56
Civil Line 20 AAP Alka Lamba 16.75 10 17 Rohini 11 AAP Raghuvinder Shokeen 0 57 55 Shahdara North 65 AAP Mohd. Ishraque 0 44 53 Rohini 6 AAP Mohinder Goyal 16.43 9 1 City 21 AAP Asim Ahmed Khan 0 NA 46
Top 5 MLAs in Accessibility Bottom 5 MLAs in Accessibility
Assembly Overall Rank Assembly Overall Rank Constituency Political Score Constituency Political Score Zone No. Party MLAs Name (out of 6) 2016 2017 Zone No. Party MLAs Name (out of 6) 2016 2017
Civil Line 18 AAP Akhilesh Pati Tripathi 5.62 55 34 West 31 AAP Mahinder Yadav 1.80 53 56
South 43 AAP Somnath Bharti 5.28 35 16 Sadar Paharganj 23 AAP Vishesh Ravi 2.18 12 50
Central 52 AAP Sahi Ram 5.28 58 59 Shahdara North 65 AAP Mohd. Ishraque 2.37 44 53
Rohini 6 AAP Mohinder Goyal 5.27 9 1 Rohini 14 AAP Bandana Kumari 2.46 NA 33
Central 51 AAP Avtar Singh 5.21 16 26 Central 54 AAP Amanatullah Khan 2.48 49 54
Top 5 MLAs in Perceived Least Corrupt Bottom 5 MLAs in Perceived Least Corrupt
Assembly Overall Rank Assembly Overall Rank Constituency Political Score Constituency Political Score Zone No. Party MLAs Name (out of 10) 2016 2017 Zone No. Party MLAs Name (out of 10) 2016 2017
Civil Line 16 AAP Jitender Singh Tomar 7.85 NA 24 Shahdara North 64 AAP Sarita Singh 4.37 25 45
West 29 AAP Jarnail Singh 7.24 41 40 Civil Line 18 AAP Akhilesh Pati Tripathi 4.51 55 34
West 32 AAP Naresh Balyan 7.20 32 49 Sadar Paharganj 19 AAP Som Dutt 4.68 43 52
South 50 AAP Saurabh Bharadwaj 7.14 42 14 Central 52 AAP Sahi Ram 4.89 58 59
South 44 AAP Parmila Tokas 7.06 47 25 Civil Line 3 AAP Pankaj Kant Singhal 4.89 8 9
50 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 51 Top 6 MLAs in Issues Raised THE methodology
Assembly Overall Rank Constituency Political Score Zone No. Party MLAs Name (out of 10) 2016 2017 1. The Matrix – Scale of Ranking
Rohini 13 BJP Vijender Kumar 10 36 13 The Matrix for measuring the functioning of the MLAs has been designed by Praja with inputs from reputed people with sectoral knowledge in governance, Shahdara North 69 BJP Jagdish Pradhan 9.82 2 3 political science, market research, media. Civil Line 20 AAP Alka Lamba 9.65 10 17 In order to design the research and get the desired output, it was important to South 43 AAP Somnath Bharti 9.48 35 16 answer the following two questions: Najafgarh 37 AAP Bhavna Gaur 9.13 7 2 a. On what parameters should the performance of MLAs be evaluated?
Rohini 6 AAP Mohinder Goyal 9.13 9 1 b. How should the research be designed in order to represent areas of each MLA and meet the right people? Bottom MLAs - Issues Raised in 2017 For the first question; The Indian Democracy functions on rules and (0 to 5 Issues Raised) strictures laid down in The Constitution of India adopted on 26th November, 1949. The Constitution has been amended on numerous occasions and Assembly Political No. of Issues various acts have been passed and adopted by subsequent assemblies Zone Constituency No. Party Name of the MLA Raised Rank to strengthen the functioning of centre, state and local self government Central 52 AAP Sahi Ram 0 59 institutions. All these acts/legislations with their base in the Constitution Rohini 9 AAP Rituraj Govind 0 58 give our elected representatives needed powers for functioning; have built the needed checks and balances; and serve as the source of the terms Central 49 AAP Dinesh Mohaniya 0 57 of reference for the elected representatives on all aspects of their 31 AAP Mahinder Yadav 0 56 West conduct as the people’s representatives. Hence the first parameter for Rohini 11 AAP Raghuvinder Shokeen 0 55 evaluating the performance of MLAs is based solely in the mechanisms Shahdara North 65 AAP Mohd. Ishraque 0 53 and instruments, and duties and responsibilities as led in The Constitution Najafgarh 36 AAP Devinder Kumar Sehrawat 5 51 of India. Sadar Paharganj 23 AAP Vishesh Ravi 4 50 However; The Constitution itself derives its power from the free will of its City 21 AAP Asim Ahmed Khan 0 46 citizens as also the document itself states that it has been adopted, Shahdara South 55 AAP Raju Dhingan 2 42 enacted and given to themselves by the people. Hence the perceptions of the people who are represented by the elected representatives West 30 AAP Rajesh Rishi 4 41 are the other important, necessary parameter for evaluating the Najafgarh 35 AAP Kailash Gahlot 1 37 performance of the elected representatives (the MLAs). Thus, to answer the South 46 AAP Kartar Singh Tanwar 4 36 second question it is necessary to study people’s perceptions of the MLAs' Civil Line 5 AAP Ajesh Yadav 4 35 performance, in their respective constituencies. Rohini 14 AAP Bandana Kumari 5 33 The next few pages will elaborate the study design and details of the study Karol Bagh 24 AAP Hazari Lal Chauhan 2 30 conducted to judge the performance of MLAs in Delhi; but before we get into Karol Bagh 25 AAP Shiv Charan Goel 5 29 details, it is important to understand the sources of data and its broad usage in the ranking matrix. Central 51 AAP Avtar Singh 2 26
52 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 53 The following information was required to judge the performance of each MLA Scale of Ranking in the city: Sr. Indicator Max Comments 1. Some of the tangible parameters like an elected MLAs attendance in the No. assembly, the number of issues raised she/he has raised in the house, importance of those issues raised, and utilisation of funds allotted to her/him. 1 Present
2. Some parameters on her/his background such as educational qualification, A Sessions Attended (*) 10 Based on percentage of attendance. 1) 100% to 91%- income tax records and criminal record (if any). 10; 2) 90% to 76% - 8; 3) 75% to 61% -6; 4) 60% to 3. Some soft parameters like the perception/impression of the people in 51% - 4; and 5) below 50% - 0. her/his constituency, awareness about them, satisfaction with their work B Number of issues raised 10 Against Group Percentage Rank. and improvement in the quality of life because of the MLA. 16 being the top most percentile and so on to the Once the areas of evaluation were finalised, it was important to decide upon the lowest. methodology which would best provide the required information. Information C Importance of issues 27 Weightages are given to issues raised through the mentioned in points 1 and 2 above was gathered from RTI and by means of raised (Quality of issues questions depending on whether they belong to the secondary research. MLA Scores have been derived out of maximum 100 raised) State List, Central List, are in the domain of Municipal marks with 60% weightage given to tangible facts about the MLA. For the Authority or are in the shared domain of State/ Centre / rd Information on the 3 point a primary survey was conducted amongst the Municipal. The scale is given in the separate table below. citizens in each constituency to evaluate the perceived performance of the In the aggregate scale (out of 100) the following MLA. 40% weightage was given to perceived performance of MLAs in the weightage is given: Centre gets 3; State gets 13; minds of common man. Municipal Corporation Delhi gets 4 and Centre / State / The data used for points 1 and 2 has been collected from government sources: Municipal Corporation Delhi gets 7.
a. Election Commission of India’s Website. D Total Local Area 5 Calculation for the current financial year is done for b. Under Right to Information Act from Vidhan Bhavan. Development Funds the sanctioned fund of Rs. 4 crore approved till March Utilised during (April 2016 2017. (1) 100% (or more) to 91%- 5; (2) 90% to 76% - c. Delhi Government Website. to March 2017) 4; (3) 75% to 61% - 3; (4) 60% to 51% - 2; and d. Under Right to Information Act from Delhi Police. (5) below 50% - 0. Please refer pg. 60 for more.
Total 52 People’s perception as per point 3 has been mapped through an opinion poll of 24,301 people across the city of Delhi by Hansa Market Research conducted 2 Past through a structured questionnaire. A Education Qualification 1 A minimum of 10th Pass - 1; if not - 0 It is very important to understand here that the matrix is objectively designed and provides no importance to the political party of the representative or to B Income Tax 2 (1) Possessing PAN Card - 1 any personal/political ideology. (2) Disclosing Income in Affidavit - 1 Criminalisation of politics in the country has been growing since independence C Criminal Record 5 If the candidate has zero cases registered against her/ and is a phenomenon which if not checked now can destroy the democratic him, then 5; else as below: foundations of our nation. Hence personal criminal record related parameters (1) Criminal Cases Registered containing the following pertaining to the elected representative are taken into consideration such as: charges: Murder, Rape, Molestation, Riot, Extortion - 0 their FIR cases registered against them as stated in the election affidavit; new (2) Other criminal cases than the above mentioned - 3 FIR cases registered against them after being elected in the current term; and Total 8 important pending charge sheets.
54 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 55 st Scale of Ranking As a developing 21 century country, basic modern education is an important criterion for human development. Even at lowest clerical jobs in the Sr. Indicator Max Comments No. government, the government insists on a minimum educational level. Going by the same logic and the times, it is prudent that a similar yardstick be 3 Perception Based on a opinion poll of 24,301 people spread across different constituencies in the city of Delhi applied to our elected representatives. However, we also believe that the educational parameter should be given a minimal weightage in the overall A Perception of Public 20 Score on Public Services Services scheme vis-a-vis other parameters, that are more crucial for judging performance of the elected representatives. B Awareness & Accessibility 6 Score on Awareness amongst people about their representative, their political party and ease of access b. Income Tax to the representative It is widely published and believed in India that annual income levels and wealth C Corruption Index 10 Score on perceived personal corruption of the of those who are elected sees a manifold increase in the few years when they representative represent. On this parameter, marks are allocated only for declaring returns D Broad Measures 4 Score on overall satisfaction and improvement in (one mark) and for possessing a PAN card (one mark), as per the affidavit. quality of life Total 40 c. Criminal Record 4 Negative marking for new -5 For any new FIR registered during the year. Criminalisation of politics is a sad reality. A significant number of elected criminal cases registered representatives have a criminal record i.e. 1) they have FIRs registered against during the year them; 2) charge sheets filled; and 3) even convictions given by the courts of law. 5 Negative marking for -5 For any Charge sheet in a criminal case. Charge sheet There is no excuse for not having moral probity in public life. It is the right of the citizens to have people representing them with no criminal records. Hence the 6 Negative marking for -5 This can be done on own website, newspaper, no annual pro-active Praja Website or any other source which should be scheme of ranking has taken into account marks for people with clean records: disclosures by the elected announced publicly. i. Those with absolutely no criminal FIRs registered are given five marks. representatives of Assets Also marks would be cut for wrong disclosures in the and Liabilities and Criminal above mentioned forums. (**) ii. Those with FIRs registered against, with cases containing the following record charges: murder, rape, molestation, riot and extortion are given zero marks. Total 100 iii. Those with other FIRs registered against, other than those mentioned in (*) Sessions taken into account for this report card are 22nd March 2016 to 18th January 2017. No. ii above, are given three marks. (**) This negative parameter on proactive disclosures has not been applied. But as one We have negative markings as explained in No. 5 ahead for other parameters of the primary purpose of the Report Card is to promote transparency amongst elected related to crime records like charge sheet. representatives, it is imperative that they proactively provide personal information on their personal annual economic status and to emphasise their probity in public life, they should Kindly note that allocating scoring for each individual case would have been share every year their updated criminal record. complex, instead scoring for cases after them being categorised as above seemed more logical and hence number of individual cases are not that 2. Parameters for Past Records as per Affidavit important but the category of case needed for the scoring. Parameters for Past Records are based on information in election affidavit that 3. Parameters for Present Performance in the State Legislature includes educational, criminal and financial records of MLAs. Total eight Marks In an indirect, representative democracy like India’s, citizens elect their out of Maximum 100 marks are allocated for this parameter. representatives so that these representatives can represent them in the houses a. Education of legislation and deliberate on issues related to the citizens and form needed If the elected representative has declared in his affidavit, education qualification legislations under the guidelines of and using the mechanisms of the Constitution. as 10th pass or more than that then on the scale one mark is allocated, else Thus it is very clear that the weightages in the performance scale have to be more zero marks are given. biased to these functions of the elected representatives i.e. of Deliberation.
56 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 57 a. Session Attendance Weightage to Issues raised The mandate given by citizens to the representatives is to attend the business Classification Issues Weightages Total of the respective legislative houses. It is hence prudent that the representatives Civic (civic amenities such as 8 attend 100% or near to 100% sessions of their respective houses. Hence the roads, sewage, etc.) marking as follows based on percentage of attendance: (1) 100% to 91% - 10 Community Welfare 6 marks; (2) 90% to 76% - eight marks; (3) 75% to 61% - six marks; (4) 60% to Social Infrastructure Crime 5 41 51% - four marks; and (5) below 50% - zero marks. Education 9 Health 8 b. Number of Issues Raised Social cultural concerns 5 There cannot be really a set benchmark for the right number of issues Energy 9 raised that have to be asked by a representative. However given the range Physical Infrastructure Transport 9 19 and complexity of issues that our country is facing, it is necessary for the Forest 1 Financial Institutions 2 10 representative to raise as many issues as they can, which are necessary for Economic Infrastructure the citizens. Hence to stimulate the representatives to ask maximum number Industries 8 of issues raised the scale uses the percentile system for scoring. Revenue 6 18 Governance/Policy Making Corruption & Scams 6 Devices used for asking ‘Issues Raised’ that have been considered in the marking as per Delhi Assembly Rules: Schemes / Policies 6 • Calling Attention (Rule 54) Irrigation 4 Agriculture/ 9 • Motion for Adjournment (Rule 59 - 65) Agriculture 2 Food Infrastructure • Motions (Rule 107 - 117) Animal Husbandry 3 • No Confidence Motions (Rule 251 - 252) Other Other issues related 3 3 • Resolutions/Private member Resolution (Rule 89) • Short Duration Discussions (Rule 55 - 58) 100 • Short Notice Questions (Rule 32) • Special Mention (Rule 280) Step 2: • Starred Questions (Rule 33) Issues are categorised into: • Unstarred Questions (Rule 33) • Questions to private members (Rule - 47) n Centre based • Questions Involving Breach of Privilege and Contempt (Rule 66-83) n State based The marking for this section is out of a maximum 10 marks that the n Municipal Corporation Delhi [Local Self Government (LSG)] representative can get for being the person with the maximum number of n Centre / State / Municipal Corporation Delhi issues raised. The marking here is done against Group Percentage Rank: This Categorisation is based on the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of 10 being the top most percentile and so on to the lowest. India, the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 and the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957. Overall weightage is given respective c. Importance of Issues Raised (Quality of Issues Raised) in the ratio of 3:13:4:7 in the above categories. It is not just the number of issues raised that are asked but also the quality of Thus after applying weightage for a issue raised under Step 1 for a particular issues raised. The system for weightages here is designed as below: issue (for e.g. 9 for Muncipal Education), weightage under Step 2 (for e.g. 4 Step 1: for LSG) is applied based on whether the issue is under the domain of state, Issues are given certain weightages depending on them being prime functions local self government, centre or jointly under Centre / State / LSG. of the State Legislature or of the Municipal bodies or the Centre. As explained Formula representation of the calculation done to determine importance of the ahead in weightages to issues raised. issue raised by categorisation in seventh schedule
58 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 59 I -Weightage; Q - No. of Issues Raised on a particular subject; T - Total; C - Category; Hence the calculation for the current financial year is done for the sanctioned fund M - Marks as per categorisation of Rs. 4 crore approved till March 2017. (1) 100% (or more) to 91%- 5; (2) 90% to 76% - 4; (3) 75% to 61% - 3; (4) 60% to 51% - 2; and (5) below 50% - 0. (I1 * Q1)+(I1 * Q1)+.....(Inth * Qnth) = T1; (I2 * Q2)+(I2 * Q2)+.....(Inth * Qnth) = T2 Note: Local Area Development fund for the current year has not been (I3 * Q3)+(I3 * Q3)+.....(Inth * Qnth) = T3; calculated in the scoring because there is discrepancy in the RTI response T1+T2+T3 = Tx; (T1 * C1)+(T2 * C2)+(T3 * C3) = TCy and the fund utilisation uploaded on the Delhi Government website in some TCx / Ty = M of the cases and also one of the district has not shared any data. Hence to maintain parity in the scoring for this year we have not calculated marks in Step 3: this section for all the MLAs. The score in step 2 (M) is further weighted by score for Number of Issue 4. Parameters for People’s Perception as per Opinion Poll Raised (Point C). Since perceived performance was given a weightage of 40 points, we divided it further in to 4 broad areas in order to evaluate the performance in detail. All Illustration for marking Importance of Issues Raised these four areas were given differential weightage based to the importance If a MLA has asked a total of 5 issues: 1 related to crime under centre category, in defining the MLAs performance. The weightages were divided in the 2 related to civic-water supply under state category, 1 related to Drainage under following scheme: Municipal Corporation Delhi and 1 related to community welfare under joint n Perception of Public Services (impression of the people about the facilities domain of Centre / State / Municipal; then the marking will be as below: in the area) was given a weightage of 20 points, Centre State Municipal C/S/M* n Awareness & Accessibility of the MLA was given a weightage of 6 points, (3) (13) (7) (1) n Corruption index was given a weightage of 10 points and Crime (5) 5*1=5 n Broad overall measures were given a weightage of 4 points Civic-Water Supply (8) 8*2=16 The rationale for giving the above scoring points was to give more importance Civic-Drainage (8) 8*1=8 to the key issues like facilities in the area & corruption as compared to MLA Community Welfare (6) 6*1=6 being aware and accessible or overall feel of the people being positive. This is Total 5 16 8 6 5+16+8+6=35 because we believe that scoring positively overall or being popular is actually Total * Category Weightage 5*3=15 16*13= 8*4=32 6*7=42 15+208+32+42 a function of your work in different areas. Hence, these areas should be given 208 =297 more importance than the overall satisfaction. Moreover a blanket overall performance for an individual may be good but when interrogated deeply 297/35 = 8 Assuming the score for number of issues raised is 3 out of 10. about different traits the positives and negatives can be clearly pointed. (((((8/27)×100)+((3/10)×100))/2)×27)/100=8.29 out of maximum 27. So the MLA gets 8.29 Marks. The next step after assigning weightages to four broad areas was to make (*) Centre / State / Municipal Corporation Delhi sure that facilities which come under the state jurisdiction get more importance than the ones which come under the central government’s jurisdiction or the d. Total Local Area Development Funds Utilised during April 2016 to local self government’s jurisdiction. Hence the weightage for Perception of March 2017 Public Services was further divided into a hierarchy of 3 levels to meet the desired objective. Level 1 included facilities which are more critical to state MLAs get a Local Area Development Fund during their tenure. This fund they government whereas Level 3 included facilities that are more critical to central can spend as per their discretion on certain specified development work in government or the local self government. their constituencies. It is necessary that the funds are utilised in a planned phased manner to achieve optimal results. And this can only happen if the n Level 1 – This level included areas like Traffic Jams & congestion, representative has a appropriate plan right from the start of their term and that Availability/Adequacy of public transport facilities like Auto rickshaw, Taxis, they do not spend the fund in an adhoc manner and that not entirely towards Buses & Local trains, Power Supply, Water Supply, Pollution problems in the end of their terms without focus on the needs of their constituency. your area. It was given a weightage of 10 points.
60 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 61 n Level 2 – This level included areas Condition of roads, Availability of public n In order to meet the respondent, following sampling process was followed: gardens, Hospitals and other medical facilities, Appropriate schools for p 2 – 3 prominent areas in the ward were identified and the sample was availing education facilities, Water logging, Instances of crime, Availability divided amongst them. of footpaths and pedestrian walking areas. It was given a weightage of p Respondents were intercepted in households in these areas and the 7 points. required information was obtained from them. n Level 3 – This level included areas like Law & Order, Cleanliness & n Sample composition of age & gender was corrected to match the universe Sanitation facilities. It was given a weightage of 3 points. profile using the baseline data from IRS. Research Design: n The final sample spread achieved for each assembly constituency is as follows: n A Member of Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Legislature of a State in the Indian Parameters of Evaluation: system of Government. An electoral district (also known as a constituency) While deciding the parameters of evaluation for a MLA, we wanted to make is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for a seat sure that we covered issues at both the state & central level and hence decided in a legislative body. to capture the information on four important aspects. These were as follows: n Winner of this seat in the constituency is termed as an MLA and has the n Impression of the people about different facilities in his/her area power to manage the functioning of the constituency. n In Delhi, each constituency has further been divided into councillor p Condition of roads constituency wards and a municipal Councillor is elected to oversee p Traffic jams & Congestion of roads the functioning of each ward. Hence, there is a clear delegation of p Availability of public gardens/open playgrounds responsibilities at the ground level. n Since, our study focused on evaluating the performance of MLAs it was p Availability/Adequacy of public transport facilities like Auto rickshaw, necessary to cover and represent all the assembly constituencies to which Taxis, Buses & Local trains each of these MLAs belonged. p Hospitals and other medical facilities n Hence, we decided to cover a sample from each constituency. However, p Appropriate schools for availing education facilities it is also known that constituencies differ in size as calculated in terms of area coverage and population. The number of the wards within each p Power Supply assembly constituency also differs. p Water Supply n The total sample for the study covered for 68 MLA Assembly constituency p Water logging during rainy season (Excluding Cantonment and New Delhi Constituency) = 24,301 respondents. p Pollution problems n Next step was to define the target group for the study. We finalised on p Instances of Crime covering within each ward: p Law & Order situation p Both Males & Females p 18 years and above (eligible to vote) p Cleanliness & Sanitation facilities n Once the target group was defined, quotas for representing gender and p Availability of footpaths and pedestrian walking areas age groups were set. n Awareness & Accessibility of the MLA n The quotas were set on the basis of age and gender split available through n Perception of corruption for MLA Indian Readership Study, a large scale baseline study conducted nationally by Media Research Users Council (MRUC) & Hansa Research group. n Broad overall measures like overall satisfaction with MLA & improvement in quality of life because of MLA. n The required information was collected through face to face household interviews with the help of structured questionnaire.
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MAP OF DELHI Constituency Area Name Sample Constituency Area Name Sample N No. Size No. Size 1 Narela 383 35 Najafgarh 345 2 Burari 338 36 Bijwasan 338 3 Timarpur 348 37 Palam 383 4 Adarsh Nagar 352 39 RAJINDER NAGAR 349 5 Badli 351 41 Jangpura 366 6 Rithala 514 42 Kasturba Nagar 383 7 Bawana (SC) 347 43 Malviya Nagar 341 8 Mundka 359 44 R K Puram 335 9 Kirari 385 45 Mehrauli 346 10 Sultan Pur Majra 333 46 Chhatarpur 367 (SC) 47 Deoli (SC) 359 11 Nangloi Jat 337 48 Ambedkar Nagar 347 12 Mangol Puri (SC) 349 49 Sangam Vihar 339 13 Rohini 344 50 Greater Kailash 363 14 Shalimar Bagh 342 51 Kalkaji 394 15 Shakurbasti 345 52 Tuglakabad Nct 337 16 Tri nagar 373 53 Badapur 317 17 Wazirpur 379 54 Okhla 337 18 Model Town 340 55 Trilokpuri 349 19 Sadar Bazar 345 20 Chandi Chowk 372 56 Kondli 362 21 Matia Mahal 393 57 Patparganj 342 22 Ballimaran 341 58 Laxmi Nagar 353 23 Karol Bagh 414 59 Vishwas Nagar 344 24 Patel Nagar (SC) 338 60 Krishna Nagar 381 25 Moti Nagar 350 61 Gandhi Nagar 343 26 Madipur 346 62 Shahdara 336 27 Rajouri Garden 344 63 Seema puri 342 28 Hari Nagar 344 64 Rohtas Nagar 336 29 Tilak Nagar 340 65 Sheelampur 341 30 Janakpuri 341 66 Ghonda 342 Not to Scale 31 Vikaspuri 354 67 Babarpur 348 32 Uttam Nagar 402 68 Gokalpur 366 33 Dwarka 346 69 Mustafabad 427 34 Matiala 407 70 Karawal Nagar 347
Note : Survey is not conducted for constituency no. 38 & 40 (Cantonment & New Delhi)
64 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 65 Illustration of Scorecard for an MLA: Scores of Netted Variables
Sr. Parameters Broad Groupings Scores Maximum Sr. Netted Variables Weightage Assigned Scores Maximum No. Score No. Score
1 Recall for party name to which the MLA belongs Awareness & Accessibility 77 100 1 Awareness & Accessibility 6 74 100
2 Broad Overall Measures 4 64 100 2 Recall for name of the MLA Awareness & Accessibility 76 100 3 Corruption Index 10 72 100 3 Accessibility of the MLA Awareness & Accessibility 69 100 4 Impression of people-Level 1 10 69 100 4 Satisfaction with the MLA Broad overall measures 59 100 5 Impression of people-Level 2 7 64 100 5 Improvement in Lifestyle Broad overall measures 69 100 6 Impression of people-Level 3 3 63 100 6 Corruption Corruption Index 72 100 Weighted Final Scores 7 Power Supply Impression of people-Level 1 54 100 Perceived performance of the MLA = 8 Instances of Crime Impression of people-Level 2 61 100 ((6*74)+(4*64)+(10*72)+(10*69)+(7*64)+(3*63))/100 = 27.4 out of 40 This score was further added with the performance on hard parameters and a 9 Law & Order situation Impression of people-Level 3 59 100 composite score for each MLA was derived. 10 Pollution problems Impression of people-Level 1 78 100 Weighting the data: 11 Hospitals and other medical facilities Impression of people-Level 2 67 100 When conducting a survey, it is common to compare the figures obtained in a sample with universe or population values. These values may come from the 12 Appropriate schools for availing Impression of people-Level 2 68 100 same survey from a different time period or from other sources. education facilities In this case, we compared the age & gender compositions achieved in our 13 Condition of Roads Impression of people-Level 2 63 100 survey with the similar compositions in IRS study (Indian Readership Survey). In the process, minor deviations for demographics were corrected. 14 Traffic jams & Congestion of roads Impression of people-Level 1 76 100 Hence, weighting not only helped us to remove the demographic skews from our sample data but also ensured that the representation of demography 15 Availability of public gardens/open Impression of people-Level 2 56 100 playgrounds was correct. 5. Parameters for Negative Marking 16 Availability/Adequacy of Public Transport Impression of people-Level 1 65 100 Negative marking for new FIR cases registered facilities like Auto rickshaw, Taxis, Buses & Local Trains If there has been a new FIR registered against the elected representative after her/his election then this happens to be a matter of concern; and hence 17 Water Supply Impression of people-Level 1 77 100 out of the marks earned by the representative, five marks would be deducted. 18 Water Logging during rainy season Impression of people-Level 2 79 100 Do note that, in the process of allocating marks we did not take into account 19 Cleanliness & Sanitation facilities Impression of people-Level 3 66 100 the number of new criminal FIR cases (as per Representation of the People Act, 1951), but simply takes into account even a single occurrence for 20 Availability of footpaths and pedestrian Impression of people-Level 2 57 100 allocating marks. walking areas
66 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 67 Negative marking for Charge Sheet registered A charge sheet signifies prima facie evidence in the case. This is again a THE FOUR LION TORCH serious concern for moral probity of the representative. Hence out of the marks earned by the representative, five marks would be deducted for charge sheets in criminal cases (both from the affidavit and from the new FIR cases The four lions of the Ashoka Pillar, symbolizing power, courage, pride and as per Representation of the People Act, 1951). confidence are the ethos behind the Indian Republic as embedded in our Negative marking for no annual pro-active disclosures by the elected Constitution. We salute the top 3 ranking MLAs of Delhi as torch bearers representatives of Assets and Liabilities and Criminal record of this idea. They have topped the list on an objective ranking system as explained earlier in this report card, performing more efficiently relative to their As per the election commission norms the candidate standing for elections peers. Jai Hind. have to file an affidavit detailing amongst other things, their own assets and liabilities and criminal record. The candidate who gets elected later, does not share this information with her/his constituency or the election commission until and unless she/he stands for re-election or for a new election on different seat or post. However given the need of the time, we feel that it is necessary that the elected representatives proactively make their assets and liabilities (income status) and criminal records available to their constituencies at the end of every financial year when they are representing. This can be done through Newspapers or other Public Medias or through their own Websites or through Praja Website. This will bring larger transparency.
#1: GOLD #2: SILVER #3: BRONZE
Trophy 1 – The Best Elected Representative as per Praja Matrix of Ranking Performance of MLAs. Trophy 2 – The Second Best Elected Representative as per Praja Matrix of Ranking Performance of MLAs. Trophy 3 – The Third Best Elected Representative as per Praja Matrix of Ranking Performance of MLAs.
68 DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD DELHI MLAs REPORT CARD 69 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, HAVING SOLEMNLY RESOLVED TO CONSTITUTE INDIA INTO A SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AND TO SECURE TO ALL ITS CITIZENS: JUSTICE, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL; LIBERTY OF THOUGHT, EXPRESSION, BELIEF, FAITH AND WORSHIP; EQUALITY OF STATUS AND OF OPPORTUNITY; AND TO PROMOTE AMONG THEM ALL FRATERNITY ASSURING THE DIGNITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE UNITY AND INTEGRITY OF THE NATION.
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