Most Corrupt Politicians: List of Top 10 Leader in India
Every Politician is corrupted some or other way. We can't bring everyone before justice and even if they are shown to justice, they knew how to walk out of the mess. Now we bring you the list of Top 10 Most Corrupt Politicians in India. All these politicians belong to various parties and are alleged in different corruption cases.
1.) Name: Suresh Kalmadi
Amount: 35000 Crores
Political Party: Indian National Congress
Year: 2010
Area: Commonwealth Games.
He is almost a one of the most corrupted politicians in India he is a one man army in the commonwealth games corruption case. Kalmadi is the man behind the loss of more than hundred crores.
2.) Name: Andimuthu Raja
Amount: 1,76,000 Crore.
Party: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Year: 2007
Area: 2G Spectrum Scam
Cabinet minister for Communication and Information Technology from May 2007, following the resignation of Dayanidhi Maran. Raja was investigated in the 2G Spectrum case, along with two other members of the DMK, Dayanidhi Maran and Kanimozhi. All three were acquitted in 2017.
3.) Mayawati
Amount: Unknown
Year: 2007-2008
Paid Tax: 26 Crore
Party: Bahujan Samaj Party
Area: Disproportionate assets
Other Corruption: Taj corridor case, Disproportionate assets case, Bahujan Monuments (60 billion rupees),
In the 2007–08 assessment year, Mayawati paid an income tax of ₹ 26 crore, ranking among the top 20 taxpayers in the country.
4.) Lalu Prasad Yadav
Amount: 950 Crore
Year: 1996-2005
Party: Rashtriya Janata Dal
Area: Fodder Scam, Disproportionate Assets
Yadav was an accused party and later convicted in the first Fodder Scam case of 1996. The case involved the siphoning off of about ₹ 4.50 billion ($ 111.85 million) from the animal husbandry department.
In 1998, a disproportionate assets case arising out of the fodder scam was registered against Yadav and Rabri Devi. In April 2000, both were made co-accused in the charge-sheet and surrendered. While Rabri Devi got bail due to being Chief Minister of Bihar, Yadav was remanded in Beur jail for 11 days.
5.) Sharad Pawar
Amount: 1000 Crore
Year: 2009
Party: Nationalist Congress Party
Area: Stamp-paper scam, Land Allotment, IPL exemption from tax controversy
Pawar was also named as a beneficiary in a stamp paper scam by a convicted Indian criminal, Abdul Karim Telgi, during a narcoanalysis test, filmed by various Indian news channels, wherein he also mentioned Chhagan Bhujbal.
6.) VK Sasikala
Amount: 292 crore
Year: 2017
Party: Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam (AMMK)
Area: illicit wealth
On 14 February 2017, the Supreme Court of India found Sasikala and her co-accused — Ilavarasi (her sister-in-law) and V. N. Sudhakaran (her nephew) — guilty of conspiring, laundering and amassing illicit wealth worth.
7.) J. Jayalalithaa
Amount: 100 crore
Year: 2017
Party: Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam (AMMK)
Area: 46 corruption cases (1996 colour TV case, 1995 Foster son and luxury wedding corruption, 1998 TANSI land deal case, Disproportionate assets case)
8.) BS Yediyurappa
Amount: Unknown
Year: 2011
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Area: illegal iron ore scam in several districts of his state
He also lost his minister’s post for corruption.
9.) Madhu Koda
Amount: 4,000 crore
Year: 2008
Party: Indian National Congress
Area: illegal mining scam
10.) Mulayam Singh Yadav
Amount: Unknown
Year: 2007
Party: Samajwadi Party
Area: Disproportionate Asset