This list names politician

Politician

A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

s in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 who have been accused of political corruption

Political corruption

Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption. Neither are illegal acts by...

 and also names the criminal charge against them. Politicians appear in this list if a court has presented a criminal charge to them, and members of this list have not necessarily been arrested or found guilty

Guilt (law)

In criminal law, guilt is entirely externally defined by the state, or more generally a “court of law.” Being “guilty” of a criminal offense means that one has committed a violation of criminal law, or performed all the elements of the offense set out by a criminal statute...

 or innocent of any charge.

Background

India's lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

, has 545 elected lawmakers. As of May 2011, approximately 30 percent have criminal cases pending against them. Current election rules state that politicians may stand in elections or serve in elected positions while on trial or while appealing convictions. In such cases where the accused chooses to stand trial, the average criminal case in India finishes 15 years after charges are initiated.

List

List of politicians in India charged with corruption
name	position	charges	trial result
Prakash Singh Badal	Chief Minister of Punjab	Cheating, Possessing assets disproportionate to known sources of income	Acquitted after witnesses turned hostile
Sukhbir Singh Badal Sukhbir Singh Badal Sukhbir Singh Badal ' is President of Shiromani Akali Dal political party. He is the son of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal...	Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab	Cheating, Possessing assets disproportionate to known sources of income, Intimidating journalists	Acquitted after witnesses turned hostile, Other cases still pending
Ashok Chavan Ashok Chavan Ashok Shankarrao Chavan was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Chavan was sworn in on 8 December 2008, after his political party, the Indian National Congress and Vilasrao Deshmukh selected him to be Vilasrao Deshmukh's successor on 5 December 2008. He earlier served as Minister for Cultural...	Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...	Adarsh Housing Society Scam Adarsh Housing Society Scam The Adarsh Housing Society is a cooperative society in the city of Mumbai in India. It was reserved for the war widows and veterans of the Kargil War.-Corruption allegations:...	Accused by CBI, trial pending
Suresh Jain	Minister for food and civil supplies, Maharashtra	corruption in Jalgaon District Co-operative Bank	Implicated by the Sawant Comission
Balram Jakhar Balram Jakhar Dr. Balram Jakhar Dr. Balram Jakhar Dr. Balram Jakhar (Devanagari:बलराम जाखड, IAST: Balrām (born 23 August 1923) is a well-known Indian politician and parliamentarian and former Governor of Madhya Pradesh. -Early life and education:...	Union minister and Speaker	Hawala (illegal foreign exchange) case	Acquitted of all charges
Pratap Singh Kairon Pratap Singh Kairon Pratap Singh Kairon was the Chief Minister of the Punjab province , and is widely acknowledged to be the architect of post-Independence Punjab Province. Moreover, he was an Indian independence movement leader...	Former Chief Minister Chief Minister A Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...  of Punjab Punjab Punjab or Panjab may refer to:Geographical regions*Punjab region, an area of South Asia stretching from central Pakistan to northwest India**Punjab, India, a state, a part of the Punjab which lies in India...	Corruption	Commission of inquiry Indicted him. Resigned. Finally assassinated
Suresh Kalmadi Suresh Kalmadi Suresh Kalmadi is an Indian politician and senior sports administrator. He was formerly a member of the Indian National Congress...	Member of Parliament Member of Parliament A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...	Criminal conspiracy and cheating related to 2010 Commonwealth Games 2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...	Indicted and arrested, Awaiting trail
M. K. Kanimozhi	Member of Parliament Member of Parliament A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...	2G spectrum scam 2G spectrum scam The 2G spectrum scandal involved officials in the government of India illegally undercharging mobile telephony companies for frequency allocation licenses, which they would use to create 2G subscriptions for cell phones...	Indicted and arrested, Awaiting trial
Jagir Kaur Jagir Kaur Bibi Jagir Kaur is the first woman to be elected for the second time as the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee , an organisation that manages historic Sikh shrines and some educational institutions in the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and the Union...	Former Minister in Punjab	Conspiracy to murder her own daughter	Trial continuing
Madhu Koda Madhu Koda Madhu Koda is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Jharkhand from 2006 to 2008. He was sworn in as the fifth Chief Minister of Jharkhand on September 18, 2006 and remained in office until he resigned on 23 August 2008; he was succeeded by Shibu Soren. He had eight ministers in his cabinet...	Chief Minister of Jharkhand Jharkhand Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...	Rs 40000 crores (USD 8.8 bn) graft money case	In jail since 2009, investigation continues
R.Balakrishna Pillai	Ex-Minister of Kerala	Idamalayar Dam Graft case	Convicted, serving sentence
A. Raja A. Raja Andimuthu Raja is an Indian politician from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha representing the Nilgiris constituency of Tamil Nadu....	Union Cabinet Minister for Communications and Information Technology Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India) The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology is an Indian government ministry. It contains three departments:*Department of Telecommunications*Department of Information Technology*Department of Posts...	2G spectrum scam 2G spectrum scam The 2G spectrum scandal involved officials in the government of India illegally undercharging mobile telephony companies for frequency allocation licenses, which they would use to create 2G subscriptions for cell phones...	Indicted and arrested, Awaiting trial
Sukh Ram Sukh Ram Sukh Ram is a former union communications minister in Indian National Congress Government. He was a member of Lok Sabha from Mandi constituency of Himachal Pradesh. He won the Vidhan Sabha election five times and the Lok sabha election three times....	Former Telecom minister	Corruption	Sentenced to five years inprisonment.
P. V. Narasimha Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao Pamulaparti Venkata "Narasimha Rao" was the ninth Prime Minister of India . He led an important administration, overseeing a major economic transformation and several home incidents affecting national security of India. Rao accelerated the dismantling of the Licence Raj. He is often referred to as...  (deceased)	Ex-Prime Minister	Alleged offering of bribes, alleged framing of V.P. Singh, and cheating Lakhubhai Pathak	Higher court overturned conviction in the first case and the trial court acquitted him in the other two cases
Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy	Member of Parliament	Accumulating huge wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income	Charge sheeted by CBI ,Awaiting prosecution
Pinarayi Vijayan Pinarayi Vijayan Pinarayi Vijayan is a politician and a former minister of Kerala, South India. He is currently a politburo member and the state secretary of Kerala State Committee of Communist Party of India .- Early life :...	Kerala State Secretary of CPIM	SNC-Lavalin SNC-Lavalin SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is a large Canadian engineering firm. It is one of the ten largest engineering firms in the world and is based in Montreal, Quebec. It formed in 1991 from the merger of SNC and the failing Lavalin, another Quebec based engineering firm....  case.	Awaiting prosecution
Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician from Bihar. He was the Minister of Railways from 2004 to 2009 in the ruling United Progressive Alliance government, and the President of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party...	Chief Minister of Bihar, Minister of Railways Ministry of Railways (India) The Ministry of Railways in India is in charge of the Indian Railways, an organisation that operates as a monopoly in rail transport in India. Dinesh Trivedi is the current minister responsible for railways....	Fodder scam Fodder Scam The Fodder Scam was a corruption scandal that involved the embezzlement of about from the government treasury of the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Among those implicated in the theft and arrested were then Chief Minister of Bihar, Laloo Prasad Yadav, as well as former Chief Minister, Jagannath... , others	acquitted in 2006
B. S. Yeddyurappa	Former Chief Minister of Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...	Illegal mining scam	Surrendered to Lokayukta court, in judicial custody awaiting trial

External links

• spreadsheet of Lok Sabha members with pending cases