AAP MLAs now less reachable to people
Accessibility down to 49.2%: Survey
A report card prepared by NGO Praja Foundation has revealed that the accessibility of the legislators went down from 64 per cent in 2016 to 49.2 per cent in 2019 in the national capital.
The report also claimed that the attendance of MLAs in the Delhi Assembly has fallen from 92.4 per cent in 2016 to 80.30 per cent in 2019.
Citizens feel that MLAs have become less accessible to them. The perception survey data states that MLA accessibility has gone down from 64 per cent in 2016 to 49.2 per cent in 2019, said the report.
It also said that 33 of the 60 MLAs ranked for performance have a criminal record as of December 31, 2018. Further, 10 out of the 33 MLAs had cases registered against them as per their affidavits before the 2015 Delhi Assembly polls.
As per the report, the top three MLAs are Mohinder Goyal (AAP), Jagdish Pradhan (BJP), and SK Bagga (AAP) with an average score of 73.83 per cent, 72.13 per cent, and 71.88 per cent respectively.
The report also found that the MLAs’ average score in terms of raising issues in the Assembly is just 49.3 per cent in 2019. “Out of 60 MLAs ranked in 2019, 43 have not been able to score more than 50 per cent on raising quality issues in the Assembly,” it added.
The report was based on RTI applications filed over
the year and upon survey of 27,121 people of Delhi, said Praja Foundation director Milind Mhaske.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), however, rejected the report saying that the Praja Foundation is a “BJP-leaning” organisation.
“For many years, we have maintained that Praja Foundation is a BJPleaning organisation and their surveys are biased and in favour of BJP. We do not participate in any of their surveys,” said AAP spokesperson and MLA (Greater Kailash) Saurabh Bhardwaj.