* 30% of Indian MPs have criminal charges and every MP under 30 ‘inherited’ seat;

Telegraph, June 2009: “A total of 153 of the 543 politicians elected in the biggest democratic election history have criminal cases pending, including nine ministers, according to a study by two non-governmental organisations, the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW)

… there is a possibility that some of the charges were brought by political opponents …”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/5422967/One-third-of-Indian-MPs-have-criminal-charges-filed-against-them.html

Patrick French, in researching for his book  ‘India: A Portrait’, found that every Indian MP under 30 has in effect ‘inherited’ a seat from a family member. Not quite as non-representative as the composition of the Chinese people’s national assembly, but …

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