Ex-Chief Ministers Who Have Been In Legal Trouble

Zee Media Bureau
Mar 22, 2024

Arvind Kejriwal

Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the excise policy case on May 21.

Hemant Soren

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on January 31 in connection with a money laundering probe into an alleged land scam in his state.

Lalu Prasad Yadav

In 1997, then Bihar’s CM Lalu Prasad Yadav was convicted of corruption in the fodder scam and was sentenced to prison. He resigned from office and appointed his wife Rabri Devi as the Chief Minister.

J Jayalalithaa

Tamil Nadu was arrested in a corruption case in 1996. She was convicted and jailed in 2014 in the Disproportionate Assets case. She was sentenced to four-year imprisonment and automatically disqualified as the Chief Minister.

Om Prakash Chautala

Chautala, who served as Haryana Chief Minister of Haryana many times between 1989 and 2005, was convicted in a teachers' recruitment case in 2013. He was sentenced to 10 years in jail.

Chandrababu Naidu

Chandrababu Naidu, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister between 2014 and 2019, was arrested in 2023 in connection with an alleged scam during his tenure as Chief Minister.

Madhu Koda

Madhu Koda, the Chief Minister of Jharkhand between 2006 and 2008, was arrested in 2009 in a mining scam.

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