Top 10 India Scams; Not Adjusted for Inflation

1. Bofors – 89 Crores
2. Hawala – 100 Crores
3. IPL – 470 Crores
4. Fodder – 900 Cr.
5. Harshad Mehta – 4,000 Cr.
6. Satyam – 14,000 Cr.
7. Telgi – 20,000 Cr.
8. CWG – 35,000 Cr.
9. 2G – 176,000 Cr.
10. Coal – 186,000 Cr.

Who is the most popular Chief Minister in India?

Question: After this election who would you prefer as the next Chief Minister of [State name]?
Naveen Patnaik	63
Nitish Kumar	61
Shivraj Singh Chauhan	50
Sheila Dikshit	49
Narendra Modi	45
Raman Singh	40
Ashok Gehlot	40
Prem Kumar Dhumal	39
B.S. Yeddyurappa	33
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	30
B.C. Khanduri	30
Mayawati	27
Parkash Singh Badal	27
Omar Abdullah	18

Source: The Hindu: How India Voted in 2009 Parliament Elections: MP Polls

The biggest losers in the 2009 polls

1. Ram Vilas Paswan in Hajipur; Party: Lok Janshakti Party
2. Vaiko in Virudhunagar; Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
3. Lalu Prasad Yadav in Pataliputra; Rashtriya Janata Dal
4. S Bangarappa in Shimoga; Indian National Congress
5. Renuka Chowdhary in Khammam; Indian National Congress
6. C K Jaffer Sharief in Bangalore North; Indian National Congress
7. Mani Shankar Aiyar in Mayiladuthurai; Indian National Congress
8. Alva Margaret in Uttara Kannada; Indian National Congress
9. Veteran socialist leader George Fernandes in Muzaffarpur – Independent
10. Union Minister for Minority Affairs A R Antulay in Raigad; Indian National Congress
11. Cricketer turned-politician and BJP candidate from East Delhi Chetan Chouhan
    
12. Don turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in Varanasi – BSP
13. Muslim leaders of the BJP – Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in Rampur
14. BJP – Vinod Khanna in Gurdaspur, Punjab
15. SP – Lucknow: Nafisa Ali
16. Mandya – Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Ambareesh; Indian National Congress
17. Chiranjeevi’s brother-in-law Allu Arvind, in Anakapalle: Praja Rajyam Party
18. Roja, from Chandragiri – TDP
19. Raj Babbar from Fatehpur-Sikri; Indian National Congress
20. Small screen star Shekhar Suman lost his deposit against Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha in Patna Sahib; Indian National Congress