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Pune Municipal Corporation Election:Criminal Background of Candidates
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Maharashtra Election Watch have analysed the self- sworn affidavits of 767 out of 1090 candidates, who are contesting for the Pune Municipal Corporation 2017, scheduled to be held on 21st February, 2017. There are total 162 seats spread across 41 wards. The rest of the affidavits were not analysed as they were not available or uploaded on the website at the time of making this report. Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Maharashtra Election Watchhave also analysed the self- sworn affidavits of 541 candidates out of 774 who are contesting for thePimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation Elections, scheduled to be held on 21st February, 2017. There are total 128 seats spread across 32 wards that will elect 4 members from each ward. The rest of the affidavits were not analysed as they were not available or uploaded on the website at the time of making this report.
The Full Report is available here:
The main Highlights of the analysis is given below:
Pune Municipal Corporation
Criminal Background
- Out of the 767 candidates analyzed,128 candidates or 17 % declared declared criminal cases against them.Nationalist Congress Party had 25 out of 92 (27 %), Shivsena had 24 out of 95 (25 %), Bhartiya Janata Party had 22 out of 106 (21 %), Maharashtra Navnirman Sena had 12 out of 82 (15 %), Indian National Congress had 11 out of 56 (20 %), Bahujan Samaj Party had 4 out of 41 (10 %), All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen had 3 out of 17 (18 %) candidates with declared criminal cases.
- Out of these 128 candidates with declared criminal cases, 93 (12 %) had declared serious criminal cases like murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion etc. Shivsena had 20 , Nationalist Congress Party had 15 , Bhartiya Janata Party had 14 , Maharashtra Navnirman Sena had 9 , Indian National Congress had 6 , Bahujan Samaj Party had 4 , All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen had 1 .
Party Wise Total Candidates with declared criminal cases
Party Name
|
Total number of candidates analyzed
|
candidates with declared Criminal Cases
|
% of candidates with declared criminal cases
|
candidates with serious declared criminal cases
|
% of candidates with serious declared criminal cases
|
BHARTIYA JANATA PARTY
|
106
|
22
|
20.8 %
|
14
|
13.2 %
|
SHIVSENA
|
95
|
24
|
25.3 %
|
20
|
21.1 %
|
NATIONALIST CONGRESS PARTY
|
92
|
25
|
27.2 %
|
15
|
16.3 %
|
MAHARASHTRA NAVNIRMAN SENA
|
82
|
12
|
14.6 %
|
9
|
11.0 %
|
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
|
56
|
11
|
19.6 %
|
6
|
10.7 %
|
BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY
|
41
|
4
|
9.8 %
|
4
|
9.8 %
|
IND
|
26
|
4
|
15.4 %
|
3
|
11.5 %
|
ALL INDIA MAJLIS E ITTEHADUL MUSLIMEEN
|
17
|
3
|
17.6 %
|
1
|
5.9 %
|
Others
|
252
|
23
|
9.1%
|
21
|
8.3S%
|
Total
|
767
|
128
|
16.7%
|
93
|
12.1%
|
Financial Background
· Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 767 candidates analyzed, 261 (34%) are crorepatis.
· Average Assets: The average assets per candidate analyzed for this election, is Rs. 3.61 Crores.
· High Assets: The candidate with highest declared total assets is Rekha Chandkant Tigare who is contesting from Ward No. 1,with assets worth Rs. 134 crores+. The top ten candidates with highest declared assets are: –
S.No.
|
Name
|
Municipal Corporation
|
Ward No.
|
Party Name
|
Movable Assets (Rs)
|
Immovable Assets (Rs)
|
Total Assets (Rs)
|
PAN Given
|
1
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
1
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
1,28,19,866
|
1,33,00,98,000
|
1,34,29,17,866
134 Crore+ |
N
| |
2
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
33
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
38,71,29,114
|
60,50,01,204
|
99,21,30,318
99 Crore+ |
N
| |
3
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
22
|
Shivsena
|
82,07,484
|
80,30,80,000
|
81,12,87,484
81 Crore+ |
N
| |
4
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
8
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
1,95,12,066
|
72,63,50,303
|
74,58,62,369
74 Crore+ |
N
| |
5
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
7
|
Other
|
21,23,68,165
|
43,07,25,000
|
64,30,93,165
64 Crore+ |
N
| |
6
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
3
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
1,87,05,614
|
55,00,64,980
|
56,87,70,594
56 Crore+ |
N
| |
7
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
34
|
Bhartiya Janata Party
|
1,66,24,776
|
51,92,28,000
|
53,58,52,776
53 Crore+ |
N
| |
8
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
40
|
Shivsena
|
3,21,11,181
|
50,36,63,516
|
53,57,74,697
53 Crore+ |
N
| |
9
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
33
|
Bhartiya Janata Party
|
1,59,80,456
|
49,68,72,570
|
51,28,53,026
51 Crore+ |
N
| |
10
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
27
|
Shivsena
|
4,83,85,589
|
44,65,05,618
|
49,48,91,207
49 Crore+ |
N
|
Table 2: Candidates declaring high assets
· Zero Assets: There are 6 candidates contesting from Pune Mahanagarpalika who have declared zero assets.
S.No.
|
Name
|
Municipal Corporation
|
Ward No.
|
Party Name
|
Movable Assets (Rs)
|
Immovable Assets (Rs)
|
Total Assets (Rs)
|
PAN Given
|
1
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
27
|
Other
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
N
| |
2
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
14
|
IND
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
N
| |
3
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
37
|
Other
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
N
| |
4
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
33
|
Other
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
N
| |
5
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
13
|
Bhartiya Janata Party
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
N
| |
6
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
31
|
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
N
|
· Low Assets: There are 68 (excluding the one declaring zero assets) candidates who have declared low assets below Rs. 1 lakhs.
· Candidates with high Liabilities: The candidate with highest declared total liabilities is Ganesh Madukar Bidkar who is contesting from Ward No. 16 having liabilities of Rs. 11.92 crores. The top ten candidates with highest declared liabilities are given below :-
S.No.
|
Name
|
Municipal Corporation
|
Ward No.
|
Party Name
|
Total Assets(Rs)
|
Liabilities (Rs)
|
1
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
16
|
Bhartiya Janata Party
|
23,30,54,197
23 Crore+ |
11,92,11,065
11 Crore+ | |
2
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
22
|
Shivsena
|
17,22,82,683
17 Crore+ |
8,25,78,031
8 Crore+ | |
3
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
38
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
43,75,64,839
43 Crore+ |
8,08,00,419
8 Crore+ | |
4
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
7
|
Other
|
64,30,93,165
64 Crore+ |
7,34,02,782
7 Crore+ | |
5
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
40
|
Bhartiya Janata Party
|
30,05,76,716
30 Crore+ |
6,71,70,258
6 Crore+ | |
6
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
3
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
56,87,70,594
56 Crore+ |
6,03,16,006
6 Crore+ | |
7
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
34
|
Shivsena
|
8,28,38,789
8 Crore+ |
4,91,51,849
4 Crore+ | |
8
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
18
|
Shivsena
|
11,15,46,381
11 Crore+ |
4,74,01,852
4 Crore+ | |
9
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
10
|
Bhartiya Janata Party
|
37,67,16,045
37 Crore+ |
3,88,49,381
3 Crore+ | |
10
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
8
|
Indian National Congress
|
33,20,09,910
33 Crore+ |
3,85,67,744
3 Crore+ |
Table 3: Candidates with high liabilities
· Candidates with High Income as declared in ITR*: Only 15 out of 767 candidates have declared a total annual income of more than Rs. 50 Lakhs +. Declared ITR of top 5 candidates is given below –
S.No.
|
Name
|
Party Name
|
Ward No.
|
Municipal Corporation
|
Total Asset (Rs)
|
The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate
|
Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)
|
Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
|
1
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
23
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
8,22,69,667
8 Crore+
|
Not Given
|
4,68,25,270
4 Crore+
|
4,68,25,270
4 Crore+
| |
2
|
Bhartiya Janata Party
|
16
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
23,30,54,197
23 Crore+
|
Not Given
|
97,74,292
97 Lacs+
|
97,74,292
97 Lacs+
| |
3
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
33
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
99,21,30,318
99 Crore+
|
Not Given
|
85,91,760
85 Lacs+
|
85,91,760
85 Lacs+
| |
4
|
Bhartiya Janata Party
|
33
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
16,24,47,568
16 Crore+
|
Not Given
|
75,25,649
75 Lacs+
|
75,25,649
75 Lacs+
| |
5
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
34
|
PUNE MAHANAGARPALIKA
|
6,22,55,993
6 Crore+
|
Not Given
|
75,00,369
75 Lacs+
|
75,00,369
75 Lacs+
|
Table 4: Candidates with high income as declared in ITR*
*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents
Other Background Details
· Age Details of Candidates: 18 candidates have declared their ages to be between 21 to 24 years, 120 candidates have declared their ages to be between 25 to 30 years, 279 candidates have declared their ages to be between 31 to 40 years, 233 candidates have declared their ages to be between 41 to 50 years, 102 candidates have declared their ages to be between 51 to 60 years while 15 candidates have declared their ages to be between 61 to 70 years.
Age Group (In Years)
|
Number of Candidates Analyzed
|
1-24
|
18
|
25-30
|
120
|
31-40
|
279
|
41-50
|
233
|
51-60
|
102
|
61-70
|
15
|
Total
|
767
|
Table 5: Age Report
· Gender Details of Candidates: Out of total 767 analyzed candidates, 415(54%) are men whereas 351 (46%) are women.
Total candidates analyzed
|
Men
|
Women
|
Unknown
|
767
|
415
|
351
|
1
|
Table 6: Gender Report
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
Criminal Background
· Candidates with Criminal Cases: 63 (12%) out of 541 analyzed candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.
· Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 46 (9%) out of 541 analyzed candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves like murder, attempt to murder, criminal intimidation, habitual dealing in slave, voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means, robbery, house-trespass, Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, etc.
· Party wise Candidates with declared Criminal Cases:
14 (19%) out of 74 candidates analysed from BJP, 12 (17%) out of 70 candidate analysed from NCP, 8 (13%) out of 60 candidate analysed from Shivsena, 2 (5%) out of 39 candidate analysed from INC and 1 (4%) out of 23 candidates analysed from MNS have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
· Party wise Candidates with declared Serious Criminal Cases: 9 (12%) out of 74 candidates analysed from BJP, 8 (11%) out of 70 candidate analysed from NCP, 6 (11%) out of 60 candidate analysed from Shivsena, 1 (3%) out of 39candidate analysed from INC and 1 (4%) out of 23 candidates analysed from MNS have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Party Name
|
Total number of candidates analyzed
|
candidates with declared Criminal Cases
|
% of candidates with declared criminal cases
|
candidates with serious declared criminal cases
|
% of candidates with serious declared criminal cases
|
Other
|
146
|
14
|
10%
|
11
|
8 %
|
Independent
|
102
|
11
|
11 %
|
9
|
9 %
|
Bhartiya Janata Party
|
74
|
14
|
19 %
|
9
|
12%
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
70
|
12
|
17 %
|
8
|
11%
|
Shivsena
|
60
|
8
|
13 %
|
6
|
10%
|
Indian National Congress
|
39
|
2
|
5 %
|
1
|
3 %
|
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
|
23
|
1
|
4 %
|
1
|
4 %
|
Others
|
27
|
0
|
0%
|
0
|
0%
|
Total
|
541
|
63
|
12%
|
46
|
9%
|
Table 1: Party wise candidates with criminal cases
Financial Background
· Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 541 analyzed candidates, 215 (40%) are crorepatis.
· Party wise Crorepati Candidates: 50 (68%) out of 74 candidates from BJP, 39 (56%) out of 70 candidates from NCP, 26 (43%) out of 60 candidate analysed from Shivsena and 10 (26%) out of 39 candidate analysed from INC are Crorepatis.
Party Name
|
Number Of Candidates Analyzed
|
No Of Crorepatis
|
Percentage Of Crorepati Candidates
|
Independent
|
102
|
56
|
55%
|
Bhartiya Janata Party
|
74
|
50
|
68%
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
70
|
39
|
56%
|
Other
|
146
|
32
|
22%
|
Shivsena
|
60
|
26
|
43%
|
Indian National Congress
|
39
|
10
|
26%
|
Other
|
50
|
2
|
0%
|
Total
|
541
|
215
|
40%
|
Table 2: Party wise crorepati candidates
· Average Assets: The average asset per candidate for this election is Rs. 2.87 crore per candidate.
· Party wise average assets :
Party Name
|
Number of Candidates Analyzed
|
Average Assets (Rs)
|
Other
|
146
|
Rs 1,14,59,544
~ 1 Crore+ |
IND
|
102
|
Rs 3,84,44,476
~ 3 Crore+ |
Bhartiya Janata Party
|
74
|
Rs 4,14,28,617
~ 4 Crore+ |
Nationalist Congress Party
|
70
|
Rs 5,75,92,885
~ 5 Crore+ |
Shivsena
|
60
|
Rs 3,39,93,498
~ 3 Crore+ |
Indian National Congress
|
39
|
Rs 1,84,32,207
~ 1 Crore+ |
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
|
23
|
Rs 11,63,404
~ 11 Lacs+ |
Bahujan Samaj Party
|
12
|
Rs 7,73,309
~ 7 Lacs+ |
All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen
|
9
|
Rs 11,71,511
~ 11 Lacs+ |
Others
|
3
|
Rs 1,45,15,624
~ 1 Crore+ |
Samajwadi Party
|
2
|
Rs 15,80,000
~ 15 Lacs+ |
Janata Dal Secular
|
1
|
Rs 80,06,000
~ 80 Lacs+ |
All Parties
|
541
|
Rs 2,87,45,675
|
Table 3: Party wise average assets
· High Assets: The candidate with highest declared total assets is Sandeep Balkrishna Waghere who is contesting from ward no 21 as Independent with assets worth Rs. 87 crores+. The top ten candidates with highest declared assets are: –
S.No.
|
Name
|
Ward no
|
Party Name
|
Movable Assets (Rs)
|
Immovable Assets (Rs)
|
Total Assets (Rs)
|
1
|
21
|
IND
|
7,69,28,819
|
79,75,17,941
|
87,44,46,760
87 Crore+ | |
2
|
19
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
36,96,19,348
|
21,98,25,283
|
58,94,44,631
58 Crore+ | |
3
|
27
|
Shivsena
|
26,69,412
|
44,23,00,000
|
44,49,69,412
44 Crore+ | |
4
|
25
|
Shivsena
|
5,71,34,198
|
37,75,92,210
|
43,47,26,408
43 Crore+ | |
5
|
8
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
6,68,57,279
|
36,70,24,600
|
43,38,81,879
43 Crore+ | |
6
|
21
|
IND
|
43,49,169
|
39,45,20,012
|
39,88,69,181
39 Crore+ | |
7
|
28
|
Bhartiya Janata Party
|
50,95,593
|
37,37,89,367
|
37,88,84,960
37 Crore+ | |
8
|
30
|
IND
|
9,42,83,743
|
23,29,66,808
|
32,72,50,551
32 Crore+ | |
9
|
17
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
3,51,28,751
|
28,87,85,082
|
32,39,13,833
32 Crore+ | |
10
|
26
|
Indian National Congress
|
2,85,08,725
|
27,80,81,100
|
30,65,89,825
30 Crore+ |
Table 4: Candidates declaring high assets
· Zero Assets: There are only 5 candidates, who declared zero assets.
· Low Assets: There are 65 (excluding the 5 declaring zero assets) candidates who declared assets below Rs. 2 lakhs, in this election.
· Candidates with high Liabilities: The candidate with highest declared total liabilities is Vikrant Vilas Lande who is contesting from ward no 8 having liabilities of Rs. 18 Crores +. The top ten candidates with highest declared liabilities are given below :-
S.No.
|
Name
|
Ward no
|
Party Name
|
Total Assets(Rs)
|
Liabilities (Rs)
|
1
|
8
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
43,38,81,879
43 Crore+ |
18,67,79,909
18 Crore+ | |
2
|
25
|
Bhartiya Janata Party
|
25,78,01,655
25 Crore+ |
14,58,90,349
14 Crore+ | |
3
|
21
|
IND
|
87,44,46,760
87 Crore+ |
8,55,26,700
8 Crore+ | |
4
|
8
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
13,67,44,831
13 Crore+ |
4,45,08,426
4 Crore+ | |
5
|
21
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
9,92,00,609
9 Crore+ |
4,16,89,005
4 Crore+ | |
6
|
18
|
IND
|
7,60,29,100
7 Crore+ |
3,31,17,332
3 Crore+ | |
7
|
23
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
28,99,46,443
28 Crore+ |
3,10,75,533
3 Crore+ | |
8
|
24
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
28,92,36,043
28 Crore+ |
3,10,71,551
3 Crore+ | |
9
|
26
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
27,45,48,556
27 Crore+ |
2,92,98,618
2 Crore+ | |
10
|
28
|
Bhartiya Janata Party
|
37,88,84,960
37 Crore+ |
2,88,19,332
2 Crore+ |
Table 5: Candidates with high liabilities
· Candidates with High Income as declared in ITR*: Only 4 out of 541 candidates have declared a total annual income of more than Rs. 1 crore +. Declared ITR of top 5 candidates is given below –
S.No.
|
Name
|
Party Name
|
Ward no
|
Total Asset (Rs)
|
The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate
|
Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)
|
1
|
IND
|
28
|
9,06,23,346
9 Crore+
|
Not Given
|
2,72,68,645
2 Crore+
| |
2
|
IND
|
31
|
11,03,40,705
11 Crore+
|
Not Given
|
2,49,99,176
2 Crore+
| |
3
|
Bhartiya Janata Party
|
15
|
16,96,02,128
16 Crore+
|
Not Given
|
1,38,32,751
1 Crore+
| |
4
|
Nationalist Congress Party
|
8
|
13,67,44,831
13 Crore+
|
Not Given
|
1,00,80,000
1 Crore+
| |
5
|
IND
|
18
|
7,60,29,100
7 Crore+
|
Not Given
|
95,38,530
95 Lacs+
|
Table 6: Candidates with high income as declared in ITR*
*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents
· Age Details of Candidates: 20 candidates have declared their ages to be between 21 to 24 years, 75 candidates have declared their ages to be between 25 to 30 years, 211 candidates have declared their ages to be between 31 to 40 years, 167 candidates have declared their ages to be between 41 to 50 years, 59 candidates have declared their ages to be between 51 to 60 years, 8 candidates have declared their ages to be between 61 to 70 years while only 1 candidate had declared his age to be between 71 to 80 years.
Age Group
|
Number of Candidates Analyzed
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21-24
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20
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25-30
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75
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31-40
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211
| |
41-50
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167
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51-60
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59
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61-70
|
8
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71-80
|
1
| |
Total
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541
|
Table 7: Age Report
· Gender Details of Candidates: Out of total 541 analyzed candidates, 285 (53%) are men whereas 256 (47%) are women.
Total candidates analyzed
|
Men
|
Women
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541
|
285
|
256
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Table 8: Gender Report
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ISRO Launched of 104 satellites on a single rocket
India today launched one massive satellite weighing around 714kg, and 103 smaller ‘nano-satellites’ with a combined weight of 664kg. The rocket lift off from the Sriharikota spaceport, according statement by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
The main Earth observation satellite is said to be domestically-built, while other smaller ones are from places as diverse as Kazakhstan, the Netherlands and the UAE, as well as the US, which built 96 of the satellites.
ISRO is planning to compete with other major players in securing its own share of the rapidly-expanding telecom market. The excellence is known for having a particularly low-cost space program, which sets records regularly.India is responsible for some of the cheapest satellite launches on Earth.
NASA’s costly Curiosity rover and accompanying Mars mission, India sent a satellite to orbit the Red Planet in 2013 for a relatively cheap $73 million. Compare that with the Americans, who spent $671 million on theirs.
Calibrated within half an hour this year’s record launch, India record of national landmark last year with a 20-satellite launch on a single rocket. India beat Russia, which launched 39 satellites in one go in 2014.
But the ISRO isn’t resting on its laurels. The organization is looking to mount its own missions to Venus and Jupiter in the near future, similar to what NASA is planning.
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