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K’taka polls: Candidates with criminal cases bloom as parties lend a hand
May 7, 2018
New Delhi: The BJP has fielded 83 candidates with criminal background while the Congress is at second spot with 59, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
The ADR released the report after analysing the affidavits filed by 2,560 candidates, reported ANI. “Among major parties, 83(37%) out of 224 candidates from BJP, 59 (27%) out of 220 candidates analysed from Indian Nataional Congress, 41(21%) out of 199 candidates analysed from Janata Dal (Secular) [JD(S)] , 5 (20%) out of 25 candidates analysed from Janata Dal (United), 5 (19%) out of 27 candidates analysed from Aam Aadmi Party [AAP] and 108 (10%) out of 1090 independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits,” said the report.
The report said there were 254 (10%) candidates with serious criminal cases registered against them, four candidates had cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302) against them, and 25 candidates had cases related to attempt to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-307) against themselves.
Twenty-three candidates had cases related to crime against women, the report said. Apart from that, there are 56 (25%) red alert constituencies in the Karnataka elections 2018, said the report. Constituencies which have three or more candidates with declared criminal cases are labelled Red Alert constituencies.
