Bihar Assembly elections | Nearly two thirds of winning candidates have criminal cases against them: ADR
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Of the 241 winning candidates’ affidavits analysed, 68% have declared criminal cases against themselves and 51% have declared critical criminal cases, together with cases associated to homicide, try to homicide, kidnapping and crimes against ladies, the report mentioned.
Nearly two-thirds of the winning candidates within the Bihar Assembly elections have criminal cases lodged against them and 81% are crorepatis, in accordance with a report by ballot rights group ADR (Association for Democratic Reforms).
Out of the 241 winning candidates’ affidavits analysed, 163 or 68%candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves and 123 or 51% winning candidates have declared critical criminal cases, together with cases associated to homicide, try to homicide, kidnapping, crimes against ladies and so on., the report mentioned.
Out of 243 MLAs analysed throughout Bihar Assembly elections in 2015, 142 or 58% MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves, it mentioned. The report mentioned that 9 winning candidates have declared cases associated to homicide (IPC Section 302) against themselves, 31 winning candidates have declared cases of try to homicide (IPC Section 307) and eight winning candidates have declared cases associated to crimes against ladies.
Among the most important events, 54 (73%) out of 74 winning candidates from RJD, 47 (64%) out of 73 winning candidates from BJP, 20 (47%) out of 43 winning candidates from JD(U), 16 (84%) out of 19 winning candidates from Congress, 10 (83%) out of 12 winning candidates from CPI(ML)(L) and 5 (100%) out of 5 winning candidates from AIMIM have declared criminal cases against themselves of their affidavits, it mentioned.
The ballot rights group mentioned 44 (60%) out of 74 winning candidates from RJD, 35 (48%) out of 73 winning candidates from BJP, 11 (26%) out of 43 winning candidates from JD(U), 11 (58%) out of 19 winning candidates from Congress, 8 (67%) out of 12 winning candidates from CPI(ML)(L) and 5 (100%) out of 5 winning candidates from AIMIM have declared critical criminal cases against themselves of their affidavits. The report additionally gave monetary particulars of the winning candidates.
“Out of the 241 winning candidates analysed, 194 (81%) are crorepatis. Out of 243 MLAs analysed during Bihar Assembly elections 2015, 162 (67%) MLAs were crorepatis,” it mentioned.
Among the most important events, 65 (89%) out of 73 from BJP, 64 (87%) out of 74 from RJD, 38 (88%) out of 43 from JD(U) and 14 (74%) out of 19 from INC winning candidates have declared belongings price greater than ₹1 crore, the report mentioned.
The ADR mentioned the typical of belongings per winning candidate within the Bihar Assembly elections 2020 is ₹4.32 crore. The common belongings of re-elected MLAs in 2015 was ₹3.15 crore which elevated by 67% to ₹5.26 crore in 2020.
The report mentioned 82 (34%) winning candidates have declared their academic qualification to be between fifth move and twelfth move, whereas 149 (62%) winning candidates have declared having an academic qualification of graduate and above. There are 9 winning candidates who’re literate and one winner candidate is diploma holder.
As many as 115 (48%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years whereas 126 (52%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years, the report mentioned.
Out of 241 winning candidates analysed, 26 (11%) winning candidates are ladies. In 2015, out of 243 MLAs, 28 (12%) MLAs had been ladies.
The Bihar Assembly elections for 243 seats passed off on October 28 (for 71 seats), November 3 (for 94 seats) and November 7 (for 78 seats). The National Democratic Alliance received the elections after securing majority.
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