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New Delhi : Leading News Service : Out of 1192 candidates contesting in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, 250 candidates have criminal offenses and 167 candidates have serious offences. While 32 candidates have been found guilty in various cases, three candidates have been charged with murder and 24 candidates have been charged with attempted murder.
Association for Democratic Reforms and National Election Watch have analyzed the affidavits of 1192 candidates contesting in the second phase. This information has come out from it.
A case of rape has been registered against 25 candidates and one candidate for harassment of women. Apart from this, cases have been registered against 21 candidates for making inflammatory speeches. BJP candidate K. to fight against Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. Surendran has the maximum number of 243 cases registered against him. BJP candidate in Ernakulam Dr. K.S. Radhakrishnan has a total of 211 cases against him, of which 5 are serious cases. Kuriyakose, the Congress dean from Idukki, has 88 cases against him, of which 23 fall under serious cases.
How many candidates of which party crimes?
Crimes have been registered against 35 out of 68 (51 per cent) Congress candidates and 31 out of 69 (45 per cent) BJP candidates. CPI has five candidates. All have been charged. Four out of four (100 percent) from SP, 14 out of 18 (78 percent) from CPI(M), two out of three (67 percent) from Shiv Sena, two out of four (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) from Shiv Sena (50 percent) and two out of five (40 percent) from JDU. ) Candidates have cases filed against them.
21 out of 69 candidates of BJP, 22 out of 68 of Congress, two out of four of SP, three out of five of CPI, seven out of 18 of CPI(M), one out of four of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and one out of five of JDU candidates have serious crimes.
