Gujarat elections | 330 of 1,621 candidates have criminal records; AAP tops with 61, says ADR report
The Hindu
As far as candidates with serious crimes are concerned, AAP tops the list with 43, followed by Congress with 28 and BJP with 25
As many as 330 of 1,621 candidates, or around 20%, contesting the next month's Gujarat Assembly elections have criminal cases registered against them, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said on November 28.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) tops the list with 61 such candidates.
The total number of candidates with criminal cases stood at 238 in the 2017 Gujarat Assembly polls.
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As per a report released on November 28 by the ADR after a survey of candidates of both phases, 60 candidates from Congress and 32 from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have criminal cases against them.
A total of 192 candidates are booked for serious offences related to murder, rape, and attempt to murder, including 96 from Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and AAP, the ADR said, citing the analysis of affidavits of all 1,621 contestants in the fray for the two-phase polls scheduled for December 1 and 5.
The 330 candidates with criminal cases against their names comprise 167 contesting 89 seats in the first phase, out of the total 788 candidates, and 163 in the second phase's 93 seats, out of the total 822 contestants, the ADR analysis revealed.
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