Chandigarh: Punjab will see as many as 23 candidates who are facing serious criminal charges contesting the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. An increase from 18 such candidates who had contested the 2009 general elections.
According to the analysis of candidates' affidavits carried out by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), 56 out of the 253 contestants in fray have declared assets more than Rs 1 crore, with the BJP candidates possessing a maximum average asset size of Rs 60 crore.
Asset sizes of eight candidates, who are re-contesting Lok Sabha elections, grew in the range of 44 percent, to over 300 percent in comparison to their wealth in 2009.
20 candidates have declared serious criminal cases. These include attempt to murder, criminal intimidation etc, he added. Out of 23 candidates with criminal cases, the Congress, SAD (Amritsar) and CPI (ML) have fielded 1 candidate each in the Lok Sabha elections, the report said.
There are four Lok Sabha constituencies including Ludhiana, Khadoor Sahib, Bathinda and Amritsar where at least 3 candidates in each constituency have a criminal background, said the report.
Out of the 56 crorepati candidates, the Congress has fielded 12, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 8 and the SAD 10 candidates, whose assets were in excess of Rs 1 crore.
According to the analysis of candidates' affidavits carried out by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), 56 out of the 253 contestants in fray have declared assets more than Rs 1 crore, with the BJP candidates possessing a maximum average asset size of Rs 60 crore.
Asset sizes of eight candidates, who are re-contesting Lok Sabha elections, grew in the range of 44 percent, to over 300 percent in comparison to their wealth in 2009.
20 candidates have declared serious criminal cases. These include attempt to murder, criminal intimidation etc, he added. Out of 23 candidates with criminal cases, the Congress, SAD (Amritsar) and CPI (ML) have fielded 1 candidate each in the Lok Sabha elections, the report said.
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There are four Lok Sabha constituencies including Ludhiana, Khadoor Sahib, Bathinda and Amritsar where at least 3 candidates in each constituency have a criminal background, said the report.
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Out of the 56 crorepati candidates, the Congress has fielded 12, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 8 and the SAD 10 candidates, whose assets were in excess of Rs 1 crore.
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