Punjab Elections 2017: Congress has the highest number of candidates with criminal cases against them.
Punjab will hold elections for its 117-member assembly today where around 2 crore people will elect their representatives from among 1,100 candidates. According to the Association For Democratic Reforms or ADR, at 14 out of 117, the Congress has the highest number of candidates with criminal cases against them. With 12 out of 117 candidates with criminal cases against them, the ruling Akali Dal-BJP alliance and the Aam Aadmi Party tie for the second spot. The Supreme Court had in 2015 made it mandatory for candidates to reveal their criminal antecedents while filing nomination papers.