MLA 68 || 68 Percent Bihar MLAs Face Criminal Cases ||
ixty-eight per cent of the newly elected Bihar MLAs have pending criminal charges, with 51% of them having declared serious cases against themselves, including rape and murder, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
In its analysis of the election affidavits of 241 of the 243 winning candidates, the ADR found that the number of winners with criminal cases had increased from 142 or 58% of the total in 2015 to 163 or 68% in 2020. Winning candidates who had declared serious criminal cases, including murder, kidnapping and crimes against women, also increased to 123 or 51% from 98 or 40% in the 2015 Assembly polls. The affidavits of two of the winners were not available on the Election Commissions site, the ADR said. Seventy-three per cent of the RJD and 64% of the BJP winning candidates had declared cases against themselves.
The Bihar polls were the first general elections to be held after the Supreme Court in February directed political parties to publish details of why they selected a candidate with criminal antecedents.
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MLA 68 || 68 Percent Bihar MLAs Face Criminal Cases || ixty-eight per cent of the newly elected Bihar MLAs have pending criminal charges, with 51% of them having declared serious cases against themselves, including rape and murder, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). In its analysis of the election affidavits of 241 of the 243 winning candidates, the ADR found that the number of winners with criminal cases had increased from 142 or 58% of the total in 2015 to 163 or 68% in 2020. Winning candidates who had declared serious criminal cases, including murder, kidnapping and crimes against women, also increased to 123 or 51% from 98 or 40% in the 2015 Assembly polls. The affidavits of two of the winners were not available on the Election Commissions site, the ADR said. Seventy-three per cent of the RJD and 64% of the BJP winning candidates had declared cases against themselves. The Bihar polls were the first general elections to be held after the Supreme Court in February directed political parties to publish details of why they selected a candidate with criminal antecedents. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bihar-assembly-elections-nearly-two-thirds-of-winning-candidates-have-criminal-cases-against-them-adr/article33076243.ece