The ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) created a record of sorts as none of its candidate for the seven assembly seats in the state, where polls are scheduled for November 3, has a criminal record.
After analysing records of 87 out of 88 candidates, it was found that 18 candidates had a criminal background. Surprisingly, 15 of them have serious criminal cases against them.
According to Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report released here on Thursday, among the major parties, 5 out of 7 candidates from BSP, 5 out of 6 candidates analysed from SP, 1 out of 6 candidates from Congress and 3 out of 22 independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Among the major parties, 5 out of 7 candidates analysed from the BSP, 5 out of 6 candidates from the SP and 2 out of 22 independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
One candidate has declared a case related to rape (IPC section 376) against himself while another had disclosed a case related to murder (IPC Section-302) against himeself while 4 candidates have declared cases related of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307) against themselves.
Two out of 7 constituencies going to polls are red alert constituencies. Red alert constituencies are those where 3 or more contesting candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.
There are 34 crorepatis contesting the by-polls. All 7 of the BSP, 5 of the SP, 4 each of Congress and BJP and 6 independents are in this group. The average assets per candidate contesting the by-elections are Rs 2.91 crore.
SP’s Brahma Shanker Tripathi is the richest candidate in the state contesting from Deoria seat as his assets shown in the nomination paper are Rs 31crore. The second and third place is shared by independent candidate Dhananjay Singh contesting from Malhani and RLD candidate Praveen Kumar Singh contesting from Bulandshahr, as both have assets worth Rs 23 crore.
Rashtriya Jankranti Party candidate Rahul alias Rahul Bhati, contesting from Bulandshahr seat, has declared that he has zero assets while Independent Ranjan Yadav, contesting from Deoria seat, has just Rs 10,000 in asset. Parivartan Samaj Party candidate Satish Kumar contesting from Tundla seat has also shown his assets at Rs 22,000.
