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Uttar Pradesh assembly elections commence from February 10, however, the parties have given ticket to candidates which have criminal cases against them. A report by Uttar Pradesh Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said. “Out of 615 candidates analysed, 156 (25%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. 121 (20%) have declared serious criminal cases,” said the report which has analysed self-sworn affidavits of 615 candidates out of 623 who are contesting in Phase 1 of Uttar Pradesh elections to be held in 58 constituencies on February 10.
Among the major parties, the Akhiles Yadav-led Samajwadi Party topped the list of candidates with criminal cases, followed by the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). “Among the major parties, 21(75%) out of 28 candidates analysed from SP, 17(59%) out of 29 candidates analysed from RLD, 29 (51%) out of 57 candidates analysed from BJP, 21 (36%) out of 58 candidates analysed from INC, 19 (34%) out of 56 candidates analysed from BSP and 8 (15%) out of 52 candidates analysed from AAP have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits”, said the ADR report.
