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Crime, money power shadow Uttar Pradesh polls
Friday February 03, 2012 09:04:22 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Thirty-five
percent of the candidates in the second phase of Uttar Pradesh
elections are embroiled in criminal cases, two groups said Friday.
The Association for Democratic Research (ADR) and National
Election Watch (NEW) said the number of such contestants in the
constituencies had risen since the 2007 election.
A total of 138 candidates or 41 percent of the 337 in the second
phase were "crorepatis" -- a 22 percent increase from 2007.
Among the 118 candidates who have criminal cases registered
against them is Mukhtar Ansari (Quami Ekta Dal), who has the
maximum of 15 cases.
He is followed by Upendra (Samajwadi Party) and Javed Iqbal (Bahujan
Samaj Party). They have 11 and five criminal cases against them
respectively.
All major parties have given ticket to candidates with tainted
background, ADR and NEW said.
The share of the Samajwadi Party in this category is 30 out of 59
candidates, BSP (23/59), Bharatiya Janata Party (20/55), Congress
(19/59), Peace Party (8/35) and Janata Dal-United (12/50).
Over 50 percent of the offending candidates are battling charges
of murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery and extortion.
Leading the list with 12 such candidates is Samajwadi Party
followed by BSP and Congress (10 each), BJP (9), JD-U (7), Peace
Party (3) and Quami Ekta Dal (2).
Assets of legislators contesting a second time have soared.
BSP's Sarvesh Kumar Singh (Azamgarh) has Rs.8.81 crore in assets
followed by Pramod of BSP (Deoria, Rs.4.51 crore) and Rajkumar of
BSP (Ghazipur, Rs.4.38 crore).
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