Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Bihar polls: 35% candidates have criminal cases pending, says survey

All major political parties have nominated candidates with pending criminal cases in the first phase of Bihar polls. Of them, BJP has 67% such candidates, while LJP has 63%, JD(U) has 46%, Congress has 43%, RJD has 39%, and BSP has 38% candidates with criminal cases against them.

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There are 154 candidates out of 446 (35%) who have pending criminal cases against them as per their self-attested declaration. Out of these 97 (22%) candidates have serious cases, including murder, attempt to murder, kidnap, extortion, causing hurt with dangerous weapons and dacoity, against them. Three candidates (one from BJP and two independents) have declared that they have pending cases related to rape, the NEW survey said.

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