Bengal’s new Assembly has 65% tainted MLAs, 61% crorepatis: ADR report
ADR’s analysis of Bengal’s new Assembly revealed a sharp rise in wealthy legislators and candidates facing criminal charges after the state’s landmark election result.
ADR’s analysis of Bengal’s new Assembly revealed a sharp rise in wealthy legislators and candidates facing criminal charges after the state’s landmark election result.
The Supreme Court termed called it a “complete breakdown of the rule of law”.
Three persons, lodged in jails and facing prosecution in separate criminal cases including rape and drug peddling, were asked by the Orissa High Court to plant 50 trees in their respective native villages while granting them conditional bail.
With the first phase of the Jharkhand assembly election over yesterday and the Maharashtra polls scheduled for November 20, a scrutiny of candidates’ affidavits has once again sparked public interest.
The key initiatives include the establishment of 18 regional cyber crime police stations, digital forensic labs, and cyber help desks in every police station across the state.
The Delhi Police have arrested a man wanted in over a dozen criminal cases from the Dwarka Mor area, said officials.
As many as 67 candidates out of 147 who won in the recently concluded Assembly polls are facing serious criminal charges with 46 per cent overall rate, a report by the polls rights body Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) stated on Friday.
The political parties have given party tickets to around 27 per cent candidates with criminal cases in the Odisha Assembly Elections 2024.
Out of 28 candidates facing serious criminal cases, two candidates have declared charges related to rape (IPC Section 376) while four candidates have declared cases related to murder (IPC Section 302, the ADR said.
Saxena noted that there was no justification for continuation of the committee and even his predecessor had time and again objected to it.
