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 Supreme Court must enlarge the ambit of its direction to fast-track cases against elected representatives to include bureaucrats, say NARENDER HOODA and SEEMA SINDHU.
There has been a sharp jump in the number of MLAs with registered criminal cases.
The data was released by the Jharkhand Election Watch and ADR by analysing the self-sworn affidavits of all 260 candidates who are contesting the second phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections.
The greatest cause of concern in the current scenario is that in most cases, the bureaucrats who keep their hands under the table and the politicians who change parties as frequently as we change clothes, are regular guys who behave normally till they get a whiff of money.
The Bombay HC had dismissed the plea that sought annulment of Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis' election to the Assembly alleging non-disclosure of two pending criminal cases against him.
