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Gujarat's second phase poll: 19 percent nominees with criminal
records
Saturday December 08, 2012 10:23:32 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: over 19
percent of the candidates in the second phase of Gujarat assembly
elections have criminal records, think tank Association for
Democratic Reforms (ADR) said Saturday.
In the first phase of elections to be held Dec 13, 22 percent of
the candidates have criminal background, it said.
In the second phase of election Dec 17, about 78 out of 402
candidates have declared criminal cases, said a statement from the
Gujarat wing of ADR.
According to ADR, in the second phase all major parties have given
tickets to candidates who have declared criminal cases.
The Congress has 33 percent of such
candidates, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 26 percent,
former BJP leader Keshubhai Patel's Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP)
18 percent, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) six percent, the Janata
Dal-United seven percent and the Samajwadi Party (SP) five
percent.
Out of the 78 second phase candidates with declared criminal
cases, 40 are facing serious criminal cases like murder, attempt
to murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion and rape.
Of these, the BJP has 15 candidates,
the Congress 13, the GPP 5, the BSP three and the SP two.
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