New Delhi- A report revealed on Saturday revealed that of 1, 875 nominees for the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly elections, a complete of 326 candidates have declared legal instances towards themselves, and of them, 61 are from the BJP.
A report has been ready on this by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Rajasthan Election Watch. The report analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 1, 875 candidates.
The report said that out of 1, 875 candidates analysed, 688 are from nationwide events, 105 are from state events, 348 are from registered unrecognized events and 734 candidates are contesting as Independents.
“Out of the 1, 875 candidates analysed in Rajasthan Assembly elections 2023, 326 (17 per cent) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. In 2018 Rajasthan Assembly Elections, out of 2, 188 candidates analysed, 320 (15 per cent) had declared criminal cases against themselves, ” the report stated.
It stated that 236 candidates (13 per cent) have declared severe legal instances whereas in 2018 polls, 195 (9 per cent) candidates had declared severe legal instances towards themselves.
The report stated: “Among the major parties, 61 (31 per cent) out of 200 candidates analysed from BJP, 47 (24 per cent) out of 199 candidates analysed from Congress, 12 (6 per cent) out of 185 candidates analysed from BSP, 18 (21 per cent) out of 86 candidates analysed from AAP, 28 (36 per cent) out of 78 candidates analysed from Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, 13 (72 per cent) out of 18 candidates analysed from CPI-M and two (12 per cent) out of 17 candidates analysed from Bhartiya Tribal Party have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.”
The report additional stated that 42 out of 200 candidates analysed from BJP, 34 out of 199 candidates analysed from Congress have severe instances towards them.
It additionally stated that eight out of 185 candidates analysed from BSP, 15 out of 86 candidates analysed from AAP, 24 out of 78 candidates analysed from RLP, 12 out of 18 candidates analysed from CPI-M and one out of 17 candidates analysed from BTP have declared severe legal instances towards themselves of their affidavits.
The report additional stated that 36 candidates have declared instances associated to crime towards ladies.
“Out of 36 candidates one candidate has declared case related to rape. Four candidates have declared cases related to murder against themselves while 34 candidates have declared cases related to attempt to murder against themselves, ” the report said.
The report additional stated that there are 45 out of 200 constituencies are crimson alert constituencies.
Red alert constituencies are these the place three or extra contesting candidates have declared legal instances towards themselves.
It stated that 48 constituencies within the Rajasthan meeting elections 2018 had three or extra candidates with declared legal instances.
The report additional stated that out of the 1, 875 candidates analysed, 651 are ‘crorepatis’ whereas in 2018 Rajasthan Assembly Elections, out of two, 188 candidates, 597 had been ‘crorepatis’.
It stated that there are 259 candidates who’ve belongings greater than Rs 5 crore, whereas 200 candidates have belongings between Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore, 408 candidates with belongings between Rs 50 lakh to Rs 2 crore.
It additional stated that there are 501 candidates with belongings between Rs 10 lakh to Rs 50 lakh and 507 candidates with belongings lower than Rs 10 lakh within the 2023 meeting elections. The report additionally stated that among the many main events 176 out of 200 candidates analysed from BJP, 167 out of 199 candidates analysed from Congress have declared belongings valued greater than Rs 1 crore.
It stated that 36 out of 185 candidates analysed from BSP, 29 out of 86 candidates analysed from AAP, 36 out of 78 candidates analysed from RLP, 5 out of 18 candidates analysed from CPI-M and one out of 17 candidates analysed from BTP have declared belongings valued greater than Rs one crore. Polling for 200 member Rajasthan meeting is scheduled on November 25 and counting of votes will happen on December 3.