Of the 306 candidates contesting in the sixth section of the West Bengal Assembly polls, 28 per cent have declared legal circumstances towards themselves, in line with a report by ballot rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The West Bengal Election Watch and the ADR have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all of the 306 candidates in 43 constituencies, who’re contesting in the sixth section of the West Bengal polls to be held on April 22.
“Of the 306 candidates,87 (28 per cent) have declared criminal cases and71 (23 per cent) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves,” the ADR stated. Among the most important events,14 of the 23 (61 per cent) candidates from the Communist Party of India (Marxist),25 of the 43 (58 per cent) candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 24 of the 43 (56 per cent) candidates from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and 5 of the 12 (42 per cent) Congress candidates have declared legal circumstances towards themselves in their affidavits.
Twelve of the 23 (52 per cent) CPI(M) candidates,20 of the 43 (47 per cent) BJP candidates, 20 of the 43 (47 per cent) TMC candidates and 4 of the 12 (33 per cent) Congress candidates analysed have declared critical legal circumstances towards themselves. The report additional stated 19 candidates have declared circumstances associated to crime towards ladies.
“Of the 19, one has declared cases related to rape (IPC section 376),” it stated. The report additional stated 5 candidates have declared circumstances associated to homicide (IPC part 302) and 22 have declared circumstances associated to try to homicide (IPC part 307) towards themselves.
Twelve of the 43constituencies that may go to polls in the sixth section are “red-alert” constituencies. “Red-alert” constituencies are these the place three or extra candidates have declared legal circumstances towards themselves.
Of the306candidates, 66 (22 per cent) are crorepatis, the report stated. Twenty-eight of the 43 (65 per cent) TMC candidates, 19 of the 43 (44 per cent) BJP candidates, two of the 12 (25 per cent) Congress candidates and 4 of the 23 (17 per cent) CPI(M) candidates analysed have declared belongings valued at greater than Rs one crore.
The report additionally stated 129 (42 per cent) candidates have declared their instructional qualification to be between the fifth and twelfth requirements, whereas 165 (54 per cent) have declared an academic qualification of graduate or above. Four candidates are diploma holders, seven are simply literate whereas one is illiterate. Eighty-five (28 per cent) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 40 years, while162 (53 per cent) have declared their age to be between 41 and 60 years. There are 59 (19 per cent) candidates who’ve declared their age to be between61 and 80 years.
The report stated 27 (9 per cent) feminine candidates are contesting in the sixth section of the West Bengal Assembly polls.
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