Out of the 456 candidates contesting for 32 seats in the second phase of Bihar Assembly elections, 142 (31%) have declared criminal cases against themselves according to the Association for Democratic Reforms which studied the affidavits in detail.
Candidates with serious criminal cases number 110 (24%).
Serious criminal cases include those related to murder, attempt to murder, communal disharmony, kidnapping, crimes against women etc
Out of the 16 BJP candidates, 11 (69%) have criminal records. The percentage is no different for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JDU and Lalu Prasad-led RJD
Nine (69%) out of 13 candidates fielded by both JDU and RJD face criminal charges.
The other parties fare no better with four (31%) out of 13 candidates from Communist Party of India (CPI), 15 (47%) out of 32 candidates from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), six (32%) out of 19 candidates from Samajwadi Party, four (67%) out of six candidates fielded by Congress, one (7%) out of 14 candidates of Shiv Sena along with nine (47%) out of 19 Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPI (ML) L) and 34 (23%) of the 146 Independents have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits
A total of 23 constituencies in the second phase of Bihar Assembly elections have three or more candidates with declared criminal cases. Aurangabad constituency with nine candidates has the highest number of contestants who have self-declared criminal cases against themselves.
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