PLZ PLZ PLZ WAKE UP PPL...OR ONE DAY U WL C DAT U HV SHOOT U BROTHR...IS DAT U CALLD A CLEAN INDIA...U IDUOTIC EDUCATED VOTER THINK ..STOP CRIMINAL TO CONTEST ELECTION. ... Maharashtra polls:Shiv Sena, BJP topin fielding candidates with criminal cases......Press Trust of India| Oct 10, 2014 at 11:27pm ISTIndia Vs WI 2014 .....................A study of the affidavits of 2,336 of the 4,119 candidates for the Maharashtra Assembly elections has revealed that as many as 798 of them are facing criminal cases with Shiv Sena topping the list of suchnominees, followed by erstwhile ally BJP.The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), which studied the affidavits, found that 169 (61 per cent) of the 278 Sena candidates analysed have criminal cases registered against them whereas BJP has 138 (53 per cent) such contenders out ofits 258 nominees who were examined, said the NGOs head Major General (retd) Anil Verma.Of the 1,318l candidates fielded by the five major parties -- Congress, BJP, MNS,Shiv Sena and NCP 640 (49 per cent) havedeclared criminal cases pending against them, he said. For the last Assembly polls, in 2009, of the 698 candidates in the fray from these five parties, 352 (50 per cent) had criminal cases pending against them.ADR said that a totalof 42 candidates have declared casesrelated to crimes against women.For the upcoming Oct 15 elections, 96 (33 per cent) of the 287 Congress candidates analysed, 169 (61 per cent) of the 278 Sena candidates analysed, 119 (43 per cent) of the 277 candidates scanned from NCP, 138 (53 per cent) of the 258 candidates analysed from BJP and 118 (54 per cent) of the 218 MNS candidates examined have declared that criminal cases are pending against them, said Verma.The Uran, Kalina, Anushakti Nagar and Vandre East constituencies have seven candidates each who are facing criminal cases whereas there are 156 constituencies which have at least three candidates with criminal cases.ADR said that a total of42 candidates have declared cases relatedto crimes against women. Of these, 27 candidates have declared charges of assault or use of criminal force against a woman with intent tooutrage her modesty (IPC Sec 354).
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