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17/03/22 13:30 PM IST

51% MLAs face criminal cases in new UP Vidhan Sabha

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More than half of the 403 newly elected Uttar Pradesh legislators have criminal cases against them, states an analysis report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Major findings of the report 
  • More than half of the 403 newly elected Uttar Pradesh legislators have criminal cases against them.
  • Of the 403 legislators, 205 (51 per cent) have declared in their affidavits that they face criminal cases.
  • Of them, 158 (39 per cent) winning candidates have declared serious criminal cases, including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, and crime against women.
  • In the report, the ADR also said five MLAs have declared cases related to murder (Section 302 of the IPC) against themselves.
  • In all, 29 winning candidates are booked in attempt-to-murder cases, while six newly elected MLAs have declared cases related to crime against women — one of them faces a rape case.
  • In all, 233 BJP legislators have declared assets worth more than Rs 1 crore.

Source- The Tribune 

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