In the West Bengal Assembly Election, 142 candidates with criminal image are trying their luck in 44 seats of the fourth phase.
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In the West Bengal Assembly Election, 142 candidates with criminal image are trying their luck in 44 seats of the fourth phase. In 12 seats, there are candidates with more than three criminal image. There are a total of 372 candidates in this phase, out of which 81 are low and 61 are of serious criminal image.
These offenses include offenses punishable by five years or more, non-bailable offenses, election related offenses, offenses related to damage to the exchequer, assault, murder, kidnapping, rape related offenses and crimes related to women, etc.
The most Tainted candidate from BJP
The West Bengal Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has given this information in a report. The most tainted candidates are from BJP in the fourth phase to be held on April 10. 27 out of 44 BJP candidates ie 61 percent have given details of their own criminal cases, while CPI (M) has fielded 16 out of 22 such candidates. On the other hand, 17 out of 44 TMC candidates, two out of 9 Congress candidates are of tainted image. Talking about serious crimes, it includes 24 candidates of BJP, 10 of CPI-M, 17 of TMC. 19 candidates have declared their involvement in cases against women. Four have informed about the ongoing cases against themselves in the cases of murder and 16.
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65 millionaires among the candidates
There are 65 crorepati candidates in 44 seats. Of these, 34 candidates from TMC, 18 from BJP and 13 candidates from other parties have assets of more than one crore, while the average assets are 92.34 lakhs. The richest candidate is Ahmed Javed Khan, a candidate from Kasba seat of 24 Parganas South from TMC. He has declared his assets to be 32 crores. Of the 372 candidates contesting in the fourth phase, 186 i.e. 50 per cent have studied from 5th to 12th. 173 are Bachelors and Masters or highly educated. There are also a significant number of 50 women and young candidates in this phase. 118 candidates are between 25 and 40 years old. 193 candidates are between 41 and 60 years old and one candidate is also 89 years old.
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