Press Release – Bihar Assembly Elections – 30% candidates declare criminal cases, 25% crorepati candidates Elections

Press Release – Bihar Assembly Elections – 30% candidates declare criminal cases, 25% crorepati candidates Elections

View image | gettyimages.com

Bihar Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 583 candidates who are contesting in the first phase of Bihar assembly elections, 2015.

 

 

Press Release – Bihar Assembly Elections – 30% candidates declare criminal cases, 25% crorepati candidates Elections

Posted by :kamayani On : October 3, 2015

0

Category:Advocacy, Announcements, Human Rights, Justice, Kractivism, Politics,Press Release

Please visit http://adrindia.org/research-and-report/election-watch/state-assemblies/bihar/2015/analysis-criminal-and-financial for the full reports in Hindi and English.

 

Highlights of the Report

Criminal Background

• Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases:130 (22%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, communal disharmony, kidnapping, crimes againstwomen etc.Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of all the 583 candidates, 174 (30%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.
•        Candidates with cases related to murder: 16 candidates have declared cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302). Pradeep Kumarof the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) from Warsaliganj constituency has declared 4 charges related to murder while rest of the candidates face one charge each. 7 Independent candidates have declared cases related to murder.
• Candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 37candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307). Ramswarup Yadav, an Independentcandidate from Hisua constituency faces 5 charges related to attempt to murder. 1 candidate fielded by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), 1 by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 3 by JD(U), 1 by Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) (JAP(L)) along with 1 Independent candidate have each declared 2 charges related to attempt to murder.
• Candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women:11 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. Nityanand Kumar, an Independent candidate from Suryagarha constituency and Rajiiv Nayak, an Independent candidate from Jamalpur constituency have each declared 1 charge related to rape (IPC Section-376) against them. Suman Kumar Singh, an Independent candidate from Kahalgaon constituency has declared an offence of dowry death (IPC Section-304B).
• Candidates with cases related to causing Communal Disharmony:2 candidates have declared cases relating to causing communal disharmony. Shakuni Choudhary of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) from Tarapur constituency has declared a case related to injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class (IPC Section-295). Rambalak Singh of JD(U) from Bibhutipur constituency has declared a case related to  promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony (IPC Section-153A).
• Candidates with cases related to Robbery and Dacoity:5 candidates have declared cases related to robbery and dacoity. Ram Lakhan Singh of BJP from Teghra constituency has declared 1 charge each related to making preparation to commit dacoity (IPC Section-399) and assembling for purpose of committing dacoity (IPC Section – 402). Baiju Kumar Rai, an Independent candidate, from Ujiarpur constituency has declared 1 charge each related to dacoity (IPC Section-395), making preparation to commit dacoity (IPC Section-399) and voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery (IPC Section – 394).
• Candidates with cases related to Kidnapping: 9 candidates have declared cases related to Kidnapping. 5 candidates have declared offence related to kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person (IPC Section-365), and 4 candidates have declared offence related to kidnapping or abducting in order to murder (IPC Section-364). 5 candidates have declared more than 1 charge related to kidnapping against themselves.
• Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases:14 (52%) out of 27 candidates from BJP, 14 (56%) out of 25 candidates from Communist Party of India (CPI), 8 (20%) out of 41 candidates from BSP, 11 (46%) out of 24 candidates fielded by JD(U), 9 (50%) out of 18 candidates from Samajwadi Party (SP), 8 (47%) out of 17 candidates of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), 6 (75%) out of 8 candidates fielded by Indian National Congress (INC), 8 (62%) out of 13 candidates of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) along with 8 (67%) out of 12 candidates of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) and 45 (23%) out of 192 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
• Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 10 (37%) out of 27 candidates from BJP, 7 (28%)out of 25 candidates from CPI, 6 (15%) out of 41 candidates from BSP, 9 (38%) out of 24 candidates fielded by JD(U), 7 (39%) out of 18 candidates from SP, 6 (35%) out of 17 candidates of RJD, 4 (50%) out of 8 candidates fielded by INC, 6 (46%) out of 13 candidates of LJP along with 5 (42%) out of 12 candidates of the CPI(M) and 38 (20%) out of 192 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
• Red Alert Constituencies*:37 constituencies in the first phase of Bihar assembly elections have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases.

*Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections. 

 

Financial Background

• Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 583 candidates, 146 (25%) are crorepatis.

•          Party wise Crorepati Candidates: 18 (67%) out of 27 fielded by BJP, 19 (79%) out of 24 candidates from JD(U), 11 (65%) out of 17 candidates from RJD, 6 (33%)out of 18 candidates fielded by SP, 6 (75%) out of 8 candidates of INC, 8 (62%) out of 13 candidates of LJP, 3(7%) out of 41 candidates of BSP and 42 (22%) out of 192 Independent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

•          Average Assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in the first phase of Bihar assembly elections is Rs.1.44 crores.

•         Party wise Average Assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 27 BJP candidates is Rs 2.15 crores, 41 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 1.63 crores, 24 JD(U) candidates have average assets worth of Rs 4.63 crores, 8 INC candidates have average assets worth Rs 8 crores, 17 RJD candidates have average assets worth of Rs 4.08 crores, the average assets per candidate for 18 SP candidates is Rs 78.27 lakhs, 13 LJP candidates have average assets of Rs 2.7 crores and 192 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 1.23 crores.

• High Asset Candidates*: The top three candidates with highest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Binod Kumar Singh	Samastipur	Warisnagar	IND	7,73,83,190	67,00,00,000	74,73,83,190 74 Crore+	Y
2	Poonam Devi Yadav	Khagaria	Khagaria	JD(U)	2,15,70,969	39,18,75,000	41,34,45,969 41 Crore+	Y
3	Ajeet Sharma	Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	INC	3,79,83,746	36,77,52,235	40,57,35,981 40 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

*Total Assets includes income of self, spouse and dependents.

 

• Low Asset Candidates:The three candidates with lowest assets are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Suresh Sada	Begusarai	Bakhri (SC)	Bhartiya Janhit Dal	0	0	0	N
2	Pradeep Rajbanshi	Nawada	Hisua	Moolniwasi Samaj Party	0	0	0	N
3	Yogeshwar Manjhi	Sheikhpura	Barbigha	IND	954*	0	954 9 Hund+	N

Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

* on assets value indicates that the candidate has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same

 

• Candidates with High Liabilities:A total of 8 candidates have declared liabilities of Rs. 1 crore and above. These candidates are as given below;

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities	PAN Given
1	Umashankar Bhagat	Jamui	Jhajha	Vyabasayi Kisan Alpasankhyak Morcha	23,16,67,596 23 Crore+	14,71,45,000 14 Crore+	37,88,12,596 37 Crore+	11,47,07,833 11 Crore+	0	Y
2	Radhe Sharma	Sheikhpura	Barbigha	IND	4,63,34,941 4 Crore+	1,65,00,000 1 Crore+	6,28,34,941 6 Crore+	# 6,10,00,000 6 Crore+	6,76,93,882 6 Crore+	Y
3	Baldev Parsad Bhagat	Jamui	Jamui	Vyabasayi Kisan Alpasankhyak Morcha	6,16,05,559 6 Crore+	1,00,00,000 1 Crore+	7,16,05,559 7 Crore+	5,03,63,277 5 Crore+	0	Y
4	Ajeet Sharma	Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	INC	3,79,83,746 3 Crore+	36,77,52,235 36 Crore+	40,57,35,981 40 Crore+	3,13,04,388 3 Crore+	0	Y
5	Vinay Kumar Singh	Begusarai	Bachhwara	IND	1,07,37,187 1 Crore+	94,00,000 94 Lacs+	2,01,37,187 2 Crore+	2,50,00,000 2 Crore+	0	Y
6	Rajkishore Prasad Alias Pappu Yadav	Banka	Belhar	JMM	37,38,313 37 Lacs+	7,48,00,000 7 Crore+	7,85,38,313 7 Crore+	1,43,47,930 1 Crore+	0	Y
7	Birendra Kumar	Begusarai	Teghra	RJD	8,28,41,731 8 Crore+	10,78,33,000 10 Crore+	19,06,74,731 19 Crore+	1,43,27,871 1 Crore+	0	Y
8	Nikki Hembram	Banka	Katoria (ST)	BJP	75,46,310 75 Lacs+	1,07,00,000 1 Crore+	1,82,46,310 1 Crore+	1,11,15,000 1 Crore+	0	Y

Table: Candidates with liabilities more than Rs 1 crore

# Disputed Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Overall PAN details of Candidates:A total of 218 (37%) candidates have not declared their PAN details.
• Crorepati Candidates with no PAN:9 candidates with total assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore have not declared PAN details. These candidates are as given below;

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)
1	Uday Prakash Sada	Khagaria	Alauli (SC)	Bahujan Mukti Party	70,500	10,30,00,000	10,30,70,500 10 Crore+
2	Umesh Hembram	Banka	Katoria (ST)	IND	9,60,000	2,00,00,000	2,09,60,000

…

Highlights of the Report

Criminal Background

• Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases:130 (22%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, communal disharmony, kidnapping, crimes against women etc.Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of all the 583 candidates, 174 (30%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.
•        Candidates with cases related to murder: 16 candidates have declared cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302). Pradeep Kumarof the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) from Warsaliganj constituency has declared 4 charges related to murder while rest of the candidates face one charge each. 7 Independent candidates have declared cases related to murder.
• Candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 37candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307). Ramswarup Yadav, an Independentcandidate from Hisua constituency faces 5 charges related to attempt to murder. 1 candidate fielded by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), 1 by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 3 by JD(U), 1 by Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) (JAP(L)) along with 1 Independent candidate have each declared 2 charges related to attempt to murder.
• Candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women:11 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. Nityanand Kumar, an Independent candidate from Suryagarha constituency and Rajiiv Nayak, an Independent candidate from Jamalpur constituency have each declared 1 charge related to rape (IPC Section-376) against them. Suman Kumar Singh, an Independent candidate from Kahalgaon constituency has declared an offence of dowry death (IPC Section-304B).
• Candidates with cases related to causing Communal Disharmony:2 candidates have declared cases relating to causing communal disharmony. Shakuni Choudhary of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) from Tarapur constituency has declared a case related to injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class (IPC Section-295). Rambalak Singh of JD(U) from Bibhutipur constituency has declared a case related to  promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony (IPC Section-153A).
• Candidates with cases related to Robbery and Dacoity:5 candidates have declared cases related to robbery and dacoity. Ram Lakhan Singh of BJP from Teghra constituency has declared 1 charge each related to making preparation to commit dacoity (IPC Section-399) and assembling for purpose of committing dacoity (IPC Section – 402). Baiju Kumar Rai, an Independent candidate, from Ujiarpur constituency has declared 1 charge each related to dacoity (IPC Section-395), making preparation to commit dacoity (IPC Section-399) and voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery (IPC Section – 394).
• Candidates with cases related to Kidnapping: 9 candidates have declared cases related to Kidnapping. 5 candidates have declared offence related to kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person (IPC Section-365), and 4 candidates have declared offence related to kidnapping or abducting in order to murder (IPC Section-364). 5 candidates have declared more than 1 charge related to kidnapping against themselves.
• Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases:14 (52%) out of 27 candidates from BJP, 14 (56%) out of 25 candidates from Communist Party of India (CPI), 8 (20%) out of 41 candidates from BSP, 11 (46%) out of 24 candidates fielded by JD(U), 9 (50%) out of 18 candidates from Samajwadi Party (SP), 8 (47%) out of 17 candidates of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), 6 (75%) out of 8 candidates fielded by Indian National Congress (INC), 8 (62%) out of 13 candidates of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) along with 8 (67%) out of 12 candidates of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) and 45 (23%) out of 192 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
• Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 10 (37%) out of 27 candidates from BJP, 7 (28%)out of 25 candidates from CPI, 6 (15%) out of 41 candidates from BSP, 9 (38%) out of 24 candidates fielded by JD(U), 7 (39%) out of 18 candidates from SP, 6 (35%) out of 17 candidates of RJD, 4 (50%) out of 8 candidates fielded by INC, 6 (46%) out of 13 candidates of LJP along with 5 (42%) out of 12 candidates of the CPI(M) and 38 (20%) out of 192 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
• Red Alert Constituencies*:37 constituencies in the first phase of Bihar assembly elections have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases.

*Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections. 

 

Financial Background

• Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 583 candidates, 146 (25%) are crorepatis.

•          Party wise Crorepati Candidates: 18 (67%) out of 27 fielded by BJP, 19 (79%) out of 24 candidates from JD(U), 11 (65%) out of 17 candidates from RJD, 6 (33%)out of 18 candidates fielded by SP, 6 (75%) out of 8 candidates of INC, 8 (62%) out of 13 candidates of LJP, 3(7%) out of 41 candidates of BSP and 42 (22%) out of 192 Independent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

•          Average Assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in the first phase of Bihar assembly elections is Rs.1.44 crores.

•         Party wise Average Assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 27 BJP candidates is Rs 2.15 crores, 41 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 1.63 crores, 24 JD(U) candidates have average assets worth of Rs 4.63 crores, 8 INC candidates have average assets worth Rs 8 crores, 17 RJD candidates have average assets worth of Rs 4.08 crores, the average assets per candidate for 18 SP candidates is Rs 78.27 lakhs, 13 LJP candidates have average assets of Rs 2.7 crores and 192 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 1.23 crores.

• High Asset Candidates*: The top three candidates with highest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Binod Kumar Singh	Samastipur	Warisnagar	IND	7,73,83,190	67,00,00,000	74,73,83,190 74 Crore+	Y
2	Poonam Devi Yadav	Khagaria	Khagaria	JD(U)	2,15,70,969	39,18,75,000	41,34,45,969 41 Crore+	Y
3	Ajeet Sharma	Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	INC	3,79,83,746	36,77,52,235	40,57,35,981 40 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

*Total Assets includes income of self, spouse and dependents.

 

• Low Asset Candidates:The three candidates with lowest assets are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Suresh Sada	Begusarai	Bakhri (SC)	Bhartiya Janhit Dal	0	0	0	N
2	Pradeep Rajbanshi	Nawada	Hisua	Moolniwasi Samaj Party	0	0	0	N
3	Yogeshwar Manjhi	Sheikhpura	Barbigha	IND	954*	0	954 9 Hund+	N

Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

* on assets value indicates that the candidate has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same

 

• Candidates with High Liabilities:A total of 8 candidates have declared liabilities of Rs. 1 crore and above. These candidates are as given below;

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities	PAN Given
1	Umashankar Bhagat	Jamui	Jhajha	Vyabasayi Kisan Alpasankhyak Morcha	23,16,67,596 23 Crore+	14,71,45,000 14 Crore+	37,88,12,596 37 Crore+	11,47,07,833 11 Crore+	0	Y
2	Radhe Sharma	Sheikhpura	Barbigha	IND	4,63,34,941 4 Crore+	1,65,00,000 1 Crore+	6,28,34,941 6 Crore+	# 6,10,00,000 6 Crore+	6,76,93,882 6 Crore+	Y
3	Baldev Parsad Bhagat	Jamui	Jamui	Vyabasayi Kisan Alpasankhyak Morcha	6,16,05,559 6 Crore+	1,00,00,000 1 Crore+	7,16,05,559 7 Crore+	5,03,63,277 5 Crore+	0	Y
4	Ajeet Sharma	Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	INC	3,79,83,746 3 Crore+	36,77,52,235 36 Crore+	40,57,35,981 40 Crore+	3,13,04,388 3 Crore+	0	Y
5	Vinay Kumar Singh	Begusarai	Bachhwara	IND	1,07,37,187 1 Crore+	94,00,000 94 Lacs+	2,01,37,187 2 Crore+	2,50,00,000 2 Crore+	0	Y
6	Rajkishore Prasad Alias Pappu Yadav	Banka	Belhar	JMM	37,38,313 37 Lacs+	7,48,00,000 7 Crore+	7,85,38,313 7 Crore+	1,43,47,930 1 Crore+	0	Y
7	Birendra Kumar	Begusarai	Teghra	RJD	8,28,41,731 8 Crore+	10,78,33,000 10 Crore+	19,06,74,731 19 Crore+	1,43,27,871 1 Crore+	0	Y
8	Nikki Hembram	Banka	Katoria (ST)	BJP	75,46,310 75 Lacs+	1,07,00,000 1 Crore+	1,82,46,310 1 Crore+	1,11,15,000 1 Crore+	0	Y

Table: Candidates with liabilities more than Rs 1 crore

# Disputed Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Overall PAN details of Candidates:A total of 218 (37%) candidates have not declared their PAN details.
• Crorepati Candidates with no PAN:9 candidates with total assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore have not declared PAN details. These candidates are as given below;

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)
1	Uday Prakash Sada	Khagaria	Alauli (SC)	Bahujan Mukti Party	70,500	10,30,00,000	10,30,70,500 10 Crore+
2	Umesh Hembram	Banka	Katoria (ST)	IND	9,60,000	2,00,00,000	2,09,60,000

…

Share this:

--

Pl see my blogs;

http://ambedkaractions.blogspot.in/

http://palashscape.blogspot.in/

Feel free -- and I request you -- to forward this newsletter to your lists and friends!