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Lok Sabha polls: BJP candidates face serious criminal charges By PTI | 21 Apr, 2014, 09.08PM IST NEW DELHI: On a day Narendra Modi vowed to cleanse the political system and Parliament of criminal elements if voted to power, an NGO has found that BJP has more candidates with criminal and "serious" criminal cases than Congress in the six phases of Lok Sabha elections. As many as 36 (13 per cent) out of 287 candidates fielded by Congress, 48 (17 per cent) out of 279 candidates from BJP, 29 (10 per cent) out of 291 fielded by AAP and 39 (12 per cent) out of 318 BSP candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits, data released by Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) showed. The consolidated data, released today, is based on the analysis of affidavits of 5,380 candidates in the first six phases of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. Polling for the sixth phase, covering 117 constituencies across the country, is scheduled to be held on Thursday. Snipeed -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
