http://adrindia.org/sites/default/files/Himachal%20Pradesh%202012%20Report%20(Criminals)%20v3.pdf
Executive Summary Himachal Pradesh Election Watch (HPEW) has analyzed affidavits of 445 candidates out of 459 candidates who are contesting Himachal Pradesh 2012 Assembly Elections. Out of these 445 candidates analyzed for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections, 69 candidates or 16 % declared criminal cases against them. In 2007 assembly elections for the whole of Himachal Pradesh, 18% candidates had declared criminal cases against themselves. Amongst major parties, every party has given tickets to candidates who have declared criminal cases. INC has 16 out of 68 (24 %), BJP has 7 out of 67 (10%) ,BSP has 8 out of 62 (13 %), HLP has 6 out of 32 (19 %), AITC has 2 out of 26 (8%), CPM has 10 out of 16 (63%)and IND candidates have9 out of 98 (9 %) candidates with declared criminal cases. Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: Out of these 69 candidates with declared criminal cases, 30 have declared serious criminal cases like murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion etc. CPM has 5, INC has 5, BJP has 4, HLP has 1 and BSP has 5 such candidates. Candidates against whom charges have been framed: Out of these 69 candidates with declared criminal cases, charges have been framed against 41 candidates with cases of kidnapping, theft, dacoity etc. Candidates with Heinous & Violent Crime Cases:The following candidates have declared serious criminal cases of murder, kidnapping and theft against them: 1)Tikender Panwar (of CPM from Shimla constituency) has declared two charges of murder and attempt to murder 2) Kushal Bhardwaj (of CPM from Jogindernagar constituency) has declared one charge of attempt to murder 3)Ramesh Chand (of BJP contesting from Jawalamukhi) has declared 1 charge related to kidnapping 4)Ramesh Dutt (SSH) from Fatehpur constituency has declared one charge relating to theft 5) Rattan Chand (CPI) contesting from Chamba too has declared one charge relating to theft amongst other charges. Candidates with cases under Prevention of Corruption Act: 6 Candidates have declared that they have cases registered against them under the “Prevention of Corruption Act”, namely Virbhadra Singh (INC) from Shimla Rural constituency, Anirudh Singh (INC) contesting from Kasumpti, Harish (INC) from Shimla constituency, Suresh Chandel (BJP) from Bilaspur constituency, Rajiv Bindal (BJP) from Nahan constituency and Daulat Ram (HLP) contesting from Bilaspur constituency. Toll-free Helpline (1-800-110-440) to help voters to choose honest candidates and SMS MYNETA <Pincode> to 9246556070 or MYNETA <Constituency name> to 9246556070. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/humanrights-movement/-/6XHO0MjHbbIJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en.
