Jan Suraaj Party faces scrutiny as three Bihar by-election candidates hold criminal records
Patna: Election strategist Prashant Kishor had earlier announced that only candidates with a clean image would be given opportunities in politics. However, it has come to light that among the candidates announced by his party, Jan Suraaj, for the by-elections in four assembly constituencies, three are facing serious criminal charges.
Candidates contesting from the Jan Suraaj party in the Belaganj, Imamganj, Ramgarh, and Tarari constituencies are under scrutiny for serious offenses including kidnapping, attempted murder, extortion, theft, and assault. This information has emerged from the affidavits submitted to the Election Commission.
Political analysts have pointed out that around 75% of candidates from the newly formed party are allegedly tainted.
Among them, the party’s candidate for Imamganj, Jitendra Paswan, is reported to be facing multiple serious charges such as kidnapping, fraud, theft, and assault, as stated in the self-verified affidavit submitted to the commission. Similarly, Belaganj candidate Mohammad Amjad has also acknowledged the criminal cases against him.
In response, the national spokesperson of the party, Sadaf Iqbal, claimed, "All our candidates possess a clean image. The cases against them were filed with the intention of tarnishing their reputation." He suggested that the revelation of these cases indicates transparency on the party’s part.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
