Assembly poll: 391 candidates are facing criminal cases
BJP tops the list
Bengaluru, May 6: Among the candidates contesting the Assembly elections, total 391 candidates have been facing the criminal cases and BJP topped the list with 59 candidates followed by Congress (32) and JDS (29), according to a survey.
According to research findings of ADR which released the report at a press conference here on Sunday, out of total 2560 candidates contesting the election, 391 candidates were facing the criminal charges. Of them, 254 candidates were facing serious charges. Four candidates were facing the murder charges, 24 attempt to murder, 23 candidates were facing women harassment charges. Apart from these three parties, three JDU candidates, one AAP and 75 independent candidates have involved in the charges, the report said.
As per the data provided by the candidates, total 207 candidates from Congress, 208 from BJP, 154 from JDS, 13 from JDU, 9 from AAP and 199 independent candidates are crorepatis. When looked at the list of richest politicians, Congress MLA and Govindarajanagar candidate Priya Krishna is in the top position with a net worth of Rs 1020 crore, followed by another Congress candidate from Hosakote MTB Nagara with Rs 1015 crore. However, the property of Minister DK Shivakukar was estimated at Rs 840 crore.
In BJP, the average value of the asset of 224 candidates is Rs 17.86 crore. However, the average value of 220 Congress candidates is estimated at Rs 38.75 crore and 199 JDS candidates asset value is Rs 20.91 crore. Remaining 1099 independent candidates property value is Rs 1.58 crore. Interestingly, the value of Bommanahalli independent candidate Dilip Kumar was just Rs 1000.
In terms of literacy rate, total 1351 candidates have passed just 5th to 12th standards, 981 candidates are graduates and in total, 52 per cent of candidates are literate. But 11 candidates did not provide certificates on their education.
Regarding the age, only one candidate is youngest among others. He has mentioned his age as 20 years of age. Remaining 849 candidates are between 25 and 40 years of age, 1351 candidates are between 41 and 60 years and 347 candidates are between 61 and 80 years of age. Seven candidates are more than 80 years of age, according to the report.
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Have won in people’s court, says Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on by-poll results
Bengaluru (PTI): Buoyed by the assembly election by-polls, which saw the ruling Congress sweeping in all the three seats, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said he won in the ‘people’s court’.
He gave credit to the guarantee schemes for the party’s victory in the assembly bypolls in Sandur, Shiggaon and Channapatna.
“You know what Mahatma Gandhi said. He said people’s court is better than the courts. Now people’s court has given me its verdict,” Siddaramaiah told reporters.
This victory was significant for the Congress as the BJP and JD(S) formed an alliance, he explained.
“We won from Kalyana Karnataka (Sandur), Kittur Karnataka region (Shiggaon), and old Mysuru region (Channapatna). In all the places we won. So, this is very significant."
“After our government came to power about one and half years ago, the BJP made false allegations on me and my government. They also spread lies about our schemes,” Siddaramaiah said.
The CM is an accused in the MUDA site allotment scam where 14 sites in upmarket of Mysuru was allotted to his wife, Parvathi. After the controversy broke out, Parvathi returned the sites to MUDA.
He also came down heavily on the opposition BJP and JD(S) for their lies and ‘baseless allegations’.
The Chief Minister also took a swipe at JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda and his son Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy for "crying" in public during elections.
“Deve Gowda and his sons cry, but didn’t their heart melt when several women cried in the Prajwal Revanna case in Hassan?” he asked.
Former JD(S) MP and grandson of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, Prajwal Revanna is in jail for allegedly sexually assaulting several women and filming them.
