Among the 198 millionaires, 65 have assets worth Rs. 5 crores while 60 have assets between Rs. 2 - Rs. 5 crores. The analysis of 923 candidates of the total 977 in the fray for the first phase of the polls was conducted by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Gujarat Election Watch. Speaking at Veraval, he said that the result of civic polls in Uttar Pradesh had proved the Congress wrong "Congress has been saying "Congress aave chhe"(Congress is coming), but the people of UP have ensured "Congress gayee"(Congress is gone)". Bhartiya Tribal Party president and candidate from Dediyapada Mahesh Vasava has a murder case registered against him. Congress and BTP are alliance partners and the former has allocated five seats to the latter. He faces as many as 23 cases which include murder, dacoit and robbery. There are two candidates against whom rape charges have been framed: Congress candidate from Gandhidham Kishor Pingol and All India Hindustan Congress Party candidate Lomesh Chandegara who is contesting from Jamnagar Rural seat. The report also showed that as many as 14 candidates, including those belonging to the BJP and the Congress, who have assets worth over Rs 1 crore, have not declared whether they are filing Income Tax returns or not. The list of such candidates is topped by the BJP with 76 nominees followed by Congress with 60 and 25 independents. On average, BJP candidates have Rs 10.7 cr assets while Congress' have Rs 8.46 cr. On the other hand, BJP's flag is flying high in UP. While his consolidated income was Rs 113 cr (total income including that of spouse, dependents etc). BJP candidate Dhanjibhai Patel of Wadhwan seat is in the third place with declared assets of Rs 113.47 crore. While, 17 have declared themselves as illiterate, 76 have mentioned themselves as being literate without giving details of their qualifications. In other words, 673 out of 923 candidates have studied only up to standard 12. "A survey by an independent agency can also tell where they stand."On Wednesday, Sisodia had challenged the state governments led by BJP and Congress to compete with his state's education "revolution". While the saffron party has 32 candidates (36%) that are graduates, Congress has 38 (44%). The ADRhas marked 21 constituencies as sensitive given that each of these seats have minimum three candidates with criminal cases. If we look at the age factor, BJP has fielded older candidates than Congress. BJP has 42 candidates above 55 years of age while Congress has 28.
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