As many as 135 candidates within the fray within the Uttar Pradesh meeting elections’ third section have felony instances in opposition to them, in line with a brand new evaluation report.

The Uttar Pradesh Election Watch and Affiliation for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on Tuesday (February 15, 2022) launched an evaluation report the place they analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 623 candidates out of 627 contesting within the subsequent section of UP polls on February 20.

Among the many main events, 30 out of 58 candidates analysed from the Samajwadi Get together, 25 out of 55 candidates analysed from Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP), 23 out of 59 candidates analysed from the Bahujan Samaj Get together (BSP), 20 out of 56 candidates analysed from Congress and 11 out of 49 candidates analysed from Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) have declared felony instances in opposition to themselves of their affidavits.

21 candidates of SP, 20 of BJP, 18 of BSP, 10 of Congress and 11 of AAP have additionally declared severe felony instances in opposition to themselves.

On the idea of the variety of criminals contesting elections, 26 out of the 59 constituencies on this section have been declared Crimson Alert constituencies.

245 crorepatis contesting in third section

The evaluation report states that out of the 623 candidates, 245 (round 39%) candidates are crorepatis. Among the many main events, 52 candidates from SP, 48 from BJP, 46 from BSP, 29 from Congress and 18 from AAP have declared property valued at greater than Rs 1 crore.

The richest candidate, Yashpal Singh Yadav of the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Get together, has whole property value Rs 70 crores. 

Devraj, an unbiased candidate, is the poorest with whole property of Rs 10,000.

The typical property per candidate contesting within the Uttar Pradesh Meeting Elections 2022 Section III is Rs 2.82 crores.