Monday, July 29, 2013

[rti4empowerment] In India Criminal charges mean more likely to get elected, gain assets

 

Wealth of most of the candidates contesting more than once in a decade has grown "abnormally" by up to 1,000 per cent, especially for the ones with serious criminal charges who also have greater chance of winning compared to clean candidates, according to a survey.

An analysis of self-sworn affidavits of the candidates by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) has found that wealth of 317 candidates, who re-contested the elections, had grown by over 1,000 per cent.

Between 2004 and 2013, in 10 years, a total of 62,847 candidates.......................................

Read full story here http://upcpri.blogspot.in/2013/07/in-india-criminal-charges-mean-more.html

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