Karnataka polls: One in four BJP candidates, 15% from Congress face serious criminal charges, says study

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BJP, Congress and JDS – the three main parties contesting the upcoming assembly election in Karnataka - have all made big promises about battling crimes. However, when it comes to being entangled in criminal cases, their own candidates contesting this election are not far behind.

BJP’s 83 out of 224 candidates, or 37 percent, have declared criminal cases against themselves, followed by Congress whose 59 out of 220 candidates, or 27 percent candidates, have criminal cases against them, a report released by Association for Democratic Reforms, a NGO working in the area of electoral and political reforms, has revealed.

JD(S), considered to be the third wheel in the electoral race, is third here too. Twenty one percent of their candidates, or 41 out of 199, have criminal cases against them.

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