Thirty candidates including a woman are facing criminal cases in the first phase of Assam Assembly election on April 4, as per the analysis done by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Assam Election Watch.
It claimed that out 539 candidates, 30 candidates or six percent have declared criminal cases against them. Out of 30, 25 are facing very serious criminal cases including murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women.
BJP's Kushal Dowari from Thowra and Janardan Hazarika, an Independent candidate, from Amguri constituencies respectively declared (in their affidavits) charges of 'attempt to murder' and 'murder' respectively.
Another independent candidate, Ibungobi Singha from Sonai constituency, has declared a charge related to assault or criminal force on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty, while independent candidate from Karimganj North constituency Abdul Ahad Choudhury has a charge related to kidnapping for ransom.
Party wise, 8 (12 percent) out of 65 candidates from the Congress, 3 (6 percent) out of 54 candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 3 out of 27 candidates from the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), one each from the Communist Party of India-Marxist, and CPI-Marxist-Leninist-Liberation, and 14 out of 280 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases.
According to ADR report 3 constituencies including Karimganj North, Sonai and Hailakandi in first phase of Assam assembly elections have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases. These constituencies were declared as 'red alert' zones.
Red alert constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting election.
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