Raj Babbar Tops the list of Crorepati Candidates in Bye-elections
Actor-turned-politician and Congress party candidate from Firozabad Lok Sabha seat Raj Babbar in the Uttar Pradesh tops the list of crorepati candidates contesting bye-polls.
According to a report by the National Election Watch, an NGO working for electoral reforms, Babbar declared assets worth over Rs 11 crore followed by SP’s Dimple Yadav and BJP’s Bhanu Pratap Chouhan, whose has movable and immovable properties worth Rs five crore and three crore respectively.
The report is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates for the bye-elections.
The NGO said that four out of 16 candidates in the fray from Firozabad including Raj Babbar have criminal charges against them.
The organization also perused through the affidavits of candidates contesting the by-elections for 31 Assembly seats in Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal scheduled to be held on November 7.
The NGO has analysed affidavits of 161 candidates out of a total of 317 who are in the fray and found that 29 of them are facing criminal charges, including seven who have charges of rape, murder and attempt to murder against them.
As per the report, Congress fielded six such candidates who are facing criminal charges, SP five and BJP four.
Fifteen candidates from UP, five from Kerala, three from West Bengal and one each from Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan have criminal cases against them, the report said.
A total of 19 candidates have declared their assets in crore from these States. Twelve are from Uttar Pradesh, three from Chhatisgarh, two from West Bengal and one each from West Bengal and Assam.
Rajesh Pandey alias Guddu Pandey, who is contesting elections on a BJP ticket from Padrauna assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh has declared assets worth over Rs six crore followed by All India United Democratic Front’s Abdur Rahman Ajmal Assam from Salmara South seat in Assam with over Rs five crore.
Maximum crorepati are contesting from Uttar Pradesh (16 out of 67) followed by Chhattisgarh where three out of 15 candidates have declared their properties in crores.
Three candidates with criminal background are contesting from Jhansi (UP) and Alappuzha (Kerala).
