Kerala polls see 10% rise in candidates with criminal cases, national parties take lead
Kerala polls see 10% rise in candidates with criminal cases, national parties take lead
Kerala Assembly election 2021 sees a 10 per cent rise in candidates facing criminal cases. Congress and BJP take the lead in fielding candidates with criminal cases against them.
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UPDATED: April 2, 2021 00:12 IST
355 of 928 candidates, whose affidavits were analysed by the ADR, have criminal cases this year. In 2016 Kerala election, 311 candidates out of 1,125 had declared criminal cases. (Image: PTI files)
Compared to 2016 polls, Kerala Assembly election 2021 has 10 per cent more candidates facing criminal cases. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has said in its report that 38 per cent of all candidates contesting the Kerala Assembly election have declared criminal cases against them.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Thursday slammed the LDF government in Kerala, alleging its five-year tenure was filled with scams and deceit . All the left front government has done is marketing and propaganda for which crores have been spent. On the ground, the realities are different and people of Kerala are wanting a change, Pilot told PTI.
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The firebrand woman leader was directed by the central leadership to contest from Kazhakoottam at the eleventh hour, despite stiff opposition from the state unit.
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BJP state president K Surendran and NDA candidate in Kazhakoottam Sobha Surendran during a roadshow near Nalanchira in T’Puram on Wednesday | EXPRESS By Express News Service
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With the KC(M) in its fold, the LDF seeks to assert its dominance over the seat
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With the KC(M) in its fold, the LDF seeks to assert its dominance over the seat
Will the Ettumanur constituency witness a re-run of the 1987 Assembly elections? This is a widely speculated question ever since Lathika Subash, a distraught former Mahila Congress leader who recently quit the party, entered the poll scene here as an independent. A closer look at its electoral history suggests that Ettumanur may not hesitate to look beyond party preferences while sending its representative to the State Assembly.
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Pinarayi Vijayan cautioned the people against the controversial law saying anyone who isn t preferred by the ruling dispensation can end up in the detention camps.
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MALAPPURAM: As the campaigning for the April 6 Assembly polls entered the final phase, the issue of Citizenship (Amendment) Act took the centrestage on Thursday with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacking the BJP-led NDA over the controversial law.
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