Assam Budget Session: Opposition walks out of Assembly over fuel price hike issue
Assam Budget Session: Opposition walks out of Assembly over fuel price hike issue
The Opposition staged a walkout on the first day of the Budget Session in the Assam Assembly over rising prices of fuel and other essential commodities.
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UPDATED: July 12, 2021 19:16 IST
The Opposition staged a walkout on the first day of the Budget Session of the Assam Assembly over rising prices of fuel. (Credit: India Today)
Opposition MLAs staged a walkout on Monday, the first day of the Budget Session of the Assam Assembly, to protest the rising prices of fuel and other essential commodities.
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Lawmakers with criminal cases, crorepatis in Assam increased by over 10%: Study
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Guwahati, May 6 : The number of elected MLAs with criminal cases and crorepatis (millionaire) increased by over 10 per cent in the recent Assam assembly elections compared to the 2016 polls, data analysis revealed.
The Assam Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 126 winning candidates and found that 27 per cent winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves this time against 11 per cent last time. The analysis said that 34 winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves this time against 14 MLAs in 2016. The report said that 28 (22 per cent) winning candidates have declared serious criminal cases related to murder, attempt to murder, crimes against women.
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May 05, 2021 17:06 IST
The number of millionaire MLAs and those with criminal cases in 2016 was 72 and 14, respectively
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People standing in long queues since early morning to cast their votes for the third and last phase of Assam Assembly election in Guwahati on March 06, 2021.
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RITU RAJ KONWAR
The number of millionaire MLAs and those with criminal cases in 2016 was 72 and 14, respectively Assam elected more moneyed candidates and those with criminal cases in the recently concluded Assembly elections than in 2016.
Data analysed by Assam Election Watch (AEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms revealed 34 of the 126 candidates who won had declared criminal cases against them compared with 14 five years ago.