Himachal Pradesh: A report says that 158 millionaire’s candidates are in the fray for the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, which will be held on November 9, while 61 people have declared criminal cases against them.
That, In a report released on November 1, Delhi-based Think Tank, ADR said the Himachal Pradesh Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) analyzed the affidavits administered by all the 338 candidates.
Among the party candidates, 59 out of 68 candidates of Congress, 47 out of 68 from BJP, 6 out of 42 from BSP, 3 of14 from CPI (M), 36 out of 112 candidates from CPI and 36 The property has declared more than 10 million.
In the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, BJP’s Balvir Singh Verma has assets worth more than Rs 90 crores and Congress’ Vikramaditya Singh is worth more than Rs 84 crores.
That the top candidates with the uppermost assets contesting in the HP assembly elections are Balvir Singh Verma of BJP with the total assets of over Rs. 90 crore followed by Vikramaditya Singh of the Congress with over Rs 84 crore.
Five candidates have declared their own annual income of more than one crore rupees. GS Bali, a Congress candidate has declared the highest self-income (annual). That their annual income is Rs: 3.42 crores and they have announced the salary by the Himachal Pradesh government as a source of their income. The ADR, who works in the field of electoral and political reforms said. The Other candidates include independent candidate Rajesh Sharma, BJP’s Balvir Singh Verma, BJP’s Mahendra Singh and Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.
It has been stated in the report that 71 out of 338 candidates have not declared the sources of income. Apart from this, a total of 20 candidates have not declared their PAN details.
In the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report further says, 61 % (18%) out of 338 candidates have declared the criminal cases against them and 31 (9%) have declared serious criminal cases against them.
About the details of education, the report said that 120 candidates have declared their qualification between the 5th and 12th pass, while 214 qualifications for the undergraduate or above.
A candidate is illiterate, while no one has given his academic explanation. In addition, 155 candidates have declared their age between 25 to 50 years, whereas between 179 is 51 to 80 years. In the HP assembly elections, 19 women candidates are contesting the elections. The report added.
