Candidates With Criminal Backgrounds

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said the poll watchdog has launched a new mobile application called Know Your Candidate (KYC) that will enable voters to find out if any electoral candidate in their constituency has criminal antecedents.

Political parties in Manipur seem to have promoted candidates with money power and criminal backgrounds, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms or the ADR. The BJP has fielded the most number of candidatees with criminal c

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, under attack for fielding candidates with criminal backgrounds, today defended his decision, claiming that the ruling BJP has framed his party leaders in false cases.

No qualms in fielding candidates with a criminal background and it is reflected in the 1st phase of Bihar elections 2020 as out of 1064, 328 (31%) candidates are with criminal cases and Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) tops the list while Bharatiya Janata Party comes in the second position with (72%), according to an election watchdog Association of Democ...

Looking to be a part of the action in the run up to Bihar Assembly polls later this year, Swaraj Abhiyan, the group founded by expelled AAP leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, has said it will campaign against the "corrupt and candidates with criminal background".

After its 'corrupt list' targeting national politicians, Aam Aadmi Party says it will release a list of leaders at the state-level with corrupt, criminal or dynastic background and field candidates against them.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday directed party leaders of five election-bound states to keep candidates with criminal background out.

Will Bangalore's voters get a chance to choose from electoral candidates who do not have a corrupt and criminal background? That is the fervent hope of several opinion leaders in the city who have got together to form the Bangalore Political Action Committee or BPAC. The initiative was formally launched on Sunday, and aims to mobilise the urban mid...

Aamir Khan will urge people not to vote for candidates with criminal background in upcoming elections in UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and M

The Bollywood actor will urge people not to vote for candidates with criminal background in the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said the poll watchdog has launched a new mobile application called Know Your Candidate (KYC) that will enable voters to find out if any electoral candidate in their constituency has criminal antecedents.

Political parties in Manipur seem to have promoted candidates with money power and criminal backgrounds, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms or the ADR. The BJP has fielded the most number of candidatees with criminal c

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, under attack for fielding candidates with criminal backgrounds, today defended his decision, claiming that the ruling BJP has framed his party leaders in false cases.

No qualms in fielding candidates with a criminal background and it is reflected in the 1st phase of Bihar elections 2020 as out of 1064, 328 (31%) candidates are with criminal cases and Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) tops the list while Bharatiya Janata Party comes in the second position with (72%), according to an election watchdog Association of Democ...

Looking to be a part of the action in the run up to Bihar Assembly polls later this year, Swaraj Abhiyan, the group founded by expelled AAP leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, has said it will campaign against the "corrupt and candidates with criminal background".

After its 'corrupt list' targeting national politicians, Aam Aadmi Party says it will release a list of leaders at the state-level with corrupt, criminal or dynastic background and field candidates against them.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday directed party leaders of five election-bound states to keep candidates with criminal background out.

Will Bangalore's voters get a chance to choose from electoral candidates who do not have a corrupt and criminal background? That is the fervent hope of several opinion leaders in the city who have got together to form the Bangalore Political Action Committee or BPAC. The initiative was formally launched on Sunday, and aims to mobilise the urban mid...

Aamir Khan will urge people not to vote for candidates with criminal background in upcoming elections in UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and M

The Bollywood actor will urge people not to vote for candidates with criminal background in the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.