Criminal background of fifth phase of Bihar assembly elections

NOVEMBER 1, 2015 | NARESH KUMAR SAGAR | EDIT

ADR have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 827 candidates who are contesting in thefifth phase of Bihar assembly elections, 2015.

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Criminal background

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Candidates with criminal cases: Out of all the 827 candidates, 254 (31%) candidateshave declared criminal cases against themselves.

·         Candidates with serious criminal cases: 193 (23%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, communal disharmony, kidnapping, crimes against women etc.

·         Candidates with cases related to murder: 15 candidates have declared cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302). Mahboob Alam of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
(CPI (ML)(L)) from Balrampur constituency has declared 3 charges related to murderagainst himself.
Laxmi Narayan Mehta of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) from Forbesganj constituency and Shankar Singh, an Independent candidate fromRupauli constituency, have each declared 2 charges related to murder in their respective affidavits. In total, 1 candidate of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), 1 of CPI (ML)(L), 1 candidate of Communist Party of India (CPI), 2 fielded by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), 1 candidate ofLok Janshakti Party (LJP), 3 candidate of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), 2 candidate ofIndian Union Muslim League (IUML), 1 candidate fielded by Shiv Sena (SHS), and 3 Independent candidates have declared cases related to murder in their affidavits.

·         Candidates with cases related to attempt to murder: 48 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307). Chandan Singh of LJP fromAlamnagar constituency and Sanjay Paswan of Garib Janata Dal (Secular) fromHarlakhi constituency have each declared 6charges related to attempt to murder in his affidavit. Shankar Singh, an Independent candidate from Rupauli constituency, andMahboob Alam of CPI (ML)(L) from Balrampur constituency have each declared 5charges related to attempt to murder against themselves. In total, 6 candidates ofBharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 5 of CPI (ML)(L), 2 candidates of JD(U), 1 candidates fielded by IUML, 2 candidate of the National Janata Party (Indian), 3candidates of CPI, 2candidates of CPI(M) , 2 candidates of Samajwadi Party (SP), 1 candidate of LJP, 7candidates fielded by Jan Adhikar Party(Loktantrik), 1 candidates of Garib Janata Dal (Secular), 1 fielded by Samras Samaj Party, 1 candidate SHS, 1 candidate of Janta DalRashtravadi, 5 candidate of BSP, 1 candidate of NCP, 1 candidate of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and 6 Independent candidates have declared cases related to attempt to murder in their affidavits.

·         Candidates with cases related to crimes against women: 16 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. Gulab Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) from Jhanjharpur constituency and Jahur Alam, also a candidate of RJD fromSupaul constituency along with Sushil Mishra of CPI(ML)(L) from Jale constituency have each declared 1 charge relating to rape (IPC Section-376).

·         Candidates with cases related to causing communal disharmony: 3candidates have declared cases relating to causing communal disharmony. Saba Zafar, a candidate fielded by BJP from Amour constituency and Ram Kumar Yadav of SP fromPhulparas constituency have declared 1charge each related to promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony (IPC Section-153A). Ashok Kumar Yadav of BJP from Keoti constituency has declared a charge related to Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class (IPC Section-295).

·         Candidates with cases related to robbery and dacoity: 7 candidates have declared cases related to robbery and dacoity. Hira Nand Mandalof Rashtriya Jankranti Party from Bahadurganj constituency has declared 3 offences related torobbery and dacoity, which include 1 charge related tomaking preparation to commit dacoity (IPC Section-399), 1 charge related to assembling for purpose of committing dacoity (IPC Section – 402)and 1 charge related to dacoity (IPC Section-395).

·         Candidates with cases related to kidnapping: 13 candidates have declared cases related to kidnapping.  Purshottam Jha, an Independentcandidate fromKhajauli constituency, has disclosed 1 charge each related to kidnapping (IPC Section-363), kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person (IPC Section-365), kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc. (IPC Section-366) wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person (IPC Section-368) against himself. Shankar Singh, an Independentcandidate from Rupauli constituency has declared 2 charges related to kidnapping for ransom, etc. (IPC Section-364A), 1charge related kidnapping or abducting in order to murder (IPC Section-364) and 1 offence related to wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person (IPC Section-368).

·         Party wise candidates with criminal cases: 21 (55%) out of 38 candidates from BJP, 11 (55%) out of 20 candidates from CPI, 16 (29%) out of 55 candidates fromBSP, 13 (52%) out of 25 candidates fielded by JD(U), 12 (46%) out of 26 candidates fromSP, 10 (50%) out of 20 candidates of RJD, 7 (58%) out of 12 candidates fielded by INC, 21 (53%) out of 40 candidates of JAP(L), 12 (52%) out of 23 candidates of the CPI(ML)(L), 9 (69%) out of 13 candidates of CPI(M) and 55 (21%) out of 262 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

·         Party wise Candidates with serious criminal cases:  15 (39%) out of 38 candidates from BJP, 9 (45%) out of 20 candidates from CPI, 13 (24%) out of 55 candidates from BSP, 7 (28%) out of 25 candidates fielded by JD(U), 10 (38%) out of 26 candidates from SP, 6 (30%) out of 20 candidates ofRJD, 3 (25%) out of 12 candidates fielded by INC, 17 (43%) out of 40 candidates of JAP(L), 8 (35%) out of 23 candidates of the CPI(ML)(L), 7 (54%) out of 13 candidates of CPI(M) and 43 (16%) out of 262Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

·         Red Alert constituencies*: 47 (82%) out of the total 57 constituencies in the fifth phase of Bihar assembly elections have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases. Constituencies of Jhanjharpur, Kishanganj, Balrampur, Bisfi andRupauli with 8 candidates have the highest number of candidates who have self-declared criminal cases against themselves.

*Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections.

Financial background

·         Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst the candidates contesting in the fifth phase of assembly elections in Bihar is as follows:

Value of assets (Rs)	Number of candidates	Percentage of candidates
10 crores and above	8	0.97%
5 crores to 10 crores	17	2.06%
1 crore to 5 crores	157	18.98%
50 lakhs to 1 crore	126	15.24%
less than 50 lakhs	519	62.76%

Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates

·         High asset candidates*:  The 3 richest candidates contesting in the fifth phase of assembly elections in Bihar are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Vijay Kumar Mishra	Araria	Araria	IND	1,06,86,017*	22,61,65,000*	23,68,51,017 23 Crore+	Y
2	Sunil Choudhary	Darbhanga	Benipur	JD(U)	12,18,13,591	2,05,00,000	14,23,13,591 14 Crore+	Y
3	Mujeeb Rehman	Darbhanga	Jale	SP	73,42,000*	13,12,00,000	13,85,42,000 13 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

*Total Assets includes income of self, spouse and dependents.

* on assets value indicates that the candidate has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same

·         Party wise crorepati candidates: 24 (63%) out of 38 candidates from BJP, 5 (25%) out of 20 candidates from CPI, 18 (72%) out of 25 candidates fielded by JD(U), 10 (38%) out of 26 candidates from SP, 12 (60%) out of 20 candidates of RJD, 5 (42%) out of 12 candidates fielded by INC, 9 (81%) out of 11 candidates of LJP and 49 (19%) out of262 Independent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

·         Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in the fifth phase of Bihar assembly elections is Rs 85.82 lakhs.

·         Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 38 BJP candidates is Rs 2.29 crores, 20 CPI candidates have average assets of Rs 55 lakhs, 25 JD(U) candidates have average assets worth of Rs 2.16 crores, 12 INC candidates have average assets worth Rs 1.61 crores, 20 RJD candidates have average assets worth of Rs 3.13 crores, average assets of 26 SP candidates areRs 1.89 crores, average assets of 11 LJPcandidates are Rs 3.06 crores and 262 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 70 lakhs.

·         Low asset candidates:  2 candidates out of all the 827 candidates, Ram Lakhan Ram of Bhartiya Jagaran Party from Benipatti constituency andZahoor Alam, an Independent candidate from Katihar constituency, have declared zero assets in their affidavits. The three candidates with lowest assets excluding the ones with zero assets are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Hatim	Araria	Sikti	Janta Dal Rashtravadi	600	0	600 6 Hund+	N
2	Mahendra Ram	Supaul	Triveniganj (Sc)	BSP	4,000	0	4,000 4 Thou+	Y
3	Md Gafur	Araria	Jokihat	Bharat Nirman Party	5,200	0	5,200 5 Thou+	N

Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

·         Candidates with high liabilities: The top three candidates with highest liabilities are as given below;

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Ajay Kumar Sah	Kishanganj	Kishanganj	BSP	19,47,993 19 Lacs+	4,25,40,000 4 Crore+	4,44,87,993 4 Crore+	2,67,00,000 2 Crore+	Y
2	Sunil Choudhary	Darbhanga	Benipur	JD(U)	12,18,13,591 12 Crore+	2,05,00,000 2 Crore+	14,23,13,591 14 Crore+	2,60,04,591 2 Crore+	Y
3	Ajay Kumar Jha	Araria	Araria	LJP	11,53,93,419 11 Crore+	2,05,00,000 2 Crore+	13,58,93,419 13 Crore+	1,76,51,103 1 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

·         Undeclared PAN:  A total of 366 (44%) candidates have not declared their PAN details.

·         Crorepati candidates with no PAN: 21 candidates with total assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore have not declared PAN details. The top 3 candidates with high assets who have not disclosed their PAN details in their affidavits are as given below;

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)
1	Parmanand Singh	Purnia	Rupauli	IND	86,40,435	5,32,00,000	6,18,40,435 6 Crore+
2	Ashok Mishra	Araria	Forbesganj	NCP	8,47,000*	4,71,57,000	4,80,04,000 4 Crore+
3	Arun Kumar	Saharsa	Saharsa	RJD	12,06,798	3,12,82,080	3,24,88,878 3 Crore+

Table:  Top three high asset candidates without PAN

* on assets value indicates that the candidate has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same

·         Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: 3 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs 1 crore. These candidates are as given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	District	Constituency	Total Asset (Rs)	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate	Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Sunil Choudhary	JD(U)	Darbhanga	Benipur	14,23,13,591 14 Crore+	2014-2015	5,32,19,753 5 Crore+	4,92,55,237 4 Crore+
2	Sweety Singh	BJP	Kishanganj	Kishanganj	10,26,81,534 10 Crore+	2014-2015	1,62,72,738 1 Crore+	82,06,221 82 Lacs+
3	Mujeeb Rehman	SP	Darbhanga	Jale	13,85,42,000 13 Crore+	2014-2015	1,01,60,350 1 Crore+	98,60,350 98 Lacs+

Table: Candidates with high income as declared in ITR

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

·         Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 569 (69%) out of 827 candidates have not declared income tax details.

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

·         Candidates with high Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 51candidates with assets worth more than Rs 1 crore have not declared Income Tax details. The top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared their IT returns are as given below;

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Income (Rs)	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Vijay Kumar Mishra	Araria	Araria	IND	0	1,06,86,017*	22,61,65,000*	23,68,51,017 23 Crore+	Y
2	Sanjana Devi	Saharsa	Saharsa	Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)	0	41,30,000	6,87,00,000	7,28,30,000  7 Crore+	Y
3	Parmanand Singh	Purnia	Rupauli	IND	0	86,40,435	5,32,00,000	6,18,40,435 6 Crore+	N

Table: Top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared ITR details

* on assets value indicates that the candidate has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

 Other background details

·         Education details of candidates: 395 (48%) candidates have declared their education qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass while 315 (38%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 100 candidates have declared themselves to be simple literates and7 candidates has declared to be anilliterate.

·         Age details of candidates: 571 (69%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 253 (31%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. While 1 candidate has disclosed to be older than 80 years of age, 2 candidates have not disclosed their age details.

·         Gender details of candidates: 59 (7%) female candidates are contesting in thefifth phase of Bihar assembly elections this year.

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Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh lays foundation

for National Institute of Paragliding

Bir Billing, October 31: The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Mr. Virbhadra Singh on Saturday laid the foundation stone for the setting up off the National Institute of Paragliding and Aero Sports in the Bir Billing district. The Institute, which will be the first of its kind, will seek to provide greater opportunities to the locals and also make the area a major tourist attraction. It will come at a cost of about Rs. Nine crores and the Chief Minister hoped that it will provide a base for more Paragliding and Aero Sports competitions.

The Chief Minister, while presiding over the official closing ceremony of week-long Paragliding World Cup organised by Bir-Billing Paragliding Association (BPA) and Airport Authority of India (AAI) at Bir-Billing in district Kangra also expressed keenness to create more opportunities for the locals.

He also reiterated that the 18-hole Golf course at Bir will be completed soon. The project work has already been completed. 

Also present at the laying of the Foundation stone ceremony was Mr. Kishori Lal, MLA; Mr. Sudhir Sharma, Minister Urban Development, Town and Country Planning, HP and Mr. R K Srivastava, Chairman Airport Authority of India.

The Chief Minister also announced renaming of Chogan-Kyor road in Bir as Pandit Sant Ram Marg.

The CM also said that Bir was now considered one of the world’s best Paragliding sites after the sport began in a small way back in the early 1980s. He also said that more facilities would be provided to the paragliders and he also welcomed foreign nationals who participated in the event.

Russian passenger aircraft with 220 onboard crashes

OCTOBER 31, 2015 | EDIT

BLACK BOXES REPORTEDLY FOUND AT PLANE CRASH SITE IN SINAI

EI-ETJ is an Airbus A321 that belongs to airline Kogalymavia airline.

The flight was traveling from the Egyptian resort to St. Petersburg. It belonged to the Kogalymavia airline, which also uses the brand name Metrojet, an operator popular among Russian tourists going to Egypt.

The plane was supposed to contact air traffic in Turkish Cyprus’ Larnaca after leaving Egypt’s airspace, but failed to do so.

A source at Sharm El-Sheikh Airport told RIA Novosti the pilot of the missing plane requested a change of course, saying the jet would have to land in Cairo.

The source said the crew of the crashed plane had complained to the airport’s technical service that the jet had engine problems.Russian plane carrying over 220 people from Egypt to Russia disappeared from radars, and crashed in central Sinai, according to Russian and Egyptian authorities.

Kolavia Flight 7K9268, an Airbus A321, went off radar 23 minutes after taking off from Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport, Sergey Izvolskiy told the media citing preliminary data.

The plane was carrying 217 passengers and 7 crewmembers, he added. Seventeen of the passengers were children. According to the Russian embassy in Egypt, all on board were Russian citizens.

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Launch of Swipe Elite 2

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Swipe launches premium yet affordable 4G smartphone ELITE 2 exclusively on Flipkart from 8th November onwards

New Delhi, October 30, 2015: Swipe Technologies, India’s leading mobile technology company, and No. 4 brand in the tablets space in the country, has announced the launch of its ONLINE-ONLY flagship smartphone ELITE 2. ELITE 2 is Swipe’s most affordable 4G device to be sold exclusively on Flipkart from 8th November 2015. The device is competitively priced at Rs 4,666 only. The company has also announced the EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW SALE of ELITE 2 for Uber customers, where in Swipe will deliver ELITE 2 directly to Uber customers in Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Delhi.

Expressing delight on the new device and the innovative ventures, Mr. Shripal Gandhi, Founder & CEO of Swipe Technologies said: “ELITE has been a huge success for Swipe, and it was sold out on Flipkart in record time when launched in August this year. For Indian customers, quality wins over everything else. Keeping this in mind, we are coming up with this exciting new offering. We received an overwhelming response for ELITE from the online space and are looking forward to replicate the same magic this time, too. We strongly believe that ELITE 2 will be a true Value for Money proposition that the brand has to offer. Our aim is to offer the best in technology at an exciting price range which absolutely suits the pockets of aspiring youth of India. Also, partnering with Uber will enable us to target the tech-savvy, aspirational online customers to get their hands on this new device.’’

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