Haryana assembly elections 2019: 42% candidates crorepatis, 10% have criminal cases

As many as 117 (10%) candidates contesting upcoming Haryana assembly elections have criminal cases against them. That's an increase of 3 percentage points from 2014, according to an analysis of self-sworn affidavits of 1138 out of 1168 candidates by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), an election-watch NGO. It also found that a whopping 481 (42%) candidates contesting elections are crorepatis.Their average assets stands at Rs 4.31 crores. Here's more:


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