“Twenty-three candidates in the fray for the April 19 Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh, have criminal cases registered against them,” according to a report of a civil society organisation.
The report prepared by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Arunachal Pradesh Election Watch, which was released on April 10, revealed that out of the 23 candidates with criminal cases in the northeastern State, 20 have declared serious criminal cases against them in their affidavits.
The report was prepared after analysing the self-sworn affidavits of 142 out of 143 contesting candidates in the Assembly polls.
