More than 60% of the 301 candidates contesting the upcoming Goa Assembly election are “crorepatis” on the basis of their filed income tax returns while 26% have criminal cases against them, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) — an NGO working on electoral and political reforms.
According to the analysis by the Goa Election Watch and the ADR, the average asset value of the 187 mega-rich candidates is ₹6.48 crore.