UP Polls: Out of 623 candidates in 3rd phase, 135 have criminal cases, most in Samajwadi Party

21 candidates of SP, 20 of BJP, 18 of BSP, 10 of Congress and 11 of AAP have declared 'serious criminal cases' against themselves.

New Delhi: As many as 135 candidates in the fray in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections' third phase have criminal cases against them, according to a new analysis report.

The Uttar Pradesh Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on Tuesday (February 15, 2022) released an analysis report where they analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 623 candidates out of 627 contesting in the next phase of UP polls on February 20.

Among the major parties, 30 out of 58 candidates analysed from the Samajwadi Party, 25 out of 55 candidates analysed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 23 out of 59 candidates analysed from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), 20 out of 56 candidates analysed from Congress and 11 out of 49 candidates analysed from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.