Out of a complete of fifty candidates contesting the Lok Sabha polls on 5 seats within the second part in Bihar, the Congress candidate from Bhagalpur Ajit Sharma is the wealthiest. In distinction, the Impartial candidate from the Purnea seat Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav has a most variety of 41 felony instances lodged towards him.
In keeping with the most recent Affiliation for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report, out of a complete of fifty candidates, 24% (12) have declared felony instances towards them with the Impartial candidate from Purnea Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav topping the checklist with 41 instances. The heavyweight Pappu Yadav was additionally accused within the homicide of CPIM chief and four-time MLA from Purnea Ajit Sarkar. Mr. Sarkar was murdered in broad daylight in June 1998 allegedly by Pappu Yadav and his gang members.
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9 (18%) candidates have additionally declared severe felony instances towards them. The ruling alliance occasion JD(U) contesting all 5 seats, has 40% of candidates with felony instances whereas 20% have severe felony instances towards them. The Opposition mahagthabandhan (grand alliance) alliance associate Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) contesting two seats, 50% of candidates have felony and severe felony instances. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) contesting just one seat of Kishanganj in second part, has 100% of candidates with felony and severe felony instances.
Equally, 28% (14) of the candidates have declared property value greater than ₹1 crore. The three Congress candidates Ajit Sharma from Bhagalpur, Mohd. Jawed from Kishanganj and Tariq Anwar from Katihar are the richest amongst all with property of over ₹54 crore, over ₹18 crore and over ₹15 crore respectively whereas Impartial candidate Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav from Purnea seat has property of over ₹10 crore. They (Mr. Sharma, Mohd. Jawed and Pappu Yadav) have additionally declared their liabilities of ₹4 and ₹1 crore every respectively.
Nevertheless, the JD(U) candidate from Purnea Santosh Kumar Kushwaha has vied together with Ajit Sharma and Mohd Jawed of the Congress occasion for the bracket of candidates with excessive revenue as declared of their Earnings Tax Return (ITR) for the 12 months 2022-23.
Marang Hansada contesting from the Katihar seat on Individuals Celebration of India (Democratic), Arun Das on the Bahujan Samaj Celebration (BSP) from the Purnea seat and the Impartial candidate on the Kishanganj seat Mohd. Gufran Jamali are the highest three candidates with low property.
Just one candidate of them has declared himself as a Diploma holder, whereas 7 have declared themselves as simply “literate” and 32% (16) candidates are educated as much as Class 12, whereas, 26% (52) are graduates or above.
Out of a complete of fifty contestants, 12 (24%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25-40 years whereas 31 (62%) are between 41-60 years and there are 7 (14%) candidates who’ve declared their age to be between 61-80 years. Equally, solely 3 (6%) feminine candidates are contesting the second part of Lok Sabha ballot in Bihar, mentioned the ADR report.
