New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Delhi Election Watch, which analysed the affidavits submitted by all 699 candidates who contested the assembly elections, said 31 of the 70 candidates elected to the eighth Delhi Assembly have declared criminal cases against their names. The figure is lower than the 43 MLAs in the seventh assembly who had declared criminal cases. According to the report, the number of winning candidates with serious criminal cases remained a concern.
The analysis found that 17 newly-elected candidates were facing serious criminal cases, including those related to attempted murder and crimes against women.
In the 2020 election, 37 candidates who had emerged victorious declared serious c...