Agartala, Feb 04, 2013 : In Tripura assembly elections-2013, out of the total 249 candidates, 19 candidates or 8 percent of total have criminal cases against them. In the 2008 assembly elections, only 3 percent of the contested candidates had declared criminal cases against themselves, said a report published on Monday.
Tripura Election Watch (TEW), state chapter of the National Election Watch (NEW), also noted that six percent (16) candidates are ‘crorepatis’ (people whose wealth exceeds Rs.1 crore) this time, against two percent (7) in 2008.
The report said, every major political party has given tickets to candidates who have declared criminal cases. Indian National Congress has 13 out of 48 (27 %), BJP has 1 out of 50 (2 %), CPI (M) has1 out of 55 (2 %), IPFT has 1 out of 17 (6 %), and Amra Bangalee has 1 out of 16 (6 %) candidates with declared criminal cases.
Out of the total19 candidates who have declared criminal cases, 10 have declared serious criminal cases like murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion, etc. INC has 7such candidates, IPFT has 1 and Amra Bangalee has 1such candidate.
Among these 19 candidates with self declared criminal cases, charges have been framed against 12 candidates in various cases. They are RatanlalNath (INC), Gopal Chandra Roy (INC), Sujit Paul (IND), BirajitSinha(INC), BiswabandhuSen (INC), RajendraReang (IPFT), Rupesh Kumar Deb (AmraBengalee), Avijit Deb (INC), Advocate Bidyut Ghosh (BJP), Sajal Das (IND), Amitabha Datta (CPI(M)) and Baptu Chakraborty (INC).
The top three candidates from major parties who have declared maximum number of serious criminal cases of murder, kidnapping and theft against them areBirajit Sinha (Congress candidate from Kailasahar constituency) has declared one charge related to murder, Premtosh Nath of Congress from Sabroom constituency has declared one charge related to murder and opposition leader RatanlalNath( Congress contesting from Mohanpur constituency) has declared one charges related to attempt to murder.
One candidate has declared that he has cases registered against him under the “Prevention of Corruption Act”, Chandi Charan Tripura Congress candidate from Manu (ST) constituency.
A total of 94 (38%) candidates (out of 249 analyzed) are graduates or have higher degrees in the Tripura 2013 Assembly Elections.
A total of 15 candidates, out of all the 249 that have been analyzed, are of more than 65 years of age and only 15 (6%) women are contesting in the elections.
The top three candidates with highest declared assets are (in decreasing order) are Biplab Kumar Ghosh of Congress from Matabari constituency who has declared assets worth Rs. 9.29 crores, followed by Dilip Sarkar of Congress from Badharghat (SC) constituency with Rs. 4.58 crores worth of assets and PranajitSingha Roy of also from Congress from Radhakishorpur constituency with assets worth Rs. 4.03 crores.
A total of 66 candidates out of 249analyzed have declared assets less than Rs. 1 Lakh.
Babul Banik of SUCI(C) from Suryamaninagar constituency has declared that he has zero assets followed by Pranesh Das of Amraa Bangalee from Pabiachara (SC) with assets of only Rs 100 and Shibani Bhaumik of SUCI(C) from Town Bardowali with assets worth Rs 500.
A total of 17 candidates out of 249analyzed have declared liabilities of Rs. 10 lakhs or above.
The top three candidates with highest declared liabilities are (in decreasing order) are Satyaban Das, an Congress candidate from Pabiachara (SC) constituency has declared the highest liabilities worth Rs. 51.17 lakhs followed by Himani Debbarma of Congress (INC) from Charilam constituency with liabilities of Rs. 37.24 lakhs and Jitendra Chaudhuri a CPI (M) candidate from Manu (ST) constituency with liabilities of Rs. 28.24 lakhs.
In the party-wise Average Assets per candidate for Congress is Rs 98.07 lakhs, for BJP is 10.06 lakhs, for CPI (M) is 28.98 lakhs, and for IPFT is Rs 4.21 lakhs.
A total of 127 out of all 249 (51%) candidates contesting the Tripura 2013 Assembly Elections have not declared their PAN details.
Thirteen out of 48 candidates of Congress have not declared their PAN. Similarly, for CP I (M) 29 out of 55, for BJP 31 out of 50 of and for INPT 3 out of 12 have not declared PAN details.
According to the report, Biplab Kumar Ghosh of Congress from Matarbari constituency has declared the highest income worth Rs 40.77 lakh in his last income tax return. He is followed by Satyaban Das of Congress from Pabiachara constituency with declared income of Rs 38.24 lakh and Pranajit Singha Roy of Congress from Radhakishorpur constituency with total income worth Rs 30.38 lakh.
Report added that a total of 218 candidates (88%) out of the 249 candidates analyzed by the Tripura Election Watch have declared that they have never filed income tax returns.
Out of these 218 candidates who have never filed income tax returns, CPI(M) has the maximum number of candidates 51 (93 % of the 55 candidates analyzed) followed by BJP with 46 (92% of the 50 candidates analyzed) candidates.
Top 3 candidates with maximum assets but who have never filed IT returns are Dilip Sarkar of INC contesting from Badharghat (SC) constituency with total assets of Rs. 4.58crores. He is followed by Bilal Miah of INC from Boxanagar with assets of Rs. 3.06crores and Sujit Paul an independent from Town Bardowali with Rs. 1.82 crores respectively.
104 re-contesting (candidates who fought elections in 2008 and now in 2013 are again in the fray) candidates have been analyzed for the Tripura Assembly Elections 2013.
The TEW, a platform of academics, journalists, social activities, intellectuals, NGOs and retired officials, published the 51-page report of the candidates' profile based on affidavits filed along with their nomination papers.
Tripura Election Watch (TEW), state chapter of the National Election Watch (NEW), also noted that six percent (16) candidates are ‘crorepatis’ (people whose wealth exceeds Rs.1 crore) this time, against two percent (7) in 2008.
The report said, every major political party has given tickets to candidates who have declared criminal cases. Indian National Congress has 13 out of 48 (27 %), BJP has 1 out of 50 (2 %), CPI (M) has1 out of 55 (2 %), IPFT has 1 out of 17 (6 %), and Amra Bangalee has 1 out of 16 (6 %) candidates with declared criminal cases.
Out of the total19 candidates who have declared criminal cases, 10 have declared serious criminal cases like murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion, etc. INC has 7such candidates, IPFT has 1 and Amra Bangalee has 1such candidate.
Among these 19 candidates with self declared criminal cases, charges have been framed against 12 candidates in various cases. They are RatanlalNath (INC), Gopal Chandra Roy (INC), Sujit Paul (IND), BirajitSinha(INC), BiswabandhuSen (INC), RajendraReang (IPFT), Rupesh Kumar Deb (AmraBengalee), Avijit Deb (INC), Advocate Bidyut Ghosh (BJP), Sajal Das (IND), Amitabha Datta (CPI(M)) and Baptu Chakraborty (INC).
The top three candidates from major parties who have declared maximum number of serious criminal cases of murder, kidnapping and theft against them areBirajit Sinha (Congress candidate from Kailasahar constituency) has declared one charge related to murder, Premtosh Nath of Congress from Sabroom constituency has declared one charge related to murder and opposition leader RatanlalNath( Congress contesting from Mohanpur constituency) has declared one charges related to attempt to murder.
One candidate has declared that he has cases registered against him under the “Prevention of Corruption Act”, Chandi Charan Tripura Congress candidate from Manu (ST) constituency.
A total of 94 (38%) candidates (out of 249 analyzed) are graduates or have higher degrees in the Tripura 2013 Assembly Elections.
A total of 15 candidates, out of all the 249 that have been analyzed, are of more than 65 years of age and only 15 (6%) women are contesting in the elections.
The top three candidates with highest declared assets are (in decreasing order) are Biplab Kumar Ghosh of Congress from Matabari constituency who has declared assets worth Rs. 9.29 crores, followed by Dilip Sarkar of Congress from Badharghat (SC) constituency with Rs. 4.58 crores worth of assets and PranajitSingha Roy of also from Congress from Radhakishorpur constituency with assets worth Rs. 4.03 crores.
A total of 66 candidates out of 249analyzed have declared assets less than Rs. 1 Lakh.
Babul Banik of SUCI(C) from Suryamaninagar constituency has declared that he has zero assets followed by Pranesh Das of Amraa Bangalee from Pabiachara (SC) with assets of only Rs 100 and Shibani Bhaumik of SUCI(C) from Town Bardowali with assets worth Rs 500.
A total of 17 candidates out of 249analyzed have declared liabilities of Rs. 10 lakhs or above.
The top three candidates with highest declared liabilities are (in decreasing order) are Satyaban Das, an Congress candidate from Pabiachara (SC) constituency has declared the highest liabilities worth Rs. 51.17 lakhs followed by Himani Debbarma of Congress (INC) from Charilam constituency with liabilities of Rs. 37.24 lakhs and Jitendra Chaudhuri a CPI (M) candidate from Manu (ST) constituency with liabilities of Rs. 28.24 lakhs.
In the party-wise Average Assets per candidate for Congress is Rs 98.07 lakhs, for BJP is 10.06 lakhs, for CPI (M) is 28.98 lakhs, and for IPFT is Rs 4.21 lakhs.
A total of 127 out of all 249 (51%) candidates contesting the Tripura 2013 Assembly Elections have not declared their PAN details.
Thirteen out of 48 candidates of Congress have not declared their PAN. Similarly, for CP I (M) 29 out of 55, for BJP 31 out of 50 of and for INPT 3 out of 12 have not declared PAN details.
According to the report, Biplab Kumar Ghosh of Congress from Matarbari constituency has declared the highest income worth Rs 40.77 lakh in his last income tax return. He is followed by Satyaban Das of Congress from Pabiachara constituency with declared income of Rs 38.24 lakh and Pranajit Singha Roy of Congress from Radhakishorpur constituency with total income worth Rs 30.38 lakh.
Report added that a total of 218 candidates (88%) out of the 249 candidates analyzed by the Tripura Election Watch have declared that they have never filed income tax returns.
Out of these 218 candidates who have never filed income tax returns, CPI(M) has the maximum number of candidates 51 (93 % of the 55 candidates analyzed) followed by BJP with 46 (92% of the 50 candidates analyzed) candidates.
Top 3 candidates with maximum assets but who have never filed IT returns are Dilip Sarkar of INC contesting from Badharghat (SC) constituency with total assets of Rs. 4.58crores. He is followed by Bilal Miah of INC from Boxanagar with assets of Rs. 3.06crores and Sujit Paul an independent from Town Bardowali with Rs. 1.82 crores respectively.
104 re-contesting (candidates who fought elections in 2008 and now in 2013 are again in the fray) candidates have been analyzed for the Tripura Assembly Elections 2013.
The TEW, a platform of academics, journalists, social activities, intellectuals, NGOs and retired officials, published the 51-page report of the candidates' profile based on affidavits filed along with their nomination papers.
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