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NEW DELHI: Out of 883 candidates contesting the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections, 324 (38%) have declared criminal cases, including 201 (23%) facing serious charges, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).The data from the affidavits submitted by candidates to the Election Commission of India as part of the nomination process shows that candidates with criminal cases are spread across party lines. Among major parties, 72 out of 85 Congress candidates, 59 out of 9 ...Read More >
Around 14% of candidates contesting the upcoming Assam Assembly election have declared criminal cases against themselves. Of these, 11% have declared serious criminal cases, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Out of the 722 candidates fighting this Assembly election in Assam, 102 (14%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. In the 2021 Assembly election, of the 941 candidates analysed, 138 (15%) had declared criminal cases against them ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 4: Around 38 per cent of the candidates contesting the Kerala Assembly polls have declared criminal cases against their names, while 39 per cent are crorepatis, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said on Saturday. Over 300 candidates face criminal cases The report analysed 863 candidates for the April 9 elections. Of these, 324 face criminal cases, with 201 declaring serious criminal charges. In comparison, 355 out of 928 examined candidates had criminal c ...Read More >
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has the most crorepati candidates -- 88% of the 90 fielded -- for the April 9 Assam Assembly polls, but none of them is among the wealthiest top five, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Assam Election Watch has revealed. The report was prepared after analysing the criminal background, financial, education, gender, and other details of 722 candidates, 258 of whom are contesting independently. According to the report, Chief Minister Hima ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: Fourteen per cent of the April 9 Assam election candidates have declared criminal cases against them, an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said. The ADR analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 722 candidates. Altogether 102 or 14 per cent of them have declared criminal cases against them, the report, released on Tuesday, stated. It was marginally higher in the 2021 polls. Of the 941 candidates, 138 or 15 per cent had declared criminal cases against them. Acc ...Read More >
Guwahati, March 31: Wealth continues to cast a long shadow over Assam's electoral landscape, with nearly 4 in 10 candidates contesting the 2026 Assembly elections declaring assets worth over Rs 1 crore, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Based on self-sworn affidavits of all 722 candidates, reveals that 285 contestants, or 39%, fall in the crorepati category, the report, issued on Tuesday, revealed. This marks a sharp rise from the 2021 Assembly elections ...Read More >
AIUDF chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal (left) and Congress candidate Rahul Roy (right) Guwahati, March 31: Wealth continues to cast a long shadow over Assam's electoral landscape, with nearly 4 in 10 candidates contesting the 2026 Assembly elections declaring assets worth over Rs 1 crore, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Based on self-sworn affidavits of all 722 candidates, reveals that 285 contestants, or 39%, fall in the crorepati category, the report, i ...Read More >
Patna: A new report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Bihar Election Watch (BEW) has revealed disturbing levels of criminal and financial influence among candidates contesting in the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections. The two non-profit organisations, known for their work on electoral and political reforms, analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 1,303 out of 1,314 candidates contesting the 121 assembly seats going to polls on Nov 6.According to the report, 423 candidat ...Read More >
Jagdeep S Chhokar, co-founder of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and a prominent advocate for clean elections, passed away in Delhi at the age of 80. He spearheaded landmark judicial interventions, enhancing transparency and accountability in Indian politics, including mandatory disclosure of candidate information and the striking down of the Electoral Bonds scheme. Jagdeep S Chhokar, co-founder of poll rights body Association for Democratic Reforms and a long-standing advocate for ...Read More >
New Delhi: Jagdeep S Chhokar, co-founder of poll rights body Association for Democratic Reforms and a long-standing advocate for clean elections, passed away in Delhi on Friday after suffering a heart attack, ADR sources said. He was 80. A retired professor at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad, Chhokar, along with his colleagues, founded the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) in 1999. Over the past two decades, the organisation spearheaded several landmark judicial interventio ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 22 (UNI) The Supreme Court today passed significant directions in the Bihar electoral rolls case, making it easier for excluded voters to reclaim their franchise. The bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi ruled that persons omitted from the draft rolls could file applications for inclusion online, without the need for physical submission. Importantly, it clarified that an Aadhaar card alone would be sufficient for filing such claims, besides the 11 other docume ...Read More >
A few days ago, India's Election Commission released updated draft electoral rolls for Bihar state, where key elections are scheduled for November, following a month-long revision of the voters' list. But opposition parties and election charities say the exercise was rushed through - and many voters in Bihar have told the BBC that the draft rolls have wrong photos and include dead people. The Special Intensive Revision - better known by its acronym SIR - was held from 25 June to 26 July and th ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Election Commission to furnish by August 9 the details of around 65 lakh electors left out from the draft electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. IMAGE: The Election Commission's special intensive revision of voter list being carried out in Bihar. Photograph: ANI Photo A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh asked the counsel for the poll panel to furnish the details of deleted voters, the data which has been already shared with t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Reacting to the Supreme Court's decision on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, BJP MP Sambit Patra accused the Congress and Opposition parties of hypocrisy, stating they earlier opposed Aadhaar-voter ID linkage but are now demanding its inclusion. He said this shift exposes their 'double standards' on Aadhaar's role in electoral reforms. Speaking to ANI, Patra said, 'The way the Opposition and the Congress are opposing the Aadhar Card, ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Reacting to the Supreme Court's decision on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, BJP MP Sambit Patra accused the Congress and Opposition parties of hypocrisy, stating they earlier opposed Aadhaar-voter ID linkage but are now demanding its inclusion. He said this shift exposes their 'double standards' on Aadhaar's role in electoral reforms. Speaking to ANI, Patra said, 'The way the Opposition and the Congress are opposing the Aadhar Card, ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday stated that the Election Commission of India (ECI) spin on no stay being given has been clearly exposed by the Supreme Court. Ramesh, the General Secretary in charge of Communications for Congress, posted a picture of the order on X, stating that Page 7 of the order clearly indicated that no stay was requested by any of the petitioners. He then said that deliberately misleading headline management does not befit ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): As Supreme Court of India allowed the Election Commission of India to continue with the Special Intensive Revision of Bihar electoral rolls, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi representing the petitioners challenging ECI's directive said that all the 'merits' remain open to them and court has given the time to reply by the end of July. He mentioned that the Supreme Court 'clearly' suggested the inclusion of three documents, namely Aadhar, EC voter ID, and ra ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) The BJP on Thursday said the apex court allowing the Election Commission (EC) to continue with the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll in Bihar is a "setback" to the opposition parties that are protesting against the exercise and asked them to work hard to woo the voters, instead of raising a hue and cry over it. BJP's national spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy told PTI Videos that the poll panel initiated the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral r ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) The BJP on Thursday said the apex court allowing the Election Commission to continue with the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar was a "setback" to the opposition parties protesting the exercise and asked them to work hard to woo their voters, instead of raising hue and cry over it. BJP MP and the party's national spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy told PTI Videos that the poll panel initiated the special intensive revision in Bihar ahead of the assem ...Read More >
Srinagar, July 10: The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 10) told the Election Commission of India to consider Aadhaar card, voter ID card and ration card also as acceptable documents for the "Special Intensive Revision" of electoral rolls in Bihar. The Court also recorded the ECI's submission that the list of eleven documents specified by it in its June 24 order as acceptable documents to show citizenship was not exhaustive and was illustrative. The observation was made during a high-stakes hear ...Read More >
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on July 10, urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider accepting Aadhaar, ration cards, and electoral photo identity cards (EPIC) as valid documents to establish voter identity during the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls currently underway in Bihar, ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. While the Court declined to stay the SIR process, it repeatedly questioned the ECI's decision to exclude Aadhaar as a valid form of identificati ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Election Commission of India to continue with its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar calling it a "constitutional mandate". A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi, however, questioned the timing of the exercise besides offering its prima facie view that Aadhaar card, voter ID card and ration cards could be considered during the SIR in Bihar. "We are of the prima facie view that Aadhaar ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday pressed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to justify the timing of its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, observing that the exercise "went to the root of democracy and power to vote". "If you are to check citizenship under SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar, then you should have acted early; it is a bit late," Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia remarked while sitting with Justice Joymalya Bagchi. Appearing for the poll bod ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 10: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday objected to the PILs filed by several NGOs and other political activists in the Supreme Court challenging its decision to conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, representing the poll body, objected to the locus standi of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and other PIL litigants. "None of them are voters in Bihar! Before you (SC) are some ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Election Commission of India on the timing of the Special Intensive Revision drive in poll-bound Bihar saying it went to the "root of democracy and power to vote" while rejecting the argument that the poll panel did not have any power to carry it out. The ECI also justified the exercise and said Aadhaar wasn't a "proof of citizenship". A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi questioned Dwivedi over the exclus ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday commenced hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission's decision to undertake a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound Bihar. A partial working day (PWD) bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi was told by senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, appearing for the poll panel, that he has preliminary objections to the petitions. Also Read | Vijay Deverakonda, Rana Daggubati and ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday commenced hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission's decision to undertake a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound Bihar. A partial working day (PWD) bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi was told by senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, appearing for the poll panel, that he has preliminary objections to the petitions. Besides Dwivedi, senior advocates K K Venugopal a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear two more pleas challenging the Election Commission of India move to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi agreed to hear the pleas on July 10, along with other pending petitions. Advocate Vrinda Grover and another advocate mentioned for urgent listing. Grover said the plea filed by two social activists, Arshad Ajmal ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on July 10 a batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission's decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. A two-judge bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi took note of submissions made by a team of senior lawyers led by Kapil Sibal, appearing on behalf of several petitioners, and agreed to list the matter for hearing on Thursday. Appearing for RJD MP Manoj ...Read More >
Nellore: Minister Nara Lokesh has made it clear that "only those who work for the party will be given positions," and there's no room for compromise on this norm. Addressing a TD leaders' meeting in Nellore, he emphasized the need for strengthening the cadres and ensuring regular outreach to the public every four months. Lokesh acknowledged past mistakes and promised to correct them, adding, "Even Chandrababu is willing to listen -- leadership means being accountable." He vowed to complete the ...Read More >
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