PATNA: In sharp distinction to claims made by ballot strategist Prashant Kishor to present an opportunity solely to folks with “clear picture” in politics, three of his 4 candidates contesting bypolls on 4 meeting seats within the state face critical legal prices together with kidnapping, try and homicide, extortion, theft, and assault, experiences Manoj Chaurasia. This revelations got here to mild after the candidates, contesting elections on newly shaped Jan Suraaj‘s tickets, submitted their affidavits to Election Fee.
The Jan Suraaj candidates are contesting in byelections from all 4 seats within the state – Belaganj, Imamganj, Ramgarh, and Tarari.
What has shocked everyone seems to be that 75% of the candidates, picked by the just-formed occasion, allegedly have a “tainted picture,” leaving the political consultants baffled.
Of the three, the occasion’s Imamganj candidate, Jitendra Paswan, faces critical legal instances like kidnapping, dishonest, theft, and assault, in line with his self-attested ballot affidavit filed earlier than EC. Equally, Belaganj candidate, Mohammad Amjad, revealed in his ballot affidavit about legal instances.
Jan Suraaj candidate from Ramgarh, Sushil Kushwaha, is not any totally different from his different occasion colleagues. If his affidavit is any indication, the Ramgarh candidate faces legal offences like try and homicide.
“All our candidates have a ‘clear picture’, and the instances had been a part of makes an attempt to break their popularity,” Jan Suraaj’s nationwide spokesperson, Sadaf Iqbal claimed, including that revelation of instances pending towards them means they did not conceal the details.
