Bihar Phase II: 60% of Constituencies Tagged ‘Red Alert’ as Three or More Candidates Face Criminal Charges

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Thirty-two per cent of candidates contesting in Phase II of the Bihar Assembly elections have declared criminal cases, while 26 per cent face serious charges.

Sixty per cent of constituencies fall into the ‘red alert’ category, which means three or more candidates in these seats face criminal cases.

Despite the Supreme Court’s 2020 directive prohibiting political parties from fielding candidates with criminal backgrounds, these figures persist for candidates in the second phase of the Bihar Assembly elections.

Tripurari Kumar Tiwari, a Jan Suraaj Party candidate, faces 22 criminal cases against him alone. Furthermore, 60 per cent of the constituencies fall under the red alert mark, which means that three or more contesting candidates have declared criminal cas