Bangalore: There are two days left for the Karnataka Assembly elections and as always money power is a concern in the state. Not just that, the state Election Watch finds that more than 20 per cent of candidates have criminal records.
Political parties may have promised to make the Karnataka 2013 Assembly polls a clean one, but a report by the Karnataka Election Watch shows that nearly 21 per cent of contesting candidates this year have criminal records.
110 candidates have serious criminal cases against them. This includes 13 candidates across various political parties, who have been charged with murder and two candidates from the Karnataka Janata Paksha, who have been charged with rape. 18 candidates also have cases registered against them under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
With the Congress topping the list that has 55 candidates with criminal records, the Bharatiya Janata Party has fresh ammunition in hand. "Rahul Gandhi had promised there would not be such type of candidates. So I am surprised these people are contesting," BJP spokesperson S Prakash....
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On his last day in office as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) SY Qureshi rejected senior BJP leader LK Advani's demand for a collegium to choose the Election Commissioner and also Team Anna's demand for a Right to Recall MPs. Qureshi said that his greatest regret was he was unable to stop money power in elections. Qureshi spoke to CNN-IBN's Deputy Chief of Bureau Pallavi Ghosh. Here is an excerpt of... 
