- Murder, cheating, intimidation and many other heinous crimes
Amravati. Out of the current 87 elected councilors, who end their five-year term in the House of the Municipal Corporation, a total of 27 councilors have different types of criminal cases registered against them. This includes murder, cheating, intimidation and many other heinous crimes. The special thing is that all political parties try to tell themselves clean. But the situation is the same for all.
ADR report
According to the ADR report, out of the existing councilors, there are a total of 14 BJP councilors who have serious criminal cases registered against them. Similarly, 7 councilors of Congress are included in this list. At the same time, there are 2 councilors of MIM, 3 of Shiv Sena and one councilor of BSP. The special thing is that a total of 159 such candidates were given tickets in the 2017 municipal elections on behalf of all these major political parties. who have been involved in criminal activities.
These crime figures do not include those cases which are registered during agitations and other political activities. Whereas all these cases are included in the category of offenses committed personally. Before this, in the year 2012, the number of tainted candidates who won in the municipal area was 23. Whereas the number of candidates who got tickets at that time also has been told 119. Even in the present time, people associated with many criminal activities are seen trying to get tickets of big parties through their political masters.
11 councilors also millionaires
There are 11 councilors present in the current Municipal House, who have shown their assets worth crores in the election affidavit. Similarly, 21 councilors have assets ranging from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 90 lakh.