New Delhi: K. Surendran, the Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate from Kerala's Pathanamthitta parliamentary constituency, has declared 240 criminal cases against himself, topping the list of those with criminal records contesting the general elections.
The data on candidates for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, analysed by the National Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) based on the declarations in their affidavit reveals that 129 charges of the 240 criminal cases are of serious nature.
Hailing from Kasaragod, Surendran is one of the state BJP General Secretaries to contest the polls.
The second highest number of criminal cases was declared by the Congress candidate Dean Kuriakose from the Idukki constituency in Kerala.
He has 204 criminal cases pending against him, in which he faces 37 charges of serious nature.
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Atiq Ahmad, who is contesting as an Independent from Varanasi, secured the third place with 80 serious charges in the 59 cases against him and BJP's Bapu Rao Soyam, contesting from Adilabad in Telangana, is fourth with 55 serious charges in the 52 cases he faces.
With 19 serious charges in the 42 cases against him, the Congress' Telangana candidate Anumula Revanth Reddy is fifth in the list.
