New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has the most number of candidates with declared criminal cases contesting the Lok Sabha polls in the national capital, followed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
The seven Lok Sabha constituencies of Delhi, which will go to polls on May 12 in the sixth phase of the general elections, will see a triangular contest between the BJP, AAP and the Congress.
Three of BJP's seven candidates and two AAP contestants have declared criminal cases.
Congress has named only one candidate with declared criminal cases.
Chandni Chowk, New Delhi and North West Lok Sabha seats will see a contest between candidates with no declared criminal cases.
Two North East Delhi candidates -- sitting BJP MP Manoj Tiwari and AAP's Dilip Pandey -- have three and one criminal cases respectively.
The cases against Tiwari were related to criminal intimidation, disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant, acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention and causing hurt and wrongful restraint.
Pandey had one case under the Press and Registration of Books Act for poster publication.
The two are contesting against three-time Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, having zero declared cases.
In East Delhi, out of the three top candidates, two - BJP's celebrity candidate Gautam Gambhir and AAP's Atishi - have declared one criminal case each.
The two are facing Arvinder Singh Lovely from the Congress without any declared criminal cases.
In South Delhi, sitting BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri - having two declared criminal cases - is pitted against two young leaders with zero criminal cases. AAP has named 30-year-old Chartered Accountant Raghav Chadha while Congress has fielded boxer Vijender Singh.
In West Delhi, while the BJP and AAP have named candidates with zero criminal cases, Congress candidate Mahabal Mishra has declared three criminal cases.
The cases against Mishra are related to criminal intimidation, rape, kidnapping, assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty, cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, forgery for purpose of cheating and house-trespass in order to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment.
In the Chandini Chowk parliamentary seat, BJP sitting MP Harsh Vardhan is contesting the against AAP's Pankaj Gupta. The Congress has named J.P. Agarwal. The three have declared zero criminal cases.
Similarly, in the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat, BJP's sitting MP Meenakshi Lekhi is facing Congress leader Ajay Maken. The AAP has named Brijesh Goyal.
In North West, BJP has named singer Hans Raj Hans against AAP's Gugan Singh. The Congress has fielded Rajesh Lilothia.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won all the seven seats in Delhi.
BJP followed by AAP has most candidates with criminal cases in Delhi
The upcoming elections in Delhi on 12th May will witness candidates with criminal cases from AAP, BJP & Congress with BJP topping the list that has three out of seven candidates who have criminal cases against them.
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has the most number of candidates with declared criminal cases contesting the Lok Sabha polls in the national capital, followed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
The seven Lok Sabha constituencies of Delhi, which will go to polls on May 12 in the sixth phase of the general elections, will see a triangular contest between the BJP, AAP and the Congress.
Three of BJP's seven candidates and two AAP contestants have declared criminal cases.
Congress has named only one candidate with declared criminal cases.
Chandni Chowk, New Delhi and North West Lok Sabha seats will see a contest between candidates with no declared criminal cases.
Two North East Delhi candidates -- sitting BJP MP Manoj Tiwari and AAP's Dilip Pandey -- have three and one criminal cases respectively.
The cases against Tiwari were related to criminal intimidation, disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant, acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention and causing hurt and wrongful restraint.
Pandey had one case under the Press and Registration of Books Act for poster publication.
The two are contesting against three-time Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, having zero declared cases.
In East Delhi, out of the three top candidates, two - BJP's celebrity candidate Gautam Gambhir and AAP's Atishi - have declared one criminal case each.
The two are facing Arvinder Singh Lovely from the Congress without any declared criminal cases.
In South Delhi, sitting BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri - having two declared criminal cases - is pitted against two young leaders with zero criminal cases. AAP has named 30-year-old Chartered Accountant Raghav Chadha while Congress has fielded boxer Vijender Singh.
In West Delhi, while the BJP and AAP have named candidates with zero criminal cases, Congress candidate Mahabal Mishra has declared three criminal cases.
The cases against Mishra are related to criminal intimidation, rape, kidnapping, assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty, cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, forgery for purpose of cheating and house-trespass in order to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment.
In the Chandini Chowk parliamentary seat, BJP sitting MP Harsh Vardhan is contesting the against AAP's Pankaj Gupta. The Congress has named J.P. Agarwal. The three have declared zero criminal cases.
Similarly, in the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat, BJP's sitting MP Meenakshi Lekhi is facing Congress leader Ajay Maken. The AAP has named Brijesh Goyal.
In North West, BJP has named singer Hans Raj Hans against AAP's Gugan Singh. The Congress has fielded Rajesh Lilothia.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won all the seven seats in Delhi.
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Major Gogoi suffers ignominy of seniority reduction and exit from Kashmir Valley
By Sumir Kaul
Srinagar, May 5 (PTI) Major Leetul Gogoi, who was at the centre of the 2017 'human shield controversy', will suffer the ignominy of reduction in seniority and exit from Kashmir Valley with the Army headquarters confirming the punishment for "fraternising" with a local woman last year, officials said here on Sunday.
A court martial had held Gogoi and his driver Sameer Malla guilty on two counts - "fraternising" with a local woman in spite of instructions to the contrary and "being away from the place of duty while in operational area", the officials said.
The company commander of the unit of Malla, who was facing charges of unauthorised absence, has been authorised to decide on his punishment which includes a "severe reprimand".
Malla was recruited in the Territorial Army in 2017 and he was posted with 53 sector of Rashtriya Rifles, a counter-insurgency force fighting militancy in Jammu and Kashmir.
The proceedings of the court martial were confirmed by the Army headquarters after which it was decided to shift him out the valley, the officials said, adding that the final orders were received very recently.
Gogoi and Malla's summary of evidence was completed in early February, followed by the initiation of the court martial proceedings, they said.
The statements of the both the accused as well as other witnesses were recorded by the Army court and the punishment, which has been vetted by the Army headquarters, has been given, they added.
Major Gogoi and his driver were detained by Jammu and Kashmir Police following an altercation with the hotel staff when he was allegedly trying to enter it with an 18-year-old woman on May 23 last year.
The woman had expressed her unwillingness to depose during the court martial proceedings and informed the Army authorities that she had given a statement before a magistrate and the same should be treated as her final stand.
The woman had also stated that she had gone out with Major Gogoi on her own will, besides disclosing that she had become a friend of the Army officer through his fake Facebook profile, where he had named himself Ubaid Arman.
Immediately after the incident came to light last year, Army chief Bipin Rawat had said that exemplary punishment would be given to Major Gogoi if he was found guilty of "any offence".
"If any officer of the Indian Army is found guilty of any offence, we will take strictest possible action," General Rawat had said.
Major Gogoi hit the headlines after he tied a man to a jeep purportedly as a shield against an unruly mob which was hurling stones during a by-poll at Budgam, which forms part of the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, on April 9, 2017. PTI SKL
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