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In Puducherry’s assembly elections, attention is turning not just to the political fight, but also to the wealth of the candidates. Many of those contesting are “crorepatis,” with some declaring very high personal assets, making finances a key talking point in the polls.Out of the 291 candidates analysed by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), as…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accounted for more than 91 per cent of all donations declared by national parties in 2024-25, as overall political funding above Rs 20,000 shot up 161 per cent from the previous fiscal, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).The report, released on Thursday, said…
NEW DELHI: An analysis of affidavits of 229 out of 233 Rajya Sabha MPs shows that 73 (32%) MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves and 31 (14%) are billionaires.As many as 36 (16%) MPs have declared serious criminal cases. One MP has declared a case of murder, four have cases of attempt to murder,…
NEW DELHI: Among 4,666 MPs/MLAs across the country, only 464 or 10% are women, highlights a report on ‘Women’s political participation and representation in India” released by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) to mark International Women’s Day on Sunday.The analysis by ADR and National Election Watch (NEW) shows that among the 543 MPs in the…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday told ‘Association for Democratic Reforms’ to argue within legal confines while challenging the validity of SIR of voter lists across states and without reciting snide remarks of political parties, after its counsel Prashant Bhushan referred to EC as a ‘despot’.A charged up Bhushan reeled off a set of accusations…
PATNA: Nearly one-third of the candidates in the second phase of Bihar assembly elections, scheduled for November 11, are facing criminal cases, according to a report by the poll watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Out of the election affidavits of 1,297 candidates analysed by the ADR, 415 (32%) have criminal cases registered against them,…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission told SC on Thursday that NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Yogendra Yadav had filed petitions with “ulterior and mala fide motives” to disrupt SIR in Bihar and create a narrative suiting the electoral interests of political parties.EC made the charge on a day the court virtually ruled out intervention…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission Thursday pointed out falsehoods in affidavits presented before Supreme Court by NGO, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), which alleged that names of people were deleted from Bihar’s final voter list without intimation.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi told ADR counsel Prashant Bhushan, who handed over the affidavits, that…
