Lok Sabha Elections 2019: 24 candidates in UP’s phase 3 have criminal cases

At least 19 candidates have been booked in serious criminal cases. The report said that 35 out of 120 candidates have completed matriculation while three are illiterates.

A report on the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on Monday claimed that 24 of the 120 candidates in the fray on Tuesday have criminal cases against their names.

HT File

At least 19 candidates have been booked in serious criminal cases. The report said that 35 out of 120 candidates have completed matriculation while three are illiterates.

After polling was held in 16 of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh in the first two phases on April 11 and 18, 10 more seats will go to the polls in the third phase on Tuesday.

The 10 seats are Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Badaun, Aonla, Bareilly and Pilibhit.

In 2014, the BJP had won seven seats while the SP had won the remaining three -- Firozabad, Badaun and Mainpuri.