Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022: Wining leaders in Uttarakhand polls have declared criminal cases against themselves

In Uttarakhand assembly elections, nearly 70 candidates who have won the elections have registered criminal cases against them, said the reforms advocacy group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

According to the ADR  Uttarakhand Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analyzed these numbers and cases of wining candidates. The ADR further said, “Out of the 70 winning candidates analysed in 2022, 19 (27%) winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 70 MLAs analyzed during the Uttarakhand Assembly elections in 2017, 22 (31%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves."

However, the report further indicated that 10 (14 percent) winning candidates have very serious criminal cases against them. Out of 47 BJP winning candidates 10 of them have criminal cases against them and out of 19, eight wining candidates have criminal cases against them from Congress. Meanwhile, BSP's all wining candidates has criminal cases against them. 

 The elections and its results have come up positively on BJP's side. Yesterday on 10th March the five states, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Punjab concluded the results of assembly elections. 

In four states BJP retained its power, i.e in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, and Goa. Likewise in Punjab the Aam Aadmi Party defeated Congress with a large margin and took the power, AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Mann is the Chief Minister of Punjab now. However, big and powerful leaders like Navjot Singh Sidhu, Amarinder Singh, and Charanjit Singh Channi have lost the elections badly. 

However, in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party showed immense growth in votes but still won't be able to defeat BJP. And Yogi Adtiyanath has become the first-ever CM who retain the power in UP twice. Talking about Goa firstly the CM Pramod Sawant was trailing in the Squeliem constituency but in mid-day, he show how manage to reach the numbers and retain power again, on the other hand, Utpal Parrikar who left BJP in the elections and decided to contest independently has lost the elections. Speaking on Manipur and Uttarakhand in the beginning only the results was quite clear the BJP is going to win the assembly elections in 2022.