As ModiReturns for a second term, his party fielded the highest number of candidates facing criminal charges
Indian democracy, the largest in the world, has long been tainted with the presence of criminals in parliament. The election in 2019 is going to be no different.
The increase in the criminalisation of Indian politics coincides with the rise of violent Hindu nationalism that Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has promoted since coming to power in 2014. Such criminals can be found across party lines. According to estimates, some 40 percent of BJP’s candidates are facing criminal charges.
Pragya Singh Thakur, another BJP candidate, recently made her debut in politics. She was declared the winner of the Bhopal parliamentary constituency, despite facing accusations of her involvement inWhile the majority of the voters are not in favour of voting for candidates with criminal backgrounds, some are bound byOne reason candidates with criminal records keep getting a chance to run for parliamentary seats is that they self-finance their campaigns, sparing their parties the large expense.
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