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India News: 412 crorepati candidates are contesting Odisha Assembly elections. ADR and Odisha Election Watch analyzed 1,283 candidates' affidavits. Average assets
Out of the 1,283 candidates analysed in the Odisha Assembly elections 2024, 348 (27%) candidates have criminal cases
A total of 412 crorepati candidates are contesting in the 2024 Odisha Assembly elections with an average asset of Rs 2.89 crore per candidate. Former Coal Minister Dilip Ray is the richest candidate with assets worth Rs 313.53 crore. Additionally, 27% of candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.
sambalpur (odisha), a non-resident indian (nri) has travelled thousands of miles from dubai to cast his vote in the simultaneous lok sabha and assembly elections in odisha on saturday. priyadarshee pani
BJP MLA and the party's Khordha Assembly seat candidate Prashant Jagdev was arrested by the Odisha Police for allegedly vandalising an EVM at a polling booth on Saturday.