Crime pays in politics

In India, if you want to be a successful politician, being a criminal can be your passport to success. At least this is what a recent study suggests. The analysis of self-sworn affidavits of candidates by Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) has thrown up startling facts about criminalisation of politics and corruption. Candidates with a criminal past are more likely to win an election, making them the preferred choice of political parties, it says.

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