Bangladeshi trio of Dulal, Siddikur, Sajib dominate round one of BTI Open

Udayan Mane & Pratap Atwal are best-placed Indians in tied fourth

Dhaka, March 30, 2016: The Bangladeshi trio of Md Dulal Hossain, Md Siddikur Rahman and Md Sajib Ali dominated round one of the inaugural BTI Open as they occupied the top three places on the leaderboard at their home course, the Kurmitola Golf Club in Dhaka.

While Md Dulal Hossain seized the lead with a sparkling seven-under-65, Md Siddikur Rahman and Md Sajib Ali were a shot behind in tied second at the INR 35 lakh event.

Bengaluru’s Udayan Mane and Delhi’s Pratap Atwal led the Indian charge on day one with promising scores of five-under-67 that placed them tied fourth.

Dulal mixed nine birdies with two bogeys on Wednesday. Dulal came up with four straight birdies from the fifth through the eighth to set the tone for the day.

Dulal said, “I got off to a good start with a birdie today and that put me in a good frame of mind. I just took all my opportunities thereafter. The four consecutive birdies gave me a lot of confidence that translated into a solid back-nine. There’s a long way to go with three rounds remaining and a lot of good players are up there in the top-10. It’ll be all about capitalizing on the good start from here on.”

Two-time Asian Tour winner Siddikur Rahman, who has been struggling for form on the Asian Tour this year, produced his best score of the season so far, a six-under-66,  to live up to his reputation of being one of the pre-tournament favourites. Rahman put up an outstanding display of ball-striking coupled with some consistent putting to make three birdies each on either side of the turn.

His longest putt of the day was the 20-feet birdie conversion on the 13th while the highlight of his round was the birdie chip-in on the 14th.

“It’s great to start the week with a bogey-free round. I’m delighted to have shot such a low score after a long time. I’ve not been playing too well of late but would love to turn it around with a good performance this week,” said the 31-year-old Siddikur.

He added, “I won’t put too much pressure on myself this week and will just treat every round like practice. My driving was the best part of my game today. It set up the early birdies for me. The chip-in on 14 was my best birdie today and gave me the momentum going into the second round.”

Md Sajib Ali joined Siddikur in tied second thanks to a round punctuated by nine birdies and three bogeys.

Udayan Mane, the 2015 PGTI Emerging Player of the Year, armed with a hot putter, strung together six birdies and a lone bogey during his opening round of 67. Mane’s round featured four straight birdies from the 14th to 17th. The 25-year-old sank four putts from a range of 15 to 25 feet on Wednesday.

“I made some changes in my swing at the start of the season and I feel those changes might just begin to produce the desired results soon. I feel I was expecting a bit too much from myself at the start of this season after a fabulous rookie season last year. But I’ve now decided to just enjoy myself on the course and not think too much about the results,” said Mane, a two-time winner on the PGTI in 2015.

Pratap Atwal posted seven birdies and two bogeys to join Mane in tied fourth position.

Md Zamal Hossain Mollah, another local favourite, shared sixth place with Indians Harendra Gupta, Deepinder Singh Kullar and C Muniyappa at four-under-68.

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Pakistan’s Jamaat-ul-Ahrar militant group threatens fresh wave of violence

On Tuesday, the Pakistani militant group behind the park massacre in Lahore that killed 72 people threatened to unleash new attacks, the Wall Street Journal said. Ehsanullah Ehsan, the militant group’s spokesman, warned of a new campaign of violence. As the government rounded up thousands of suspects, he made the announcement in a Twitter post.

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Bengal Assembly Elections to be held in April, 2016. Highlights (Phase 1a): Criminal Background

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West Bengal Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all296 candidates who are contesting in the Phase 1(a) and Phase 1(b) of West Bengal Assembly Elections to be held in April, 2016.

 Highlights (Phase 1a):

Criminal Background

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Candidates with criminal cases: Out of all the 133 candidates, 21 (16%) candidateshave declared criminal cases against themselves.

·         Candidates with serious criminal cases: 17 (13%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, rape, kidnapping, robbery, crimes against women etc.

·         Candidates with cases related to murder: 1 candidate namely Shyam Sundar Pandey of CPI(M) from Salboni constituency has declared 2 charges related tomurder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).

·         Candidates with cases related to attempt to murder: 2 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307). Gobordhan Bagdi of the JMMcontesting from Raghunathpur (SC) and Para (SC)constituencies has declared 1charge related toattempt to murder. Chunibala Hansda, of Jharkhand Party (Naren)from Jhargramconstituency has declared 1 charge related to attempt to murder.

·         Candidates with cases related to crimes against women: 3 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. They are Dhirendra Nath Rajak ofAJSU Party from Purulia constituency, Gobordhan Bagdi of theJMM contesting from Raghunathpur (SC) and Para (SC) constituencies and Goutam Kumar Mudi of the SUCI(C)fromRanibandh (ST) constituency.

·         Candidates with cases related to robbery and dacoity: 1 candidate has declared a charge related torobbery and dacoity namely Gobordhan Bagdi of the JMMcontesting from Raghunathpur (SC) and Para (SC)constituencies.

·         Party wise candidates with criminal cases: 3 (17%) out of 18 candidates fromBJP, 2 (11%) out of 18 candidates from AITC, 1 (6%) out of 17 candidates from SUCI (C), 2(17%) out of 12 candidates fielded by AJSU Party, 1 (9%) out of 11 candidates fromCPI(M), 3 (43%) out of 7 candidates of JMM, 2 (40%) out of 5 candidates fielded byINC,and 2 (11%) out of 19 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

·         Party wise Candidates with serious criminal cases:  2 (11%) out of 18 candidates from BJP, 1 (6%) out of 18 candidates from AITC, 1 (6%) out of 17 candidates fromSUCI (C), 2 (17%) out of 12 candidates fielded by AJSU Party, 1 (9%) out of 11 candidates fromCPI(M), 2 (29%) out of 7 candidates of JMM, 1 (20%) out of 5 candidates fielded by INC,and 2 (11%) out of 19 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

·         Red Alert constituencies*: 2 constituencies namely Salboni and Purulia in Phase 1(a) of West Bengal assembly elections have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases. *Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections.

Financial Background

·         Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst the candidates contesting in the phase 1(a) of assembly elections in West Bengal is as follows:

Value of assets (Rs.)	No of candidates	Percentage of Candidates
5 cr and above	1	0.75%
2 crores to 5 crores	2	2%
50 lakhs to 2 crores	9	7%
10 lakhs to 50 lakhs	41	31%
less than 10 lakhs	80	60%

Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates

·         High asset candidates*:  The 3 richest candidates contesting in  Phase 1(a) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Samir Chakraborty	BANKURA	TALDANGRA	AITC	28,91,17,000	11,68,06,000	40,59,23,000 40 Crore+	Y
2	Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh Deo	PURULIA	PURULIA	AITC	1,17,43,929	1,06,78,709	2,24,22,638  2 Crore+	Y
3	Sukumar Hansda	PASCHIM MEDINIPUR	JHARGRAM	AITC	1,13,45,460	1,03,00,000	2,16,45,460  2 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

*Total Assets includes income of self, spouse and dependents.

·         Party wise crorepati candidates: Only 3 or (2.3%) candidates of the 133 contesting candidates in Phase 1(a) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections have declared assets worth over Rs 1 Crore. All three candidates are from the AITC.

·         Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in Phase 1(a) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections is Rs 47.88 Lakhs.

·         Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 18 BJP candidates is Rs 16.59 Lakhs, 18 AITC candidates have average assets of Rs 2.80 crores, 17 SUCI (C)  candidates have average assets worth of Rs 10.15 Lakhs, 5 INC candidates have average assets worth Rs 16.55 Lakhs, 12 AJSU Partycandidates have average assets worth of Rs 4.77 Lakhs, average assets of 11 CPI(M) candidates are Rs 33.92 Lakhs, 5 BSPcandidates have average assets of Rs 1.80 Lakhsand 19 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 6.01 Lakhs.

·         Zero asset candidate: 1 candidate namely Pabitra Bauri of BSP fromPara(SC)constituency has declared Zero assets in his self sworn affidavit.

·         Low asset candidates: The three candidates with lowest assets excluding the one with zero assets are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Dipak Kumar	PURULIA	BALARAMPUR	SUCI(C)	500*	0	500  5 Hund+	N
2	Suniti Mudi	PURULIA	MANBAZAR (ST)	SUCI(C)	500	0	500  5 Hund+	N
3	Rajib Mudi	PASCHIM MEDINIPUR	BINPUR (ST)	SUCI(C)	975	0	975  9 Hund+	Y

 Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

* on assets value indicates that the candidate has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same

·         Candidates with high liabilities: The top three candidates with highest liabilities are as given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)
1	Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh Deo	PURULIA	PURULIA	1,17,43,929  1 Crore+	1,06,78,709  1 Crore+	2,24,22,638  2 Crore+	71,32,481 71 Lacs+
2	Rajesh Mahata	PASCHIM MEDINIPUR	GOPIBALLAVPUR	3,25,978  3 Lacs+	30,00,000  30 Lacs+	33,25,978  33 Lacs+	18,11,000 18 Lacs+
3	Shudhanshu Hansda	BANKURA	RAIPUR (ST)	78,200  78 Thou+	23,10,000  23 Lacs+	23,88,200  23 Lacs+	16,60,000 16 Lacs+

 Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

·         Undeclared PAN:  A total of 40 (30%) candidates have not declared their PAN details.

·         Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: 3 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs 20 Lakhs. These candidates are as given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District	Movable Asset (Rs)	Immovable Asset (Rs)	Total Asset (Rs)	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate	Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Samir Chakraborty	AITC	TALDANGRA	BANKURA	28,91,17,000    28 Crore+	11,68,06,000   11 Crore+	40,59,23,000   40 Crore+	2014-2015	1,21,36,027   1 Crore+	1,03,36,141   1 Crore+
2	Sukumar Hansda	AITC	JHARGRAM	PASCHIM MEDINIPUR	1,13,45,460    1 Crore+	1,03,00,000   1 Crore+	2,16,45,460   2 Crore+	2014-2015	23,35,287   23 Lacs+	7,87,855   7 Lacs+
3	Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh Deo	AITC	PURULIA	PURULIA	1,17,43,929    1 Crore+	1,06,78,709   1 Crore+	2,24,22,638   2 Crore+	2015-2016	23,32,815   23 Lacs+	11,42,990   11 Lacs+

 Table: Candidates with high income as declared in ITR

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

·         Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 95 (71%) out of 133 candidates have not declared income tax details.

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

·         Candidates with high Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details*:21candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 10 Lakhs have not declared Income Tax details. The top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared their IT returns are as given below;

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Income (Rs)	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given	Self Income
1	Pulin Bihari Baske	PASCHIM MEDINIPUR	GOPIBALLAVPUR	CPI(M)	0	23,90,441	71,50,000	95,40,441  95 Lacs+	Y	ITR not filed
2	Ipil Murmu	PURULIA	MANBAZAR (ST)	CPI(M)	356170	39,09,321	50,25,000	89,34,321  89 Lacs+	Y	ITR not filed
3	Amiya Patra	BANKURA	TALDANGRA	CPI(M)	430170	45,55,055	14,00,000	59,55,055  59 Lacs+	Y	ITR not filed

 Table: Top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared ITR details

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

Other Background Details

·         Education details of candidates: 76 (57%) candidates have declared their education qualification to be between5th pass and 12th pass, while 53 (40%)candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above.2 candidates have declared themselves to be simple literates.

·         Age details of candidates: 81 (61%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 52 (39%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.

·         Gender details of candidates: 11 (8%) female candidates are contesting in Phase 1(a) of the West Bengal assembly election this year.

      Highlights (Phase 1b):

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West Bengal Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all296 candidates who are contesting in the Phase 1(a) and Phase 1(b) of West Bengal Assembly Elections to be held in April, 2016.

 Highlights (Phase 1a):

Criminal Background

·

Candidates with criminal cases: Out of all the 133 candidates, 21 (16%) candidateshave declared criminal cases against themselves.

·         Candidates with serious criminal cases: 17 (13%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, rape, kidnapping, robbery, crimes against women etc.

·         Candidates with cases related to murder: 1 candidate namely Shyam Sundar Pandey of CPI(M) from Salboni constituency has declared 2 charges related tomurder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).

·         Candidates with cases related to attempt to murder: 2 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307). Gobordhan Bagdi of the JMMcontesting from Raghunathpur (SC) and Para (SC)constituencies has declared 1charge related toattempt to murder. Chunibala Hansda, of Jharkhand Party (Naren)from Jhargramconstituency has declared 1 charge related to attempt to murder.

·         Candidates with cases related to crimes against women: 3 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. They are Dhirendra Nath Rajak ofAJSU Party from Purulia constituency, Gobordhan Bagdi of theJMM contesting from Raghunathpur (SC) and Para (SC) constituencies and Goutam Kumar Mudi of the SUCI(C)fromRanibandh (ST) constituency.

·         Candidates with cases related to robbery and dacoity: 1 candidate has declared a charge related torobbery and dacoity namely Gobordhan Bagdi of the JMMcontesting from Raghunathpur (SC) and Para (SC)constituencies.

·         Party wise candidates with criminal cases: 3 (17%) out of 18 candidates fromBJP, 2 (11%) out of 18 candidates from AITC, 1 (6%) out of 17 candidates from SUCI (C), 2(17%) out of 12 candidates fielded by AJSU Party, 1 (9%) out of 11 candidates fromCPI(M), 3 (43%) out of 7 candidates of JMM, 2 (40%) out of 5 candidates fielded byINC,and 2 (11%) out of 19 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

·         Party wise Candidates with serious criminal cases:  2 (11%) out of 18 candidates from BJP, 1 (6%) out of 18 candidates from AITC, 1 (6%) out of 17 candidates fromSUCI (C), 2 (17%) out of 12 candidates fielded by AJSU Party, 1 (9%) out of 11 candidates fromCPI(M), 2 (29%) out of 7 candidates of JMM, 1 (20%) out of 5 candidates fielded by INC,and 2 (11%) out of 19 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

·         Red Alert constituencies*: 2 constituencies namely Salboni and Purulia in Phase 1(a) of West Bengal assembly elections have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases. *Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections.

Financial Background

·         Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst the candidates contesting in the phase 1(a) of assembly elections in West Bengal is as follows:

Value of assets (Rs.)	No of candidates	Percentage of Candidates
5 cr and above	1	0.75%
2 crores to 5 crores	2	2%
50 lakhs to 2 crores	9	7%
10 lakhs to 50 lakhs	41	31%
less than 10 lakhs	80	60%

Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates

·         High asset candidates*:  The 3 richest candidates contesting in  Phase 1(a) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Samir Chakraborty	BANKURA	TALDANGRA	AITC	28,91,17,000	11,68,06,000	40,59,23,000 40 Crore+	Y
2	Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh Deo	PURULIA	PURULIA	AITC	1,17,43,929	1,06,78,709	2,24,22,638  2 Crore+	Y
3	Sukumar Hansda	PASCHIM MEDINIPUR	JHARGRAM	AITC	1,13,45,460	1,03,00,000	2,16,45,460  2 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

*Total Assets includes income of self, spouse and dependents.

·         Party wise crorepati candidates: Only 3 or (2.3%) candidates of the 133 contesting candidates in Phase 1(a) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections have declared assets worth over Rs 1 Crore. All three candidates are from the AITC.

·         Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in Phase 1(a) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections is Rs 47.88 Lakhs.

·         Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 18 BJP candidates is Rs 16.59 Lakhs, 18 AITC candidates have average assets of Rs 2.80 crores, 17 SUCI (C)  candidates have average assets worth of Rs 10.15 Lakhs, 5 INC candidates have average assets worth Rs 16.55 Lakhs, 12 AJSU Partycandidates have average assets worth of Rs 4.77 Lakhs, average assets of 11 CPI(M) candidates are Rs 33.92 Lakhs, 5 BSPcandidates have average assets of Rs 1.80 Lakhsand 19 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 6.01 Lakhs.

·         Zero asset candidate: 1 candidate namely Pabitra Bauri of BSP fromPara(SC)constituency has declared Zero assets in his self sworn affidavit.

·         Low asset candidates: The three candidates with lowest assets excluding the one with zero assets are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Dipak Kumar	PURULIA	BALARAMPUR	SUCI(C)	500*	0	500  5 Hund+	N
2	Suniti Mudi	PURULIA	MANBAZAR (ST)	SUCI(C)	500	0	500  5 Hund+	N
3	Rajib Mudi	PASCHIM MEDINIPUR	BINPUR (ST)	SUCI(C)	975	0	975  9 Hund+	Y

 Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

* on assets value indicates that the candidate has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same

·         Candidates with high liabilities: The top three candidates with highest liabilities are as given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)
1	Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh Deo	PURULIA	PURULIA	1,17,43,929  1 Crore+	1,06,78,709  1 Crore+	2,24,22,638  2 Crore+	71,32,481 71 Lacs+
2	Rajesh Mahata	PASCHIM MEDINIPUR	GOPIBALLAVPUR	3,25,978  3 Lacs+	30,00,000  30 Lacs+	33,25,978  33 Lacs+	18,11,000 18 Lacs+
3	Shudhanshu Hansda	BANKURA	RAIPUR (ST)	78,200  78 Thou+	23,10,000  23 Lacs+	23,88,200  23 Lacs+	16,60,000 16 Lacs+

 Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

·         Undeclared PAN:  A total of 40 (30%) candidates have not declared their PAN details.

·         Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: 3 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs 20 Lakhs. These candidates are as given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District	Movable Asset (Rs)	Immovable Asset (Rs)	Total Asset (Rs)	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate	Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Samir Chakraborty	AITC	TALDANGRA	BANKURA	28,91,17,000    28 Crore+	11,68,06,000   11 Crore+	40,59,23,000   40 Crore+	2014-2015	1,21,36,027   1 Crore+	1,03,36,141   1 Crore+
2	Sukumar Hansda	AITC	JHARGRAM	PASCHIM MEDINIPUR	1,13,45,460    1 Crore+	1,03,00,000   1 Crore+	2,16,45,460   2 Crore+	2014-2015	23,35,287   23 Lacs+	7,87,855   7 Lacs+
3	Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh Deo	AITC	PURULIA	PURULIA	1,17,43,929    1 Crore+	1,06,78,709   1 Crore+	2,24,22,638   2 Crore+	2015-2016	23,32,815   23 Lacs+	11,42,990   11 Lacs+

 Table: Candidates with high income as declared in ITR

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

·         Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 95 (71%) out of 133 candidates have not declared income tax details.

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

·         Candidates with high Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details*:21candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 10 Lakhs have not declared Income Tax details. The top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared their IT returns are as given below;

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Income (Rs)	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given	Self Income
1	Pulin Bihari Baske	PASCHIM MEDINIPUR	GOPIBALLAVPUR	CPI(M)	0	23,90,441	71,50,000	95,40,441  95 Lacs+	Y	ITR not filed
2	Ipil Murmu	PURULIA	MANBAZAR (ST)	CPI(M)	356170	39,09,321	50,25,000	89,34,321  89 Lacs+	Y	ITR not filed
3	Amiya Patra	BANKURA	TALDANGRA	CPI(M)	430170	45,55,055	14,00,000	59,55,055  59 Lacs+	Y	ITR not filed

 Table: Top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared ITR details

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

Other Background Details

·         Education details of candidates: 76 (57%) candidates have declared their education qualification to be between5th pass and 12th pass, while 53 (40%)candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above.2 candidates have declared themselves to be simple literates.

·         Age details of candidates: 81 (61%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 52 (39%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.

·         Gender details of candidates: 11 (8%) female candidates are contesting in Phase 1(a) of the West Bengal assembly election this year.

      Highlights (Phase 1b):

Criminal Background

·

Candidates with criminal cases: Out of all the 163 candidates, 37 (23%) candidateshave declared criminal cases against themselves.

·         Candidates with serious criminal cases: 32 (20%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, theft, crimes against women etc.

·         Candidate with cases related to murder: 1 candidate namely Hemant PrabhakarofCPI(M) from Asansol Dakshin constituency has declared 1 charge related tomurder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).

·         Candidates with cases related to attempt to murder: 6 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307).

·         Candidates with cases related to crimes against women: 2 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. They are Santosh Singh of BJPfrom Jamuriaconstituency and Amarnath Shaka of BJPfrom Onda constituency.

·         Candidate with cases related to robbery and dacoity: 1 candidate has declared a charge related to robbery and dacoity namely Sajal Das an Independent candidate contesting from Kulti constituency.

·         Party wise candidates with criminal cases: 12 (39%) out of 31 candidates fromBJP,10 (32%) out of 31 candidates from AITC, 7 (37%) out of 19 candidates fromCPI(M), 1 (50%) out of 2 candidates of JMM, 3 (38%) out of 8 candidates fielded byINC, and 4 (24%) out of 17 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

·         Party wise Candidates with serious criminal cases:  8 (26%) out of 31 candidates from BJP, 9 (29%) out of 31 candidates from AITC, 7 (37%) out of 19 candidates fromCPI (M), 1 (50%) out of 2 candidates of JMM, 3 (38%)out of 8 candidates fielded byINC, and4 (24%) out of 17 Independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

·         Red Alert constituencies*: 4 constituencies namely Jamuria, Pandabeswar, Indus(SC) and Kulti in Phase 1(b) of West Bengal assembly elections have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases. *Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections.

Financial Background

·         Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst the candidates contesting in the phase 1(b) of assembly elections in West Bengal is as follows:

Value of assets (in Rupees)	No of candidates	Percentage of Candidates
2 crores and above	7	4%
50 lakhs to 2 crores	29	18%
10 lakhs to 50 lakhs	57	35%
less than 10 lakhs	70	43%

Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates

·         High asset candidates*:  The 3 richest candidates contesting in  Phase 1(b) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Pradip Kr. Mazumder	BARDHAMAN	DURGAPUR PURBA	AITC	6,05,72,054	6,82,50,000	12,88,22,054 12 Crore+	Y
2	Saumen Kumar Mahapatra	PASCHIM MEDINIPUR	PINGLA	AITC	2,36,38,249	5,47,00,000*	7,83,38,249 7 Crore+	Y
3	Apurba Mukherjee	BARDHAMAN	DURGAPUR PASCHIM	AITC	1,16,62,436	3,36,09,670	4,52,72,106 4 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

* on assets value indicates that the candidate has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same

·         Party wise crorepati candidates: 20 or (12%) candidates of the 163 contesting candidates in Phase 1(b) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections have declared assets worth over Rs 1 Crore. 11 (36%) out of 31 candidates from AITC, 4 (13%) out of 31 candidates from the BJP, 3 (38%) out of 8 candidates from the INC and 1 (6%) out of 17Independentcandidates are crorepatis.

·         Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in Phase 1(b) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections is Rs 48.81 Lakhs.

·         Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 31 BJP candidates is Rs 31.09 Lakhs, 31 AITC candidates have average assets of Rs 1.51 crores, 23 SUCI (C) candidates have average assets worth Rs 13.11 Lakhs, 8 INC candidates have average assets worth Rs 1 crore, average assets of 19 CPI(M) candidates are Rs 19.86 Lakhs, 8 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 66.58 Thousand and 17 Independentcandidates have average assets of Rs. 19.05 Lakhs.

·         Low asset candidates: The three candidates with lowest assets are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Tanushree Dalai	PASCHIM MEDINIPUR	CHANDRAKONA (SC)	SUCI(C)	500	0	500 5 Hund+	N
2	Lalmohan Malla	BANKURA	BANKURA	BSP	500	0	500 5 Hund+	N
3	Sadhan Chattaraj	BANKURA	ONDA	BSP	500	0	500 5 Hund+	N

 Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

·         Candidates with high liabilities: The top three candidates with highest liabilities are as given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Purnendu Chaudhuri	BARDHAMAN	PANDABESWAR	IND	90,01,165 90 Lacs+	60,00,000 60 Lacs+	1,50,01,165 1 Crore+	90,00,000* 90 Lacs+	Y
2	Subhas Kumar Sarkar	BANKURA	BANKURA	BJP	1,22,26,510 1 Crore+	15,49,100 15 Lacs+	1,37,75,610 1 Crore+	51,49,617 51 Lacs+	Y
3	Selima Khatun (Bibi)	PASCHIM MEDINIPUR	DEBRA	AITC	4,13,000 4 Lacs+	37,00,000 37 Lacs+	41,13,000 41 Lacs+	32,20,000* 32 Lacs+	Y

 Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

* on liabilities value indicates that the candidate has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same

·         Undeclared PAN:  A total of 31 (19%) out of the 163 candidates analysed candidates have not declared their PAN details.

·         Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: 4 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs 25 Lakhs. These candidates are as given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	Districtrict Name	Movable Asset (Rs)	Immovable Asset (Rs)	Total Asset (Rs)	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate	Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Pradip Kr. Mazumder	AITC	DURGAPUR PURBA	BARDHAMAN	6,05,72,054 6 Crore+	6,82,50,000 6 Crore+	12,88,22,054 12 Crore+	2014-2015	5,03,08,842 5 Crore+	4,99,89,902 4 Crore+
2	Soham Chakraborty	AITC	BARJORA	BANKURA	2,01,20,733 2 Crore+	40,00,000 40 Lacs+	2,41,20,733 2 Crore+	2014-2015	98,72,109 98 Lacs+	98,72,109 98 Lacs+
3	Shyamaprasad Mukherjee	AITC	BISHNUPUR	BANKURA	85,60,130 85 Lacs+	27,25,000 27 Lacs+	1,12,85,130 1 Crore+	2014-2015	37,77,595 37 Lacs+	17,82,080 17 Lacs+
4	Purnendu Chaudhuri	IND	PANDABESWAR	BARDHAMAN	90,01,165 90 Lacs+	60,00,000 60 Lacs+	1,50,01,165 1 Crore+	2014-2015	27,65,310 27 Lacs+	25,14,199 25 Lacs+

Table: Candidates with high income as declared in ITR

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

·         Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 91 (56%) out of 163 candidates have not declared income tax details.

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

·         Candidates with high Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details*:30candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 10 Lakhs have not declared Income Tax details. The top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared their IT returns are as given below;

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Income (Rs)	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given	Self Income
1	Santosh Debray	BARDHAMAN	DURGAPUR PURBA	CPI(M)	0	32,19,193	45,00,000	77,19,193 77 Lacs+	Y	ITR not filed
2	Shyama Charan Dutta	BARDHAMAN	ASANSOL UTTAR	Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha	0	17,45,514	55,00,000	72,45,514 72 Lacs+	Y	ITR not filed
3	Shipra Mukherjee	BARDHAMAN	BARBANI	CPI(M)	1151028	24,73,611	28,00,000	52,73,611 52 Lacs+	Y	ITR not filed

 Table: Top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared ITR details

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

Other Background Details

·         Education details of candidates: 82 (50%) candidates have declared their education qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass, while 76 (47%)candidates have declared having an educational qualification ofgraduate or above. 2candidates have declared themselves to be simple literates.

·         Age details of candidates: 88 (54%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while74 (45%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. While 1 candidate has disclosed to be older than 80 yearsof age.

·         Gender details of candidates: 21 (13%) women candidates are contesting inPhase 1(b) of the West Bengal assembly election this year.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -Phase 1(a) & 1(b)

·         Total candidates analysed: 296 candidates.

·         Candidates with declared criminal cases so far: 58 (20%) out of 296 candidates.

·         Candidates with declared serious criminal cases so far: 49 (17%) out of 296 candidates.

·         Crorepati Candidates: Out of 296 candidates, 23 (8%) are crorepatis.

Party-wise candidates with declared criminal cases -Phase 1(a) & 1(b)

Party Name	Total number of candidates analyzed	candidates with declared Criminal Cases	% of candidates with declared criminal cases	candidates with serious declared criminal cases	% of candidates with serious declared criminal cases
BJP	49	15	31 %	10	20 %
AITC	49	12	25 %	10	20 %
SUCI(C)	40	1	3 %	1	3 %
IND	36	6	17 %	6	17 %
CPI(M)	30	8	27 %	8	27 %
BSP	13	1	8 %	1	8 %
INC	13	5	39 %	4	31 %
AJSU PARTY	12	2	17 %	2	17 %
JMM	9	4	44 %	3	33 %
JHARKHAND DISOM PARTY	5	1	20 %	1	20 %
SHS	3	1	33 %	1	33 %
CPI	2	1	50 %	1	50 %
JHARKHAND PARTY (NAREN)	2	1	50 %	1	50 %
Others	33	0	0%	0	0%
Total	296	58	20%	49	17%

Table: Party wise candidates with criminal cases- Phase 1(a) & 1(b)

Party Wise Crorepati Candidates -Phase 1(a) & 1(b)

Party Name	Number of Candidates Analyzed	Crorepatis	Percentage of Crorepati Candidates
AITC	49	14	29%
BJP	49	4	8%
INC	13	3	23%
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST PARTY (PRABODH CHANDRA)	1	1	100%
IND	36	1	3%
OTHER	148	0	05
Total	296	23	8%

Table: Party wise crorepati candidates-Phase 1(a) & 1(b)

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PUBLISHED ON MARCH 30, 2016

US Russia has developed neat and constructive understanding to quell Syrian violence which has adversely affected the everyday and normal life of European union.Thus Europe is keen to have democratic norms are followed to bring the Syrian rule into the hands of people rather than dynastic or group ism in nexus. thus people vote is key of success.

Russia is playing a “constructive” role in Syria’s ceasefire, the Pentagon said, having noted “developments” on the ground. It encouraged Moscow to “continue to focus” on Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), while persuading Assad to stop the war.

“It is clear that they have focused more of their military attention on ISIL, we think that’s a good thing,” Pentagon spokesperson Peter Cook said during a briefing in Washington DC.“They said initially that was their primary goal, was to go after ISIL in Syria and they are doing so now.”

Cook added that the US sees “those developments” on the ground, but also hopes that the ceasefire in Syria would “ultimately lead to a resolution of the Syrian Civil War.”

In this regard, Cook stressed that peace in Syria depends on Bashar Assad and the changes that he as the President is required to make.

Syrian conflict unfolded five years ago, the US has been insisting that Assad has to step down as a part of a peaceful resolution to the military conflict, which has given way to a jihadist insurgency.

“We’re also pushing for the cessation of hostilities that we hope will ultimately lead to a resolution of the Syrian Civil War, but to have that happen will require changes on the part of the Assad regime, and nobody has more leverage, more clout – if you will, than Russia,” Cook said.“We hope that they [Russia] would use that leverage in as constructive fashion as possible, and we would encourage them to do so.”

He went on to say that if the Russians “continue to focus their efforts” on Islamic State, this “would be a good thing.”

Cook’s comments have marked a significant shift in the Obama administration’s tone towards Russia’s actions in Syria.

Last week, the Secretary of State, who traveled to Moscow last week to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, also pointed out Russia’s help in the “strategic interest”of the United States.

“Russia is now helping with the cessation of hostilities. And if Russia can help us to actually affect this political transition, that is all to the strategic interest of the United States of America,” Kerry told the CBS show Face the Nation.

Since Russia started its anti-terror campaign over Syria to assist the Syrian army in September 2015, the US has been accusing Moscow of aiming its actions on anti-Assad rebels and targeting civilians, while providing no substantial evidence.Russian air power, the Syrian troops have been making steady progress in retaking grounds from IS. Last week, the Syrian Army achieved one of its major victories after liberating the historic city of Palmyra, or Tadmur. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it had been occupied by jihadists since last May. Until its capture, the city housed some of the world’s best-preserved monuments of antiquity, which had been partially destroyed, including two of Palmyra’s 2,000-year-old temples.

Many countries want to see the Syrian Army defeated so Damascus would be forced to make concessions, President Bashar Assad told RIA Novosti in an exclusive interview. The army’s advances are, in fact, a major contribution to eventual peace, he said.

The Syrian Arab Army’s success on the battlefield, with Russia’s support, is going to speed up a political settlement in Syria, not hinder it, Assad believes.