Congress:
Kalawati Bind (Zamania) – A former village chief, Kalawati is contesting the first assembly election of her life, from jail. She along with many others was charged with lynching a policeman, T Rama Rao, in January last year.
Babban Rajbhar (Rasra) – He is facing charges of abduction, vandalism, violence and threat to murder. He had contested the last election on a BSP ticket.
Ajay Rai (Pindra) – Rai has been charged with cases of arson, loot, inciting violence, attempt to murder and creating obstruction in official work. In the past Rai had contested under the banner of the BJP.
Fakhir Siddiqui (Lucknow Central) – Siddiqui is facing charges like arson, violence, threatening a government employee and obstructing government functioning etc. In the past he has enjoyed the hospitality of both SP and BSP.
Vijay Dubey (Khadda) – A former BJP candidate, Dubey is facing charges of attempt to murder, loot, arson and threatening a government employee in office.
Samajwadi Party:
Kaptan Singh Rajput (Charkhari) – Kaptan Singh along with his brother Brijnandan Singh operates a gang in Mahoba and Jalaun where 15 different cases are registered against them. These include charges under the Arms Act and Gangster Act. Kaptan Singh is contesting for an assembly seat for the first time.
Bhagwan Sharma (Dibai) – Sharma was arrested thrice – once for murder, once for rape and later for abducting block level officers during a local body election. Sharma was with the BSP in the last election.
Mehboob Ali (Amroha) – Ali is facing over two dozen cases and he has been booked under the Gangster Act. In 2002, he contested the election from jail from SP ticket.
Abhai Singh (Gosaiganj) – Abhai Singh is facing murder charges along with over two dozen other cases such as crime, including arson and inciting violence. In the last election he contested from the BSP.
Mitrasen Yadav (Bikapur) – Yadav had been convicted for murder but was pardoned. Recently he has again been convicted under serious corruption charges. He, too, is facing over two dozen serious cases of crime. Even his son Anandsen has been convicted for murder. Mitrasen started as a communist leader then went to the SP and in last election he joined the BSP.
BJP:
Radhey Shyam Gupta (Fatehpur) – Gupta is facing cases of looting, violence, arson besides charges of threatening to murder.
Lallu Singh (Ayodhya) – Singh, a leader who emerged after the Babri Masjid demolition, has been facing cases of dacoity, threatening government officials in their office and restricting official work and of inciting violence. Lallu has always been a BJP man.
Santram Senger (Madhavgarh) – Senger, a BJP man, is facing charges of arson, inciting violence and threatening government officers. He is also facing cases under the SC/ST Act.
Baavan Singh (Katra) – He is facing cases of attempt to murder, issuing murder threats, inciting violence and many such serious charges. Singh is a first timer.
Udaybhan Karwaria (Allahabad) – A sitting MLA, Karwaria is facing cases of murder and attempt to murder. His elder borther Kapilmani Karwari is a MP from the BSP.
BSP:
Ram Sewak Patel (Badaun) – Patel has been involved in about two dozen cases, including murder, attempt to murder, violence, arson and under Arms Act. He had contested in the last assembly election as an independent.
Indra Pratap Tiwari (Gosaiganj) – Once upon a time, Tiwari was facing more than two dozen cases of serious crimes. He contested the last elections on the SP ticket but could not win.
Manoj Tiwari (Pratapgarh) – There is a non-bailable warrant against Tiwari in a murder case. He has been declared absconding. Besides that he is facing involvement in over a dozen other criminal cases.
Haji Alim (Bulandshahr) – Alim is facing a non-bailable warrant for his involvement in a rape and molestation case. He is a sitting MLA of the BSP. He runs a circus and during Mulayam’s regime his circus was raided and over 15 minor girls from Nepal were rescued.
Noor Saleem Rana (Charthawal) – Rana is involved in several criminal cases, including murder.
The state also has many others in jail who are using their clout to help their family members in the poll fray. Amarmani Tripathi, who is in Hardwar jail for the murder of a politically ambitious poetess Madhumita Shukla, is a case in point. The strict jail rules have not stopped Tripathi from recording a video on a mobile. The DVDs made out of it are being used as publicity material for his son Amanmani Tripathi, who is contesting on a Samajwadi Party ticket. In his speech, Amarmani is seen pleading to people to ensure the victory of SP so that he could be set free.
Besides, SP MLA, Vijay Mishra, who was involved in the murder of a BSP MLA Nand Gopal Nandi in 2010 in Allahabad, is also contesting from jail.
A majority of these leaders claim that the cases they are facing are politically motivated and were filed when they were out of power.
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