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The results of the just-concluded assembly polls in Uttaranchal show that the voters have given a mandate against candidates with criminal cases pending against them.
Barring one, all the 135 candidates having criminal cases against them, lost at the hustings.
Only former state transport minister Tilak Raj Behad, with 11 cases of rioting and thefts against him, won from the Rudrapur constituency in Udhamsingh Nagar district on a Congress ticket.
Earlier, Behad was denied nomination by the Bharatiya Janata Party for having allegedly cross-voted during the last Rajya Sabha biennial polls.
Sudershan Singh alias Roshan, having 12 criminal cases against him in Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh, contested from behind the bars from Dhumakot seat of Pauri district, but lost his deposit.
Ramesh Singh Chilwal alias Bambaiya, who is facing 31 cases of murder and rape, lost his deposit from Ranikhet seat where state health minister Ajay Bhatt emerged victorious.
PTI
