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Percentage of BJP candidates with criminal cases against them: 48
Key position: business-friendly government
Indian National Congress Party
Founded in 1885
Number of members: not listed
Prime ministerial candidate: Rahul Gandhi
Total reported assets of Gandhi: $1.5 million
Notable past leaders: Jawaharlal Nehru, first prime minister of India
Years ruling India’s central government: 49
Dominant presence in India: rural areas; Kerala, Assam
Percentage of Congress candidates with criminal cases against them: 29
Key positions: poverty alleviation
Corruption in India at a glance
94
India's rank of 177 countries in the world in corruption (Transparency International)
36
Where India ranks on a scale of 0-100, with 0 being most corrupt (Transparency International). Regionally, India ranks below Sri Lanka and China but higher than Iran, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
96%
Percentage of Indians who said corruption is holding country back (“The Economist,” March 15, 2014)
92%
Percentage of Indians who think corruption has worsened in the past five years (“The Economist,” March 15, 2014)
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