2. Problem statement
Today, corruption is taken
for granted and people with
money are most respected
by the society
Politics is like a game. If you
play well, you will keep on
ascending and one day you
will be certified as the
Master of Politics
The representatives who
stand for elections are
stuffed with various
criminal charges against
them
Politicians bribe for votes
and threatened with
muscle power which is
nothing but a by product of
money power
3. Money and muscle power in elections are the direct consequence of corruption in
government machinery
without eradicating corruption, it is impossible to
defeat money and muscle power in elections
They collect funds from companies and business
houses and use this money to influence the voter to
vote in their favour
Men who value ethics are enabled to come to the centre stage of politics
there is little chance for a common man with honest
intentions and little resources to contest elections ,
even if he has the capability
The political parties only consider the “winnability”
(money power & muscle power) of the person for
nominating him as the party candidate
The targets for the hungry Indian politicians are the simple minded and poor citizens,
since:
people below poverty line get tempted to easy money
vague promises due to their desperate economic and
social conditions.
CAUSES
4. Criminalization in politics has contributed towards a feeble electoral system.
It is not very new, there were and there are many of the politicians charged
with criminal and corruption records, some of them are :
Prakash Singh
Badal and Sukhbir
Singh Badal chief
minister and
deputy Chief
Minister of Punjab
respectively, were
being held for
cheating,
possessing asset
disproportionate to
known sources of
income
Ashok Chavan,
Chief Minister of
Maharashtra, in
Adarsh Housing
Society scam.
Suresh Kalmadi,
Member of
Parliament for
criminal conspiracy
and cheating
related to 2012
commonwealth
games.
M.K Kanimozhi,
Member of
Parliament for 2G
spectrum
Y.S Jaganmohan
Reddy, Member of
Parliament for
accumulating huge
wealth
disproportionate to
his known source
of income.
B.S.Yeddyurappa,
former chief
minister of
Karnataka, held for
Illegal Mining
Scam.
CRIMINALIZATION IN ELECORAL SYSTEM
5. •Circulation of black money in the country which plays a big role in the
elections can be largely curtailed by de monetising one thousand rupee
currency notes and five hundred rupee currency notes immediately.
Curb black money
circulation
•The negative vote (not voting for anybody) should be accepted by the
government and implemented
•Citizens should have the liberty to reject all the candidates
Importance of
negative votes
•A special permanent court must be constituted to look into all issues
relating to elections at the state and central level, which should be a fast
track court
Need for fast track
court for election
disputes
•introduce finger print based electronic voting machines, which would
count a vote to be legal only when the finger print of the person
matches with the one in the database. This would completely eliminate
bogus voting
Introduce finger print
electronic voting
PROPOSED SOLUTIONS
6. • No MLA/MP should be permitted to contest in elections more than two times.In
American law no one can become President more than two times similar regulations
should be followed in India also.
Deny permission for
more than two terms
• To curb vested family interests which often result in money and muscle power, more
than three blood relatives(from the same family) should not be allowed to contest
from the same party.
Curb family interests
• They should be protected from threats from the politicians at the time of elections by
giving personal security by the government till they attain the age of 70, if they so
desire.
Give security to
Electoral Officers
• In recent times, many voters have complaints that their names have been removed
from the rolls. When the names of the voters are in the website, each citizen should
take pain to see the website and ensure that his/her name is in the list. If not, they
should put up a complaint to the election commissioner immediately.
Educate the voters
7. Candidates are given tickets by
the political parties on the
consideration whether the
candidate can muster the
support of larger castes and
communities and possesses
enough resources.
Liquor being distributed in poor
areas are frequent during
election. This is performed on the
basis of money power to earn
vote
This system of caste and religion
voting showed up during various
election campaigns when the
candidates used to give their
speeches in favour of one religion
. All these features lead to
violence, booth capturing, rigging
bogus voting, forcible removal of
ballot papers, ballot boxes
burning of vehicles, etc. which
result into loss of public faith in
elections
ISSUES AND CHALLENGES BEFORE THE
ELECTION COMMISSION
8. NOTE KE BADLE VOTE
One of the major
problems with the
Legislature is the
number of
unsatisfactory
candidates who find
their way to
Legislatures.
It’s the citizens who
do not make use of
the benefit furnished
to them.
