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Manthan
Fairness at Play Introducing Electoral Reforms to Reduce Influence of Money and Muscle Power in
Politics
TOPIC
TEAM DETAIL
PRASHANT AGRAWAL
ABHISHEK VERMA
NIKHIL PANDEY
PRAVEEN SISODIA
DEEPAK GURURANI
Pending criminal cases against MPs are 162 out of 543 nearly 30 of the entire house with an increase of 27 in 2004
Serious pending criminal cases are76 out of 543 or 14 an increase of 31 over the 58 members in 2004
Top two national parties Congress and BJP have 21 and 38 of their MPs facing criminal charges
Considering only serious criminal charges UP leads with 28 followed by Gujarat 27 and Maharashtra at 21
INDULGENCE OF POLITICIANS IN CRIMINAL ACTS
Scenario of Lok Sabha (2009)
PROPOSED SOLUTION TO MINIMIZE CRIMINALIZATION IN POLITICS
METHODOLOGY
1Party must declare its candidate four months before election He will contest election if he has no criminal
background If the candidate found alleged in crime then party must nominate the secondary candidate
2 If secondary candidate is also alleged in crime then both
the candidates will face trials in the fast-track court simultaneously If secondary candidate has no criminal case then secondary candidate will wait till the judgement of the
primary candidate
3Fast-track court should come to a verdict within 3 months whether the alleged candidate is guilty or not
4One who comes out clean will contest election indeed
primary candidate will be given preference if both comes out clean If both found culprit then the party will restrict from
electing from that seat
Issues Proposal Date Description
Political
party
reform
15th july 1998
5th july 2004
Parties are required to get their account
audited annually and should be put in public
domain
Misuse of
religion for
electoral
gain
First bill introduced
199429th Jan 2010
Acts of misuse of religion by political parties
Govt
Sponsored
advertise
5th july 2004
Ban on advertisements on achievements of
govt 6 months prior to expiry of term of the
house
Transfer of
election
officer
15th july1998
Reiterated in july 2004
Ban against transferring any election officer
without concurrence of commission for a period
of 6 months prior to expiry of house
Politicians never let pass those bills which could govern them Due to selfish issues internal clashes several times we became unable to get
passed bill Here are some of those bills-
POLITICAL POWER TO RESIST LAW
We provide the solution of this serious problem by proposing a committee
which have no influence of Government Criteria of our proposed
committee will be-
Committee will handle major concerns of those bills which
adversely affect to politicians of parliament
It will also handle the bills which have national importance (which
affect whole nationrsquos public)
Proposed body of committee to solve above problem will be elaborated in
succeeding slides-
PROPOSED SOLUTION TO REDUCE POWER OF POLITICIANS
Bar Association President will be accountable to project the real view of law and order in the society
LEV
EL
4
LEV
EL
3
LEV
EL
2
LEV
EL
1
Appointment of three members in each district which comprises Labour Association President Journalist and
Bar Association President
Why Labour Association President
LEVEL- 1
Labour Association President will be accountable for information at basic level so that upper bodies could
come to know that privileges provided by the government are reaching to needy persons
Journalists are accountable to show all problems from various dimensions of society Selection procedure
depends on NGOs
Why Journalist
Why Bar Association President
PROPOSED SOLUTION TO REDUCE POWER OF POLITICIANS
Most responsible part of the system to verify the problem statement and proposed solution as well
as to check compatibility Have all the powers whether to pass or not
LEV
EL
4
LEV
EL
3
LEV
EL
2
LEV
EL
1
Having 28 persons representing to each state These will be the retired justice of high court
All gathered information by district level authorities will be passed to these highest authority of states
LEVEL- 2
It will be composed of prominent IAS officers Economists NGOs Professors etc
Refined problem statement will be forwarded to these officers
They will present the optimum solution of problem
LEVEL- 3
LEVEL- 4
Proposed model will require around ₹ 275 cr of funding from government annually
EXPENDITURE ON ELECTIONS
Estimated ₹ 10000 crore cost for the Lok Sabha elections includes about one-fourth or ₹ 2500 crore being spent through ldquounofficial moneyrdquo or the cash to be paid to voters by the candidates Government spending about ₹ 1300 crore by election commission and about ₹ 700 crore to be spent by various central and state government agencies for purposes like photo identity cards EVMs and polling booth Wealthy candidates had a significantly higher chance of winning elections- 3265 of the candidates worth ₹ 5 crore or more won Only 043 of the candidates worth less than ₹ 10 lakhs won
SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS CENTER FOR MEDIA STUDIES (CMS) FACTS
li
Booth Capturing Local peoples by the use of manpower took over the control of the polling booth and threaten the general public to cast vote in favour of their party and also by
themselves cast many illegal votes
Prevented by making only some selected polling booths
in the region preferably in the regional police and army areas
The booths in the rural regions will be well guarded by the regional police and other security wings
The whole election procedure will be covered by the local electronic and print media
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
SOME BASIC ELECTION PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
PROBLEM PROBLEM
Punishment for electoral offences Punishment for electoral offences under Sections 171B
and 171C of the IPC are unsatisfactory These were provided as far back as in 1920 As offence of incurring expenditure for promoting the election prospects of a
candidate punishment for it under Section is a meagre fine of Rs500
Provisions should be made for some stricter punishment for such offences such as imprisonment up to two years or
so Stricter punishments will have deep impact on the mind of the parties
Due to provision that donation of below ₹ 20000 can be kept anonymous a major chunk of the
donation to party remains anonymous
Major part of the donation comes from the business houses which expects favour from the
parties in the future
Anonymity of the donations helps in putting the black money into the political system
Largely local criminals put their money into the election to support the candidate which help them
in the future
ANONYMOUS DONATION Data suggests between 2004 -11 congress received over ₹ 2004 cr and BJP around ₹ 994 crore
from the donors The source of 85 of donation is unavailable
There should be specific limits to such donations by the corporate houses but law allows them to
contribute on the percentage basis of profits of a company which may run to a very huge amount in
cases of large profit making companies
There should be no anonymity in donations and parties have to give detailed information of
donations they receive from all the resources
Parties should have to undergo audit of all their donations and accounts
PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS
Decrease criminalization
Ensure fair and unbiased
election
Increase voter
turnout
Recreate trust of general public in
democracy
Eagle eye on election expenditure and
anonymous donations
Reduce involvement of
money power in the election
Ensuring fair elections
Making public various parties
promises
Pressure on parties to turn their promises
Corruption at each level of society could fail implementation of these ideas in fair and
unbiased manner
TENTATIVE CHALLENGES IMPACTS AND RISKS
RISK
IMPACTS CHALLENGES Governing authorities will oppose laws that have
potential to create problems for them in future
Would respective authorities be interested to participate in proposed system
It raises a question upon Fast track courts efficiency
Would these courts be able to resolve all the cases accurately within given time limit
It would be really very challenging task to maintain
proper coordination among authorities
REFERENCES The criminalization of Indian Politics By Seshadri Kumars Report (wwwleftbrainwavecom
201110criminalization-of-indian-polotics-parthtml) Election Commission of India (nd) Lok Sabha Election Expenditure
(httpecigovineci_main1expenditurel_loksabhaaspx) Association for Democratic Reforms (2009) Analysis of Criminal and Financial Details of MPrsquos
of 15th Lok Sabha (2009) (httpadrindiaorgfilesHigh20level20criminal20financial 20amp 20educational20analysis20LS202009pdf)
Indian Voting System -Wikipedia Fast track court-Press Information Bureau Government Of India National Advisory Council (nacnicin) Electoral Reforms proposed by the Election Commission of India (ecinicineci_main
electoral_refpdf)
Pending criminal cases against MPs are 162 out of 543 nearly 30 of the entire house with an increase of 27 in 2004
Serious pending criminal cases are76 out of 543 or 14 an increase of 31 over the 58 members in 2004
Top two national parties Congress and BJP have 21 and 38 of their MPs facing criminal charges
Considering only serious criminal charges UP leads with 28 followed by Gujarat 27 and Maharashtra at 21
INDULGENCE OF POLITICIANS IN CRIMINAL ACTS
Scenario of Lok Sabha (2009)
PROPOSED SOLUTION TO MINIMIZE CRIMINALIZATION IN POLITICS
METHODOLOGY
1Party must declare its candidate four months before election He will contest election if he has no criminal
background If the candidate found alleged in crime then party must nominate the secondary candidate
2 If secondary candidate is also alleged in crime then both
the candidates will face trials in the fast-track court simultaneously If secondary candidate has no criminal case then secondary candidate will wait till the judgement of the
primary candidate
3Fast-track court should come to a verdict within 3 months whether the alleged candidate is guilty or not
4One who comes out clean will contest election indeed
primary candidate will be given preference if both comes out clean If both found culprit then the party will restrict from
electing from that seat
Issues Proposal Date Description
Political
party
reform
15th july 1998
5th july 2004
Parties are required to get their account
audited annually and should be put in public
domain
Misuse of
religion for
electoral
gain
First bill introduced
199429th Jan 2010
Acts of misuse of religion by political parties
Govt
Sponsored
advertise
5th july 2004
Ban on advertisements on achievements of
govt 6 months prior to expiry of term of the
house
Transfer of
election
officer
15th july1998
Reiterated in july 2004
Ban against transferring any election officer
without concurrence of commission for a period
of 6 months prior to expiry of house
Politicians never let pass those bills which could govern them Due to selfish issues internal clashes several times we became unable to get
passed bill Here are some of those bills-
POLITICAL POWER TO RESIST LAW
We provide the solution of this serious problem by proposing a committee
which have no influence of Government Criteria of our proposed
committee will be-
Committee will handle major concerns of those bills which
adversely affect to politicians of parliament
It will also handle the bills which have national importance (which
affect whole nationrsquos public)
Proposed body of committee to solve above problem will be elaborated in
succeeding slides-
PROPOSED SOLUTION TO REDUCE POWER OF POLITICIANS
Bar Association President will be accountable to project the real view of law and order in the society
LEV
EL
4
LEV
EL
3
LEV
EL
2
LEV
EL
1
Appointment of three members in each district which comprises Labour Association President Journalist and
Bar Association President
Why Labour Association President
LEVEL- 1
Labour Association President will be accountable for information at basic level so that upper bodies could
come to know that privileges provided by the government are reaching to needy persons
Journalists are accountable to show all problems from various dimensions of society Selection procedure
depends on NGOs
Why Journalist
Why Bar Association President
PROPOSED SOLUTION TO REDUCE POWER OF POLITICIANS
Most responsible part of the system to verify the problem statement and proposed solution as well
as to check compatibility Have all the powers whether to pass or not
LEV
EL
4
LEV
EL
3
LEV
EL
2
LEV
EL
1
Having 28 persons representing to each state These will be the retired justice of high court
All gathered information by district level authorities will be passed to these highest authority of states
LEVEL- 2
It will be composed of prominent IAS officers Economists NGOs Professors etc
Refined problem statement will be forwarded to these officers
They will present the optimum solution of problem
LEVEL- 3
LEVEL- 4
Proposed model will require around ₹ 275 cr of funding from government annually
EXPENDITURE ON ELECTIONS
Estimated ₹ 10000 crore cost for the Lok Sabha elections includes about one-fourth or ₹ 2500 crore being spent through ldquounofficial moneyrdquo or the cash to be paid to voters by the candidates Government spending about ₹ 1300 crore by election commission and about ₹ 700 crore to be spent by various central and state government agencies for purposes like photo identity cards EVMs and polling booth Wealthy candidates had a significantly higher chance of winning elections- 3265 of the candidates worth ₹ 5 crore or more won Only 043 of the candidates worth less than ₹ 10 lakhs won
SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS CENTER FOR MEDIA STUDIES (CMS) FACTS
li
Booth Capturing Local peoples by the use of manpower took over the control of the polling booth and threaten the general public to cast vote in favour of their party and also by
themselves cast many illegal votes
Prevented by making only some selected polling booths
in the region preferably in the regional police and army areas
The booths in the rural regions will be well guarded by the regional police and other security wings
The whole election procedure will be covered by the local electronic and print media
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
SOME BASIC ELECTION PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
PROBLEM PROBLEM
Punishment for electoral offences Punishment for electoral offences under Sections 171B
and 171C of the IPC are unsatisfactory These were provided as far back as in 1920 As offence of incurring expenditure for promoting the election prospects of a
candidate punishment for it under Section is a meagre fine of Rs500
Provisions should be made for some stricter punishment for such offences such as imprisonment up to two years or
so Stricter punishments will have deep impact on the mind of the parties
Due to provision that donation of below ₹ 20000 can be kept anonymous a major chunk of the
donation to party remains anonymous
Major part of the donation comes from the business houses which expects favour from the
parties in the future
Anonymity of the donations helps in putting the black money into the political system
Largely local criminals put their money into the election to support the candidate which help them
in the future
ANONYMOUS DONATION Data suggests between 2004 -11 congress received over ₹ 2004 cr and BJP around ₹ 994 crore
from the donors The source of 85 of donation is unavailable
There should be specific limits to such donations by the corporate houses but law allows them to
contribute on the percentage basis of profits of a company which may run to a very huge amount in
cases of large profit making companies
There should be no anonymity in donations and parties have to give detailed information of
donations they receive from all the resources
Parties should have to undergo audit of all their donations and accounts
PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS
Decrease criminalization
Ensure fair and unbiased
election
Increase voter
turnout
Recreate trust of general public in
democracy
Eagle eye on election expenditure and
anonymous donations
Reduce involvement of
money power in the election
Ensuring fair elections
Making public various parties
promises
Pressure on parties to turn their promises
Corruption at each level of society could fail implementation of these ideas in fair and
unbiased manner
TENTATIVE CHALLENGES IMPACTS AND RISKS
RISK
IMPACTS CHALLENGES Governing authorities will oppose laws that have
potential to create problems for them in future
Would respective authorities be interested to participate in proposed system
It raises a question upon Fast track courts efficiency
Would these courts be able to resolve all the cases accurately within given time limit
It would be really very challenging task to maintain
proper coordination among authorities
REFERENCES The criminalization of Indian Politics By Seshadri Kumars Report (wwwleftbrainwavecom
201110criminalization-of-indian-polotics-parthtml) Election Commission of India (nd) Lok Sabha Election Expenditure
(httpecigovineci_main1expenditurel_loksabhaaspx) Association for Democratic Reforms (2009) Analysis of Criminal and Financial Details of MPrsquos
of 15th Lok Sabha (2009) (httpadrindiaorgfilesHigh20level20criminal20financial 20amp 20educational20analysis20LS202009pdf)
Indian Voting System -Wikipedia Fast track court-Press Information Bureau Government Of India National Advisory Council (nacnicin) Electoral Reforms proposed by the Election Commission of India (ecinicineci_main
electoral_refpdf)
PROPOSED SOLUTION TO MINIMIZE CRIMINALIZATION IN POLITICS
METHODOLOGY
1Party must declare its candidate four months before election He will contest election if he has no criminal
background If the candidate found alleged in crime then party must nominate the secondary candidate
2 If secondary candidate is also alleged in crime then both
the candidates will face trials in the fast-track court simultaneously If secondary candidate has no criminal case then secondary candidate will wait till the judgement of the
primary candidate
3Fast-track court should come to a verdict within 3 months whether the alleged candidate is guilty or not
4One who comes out clean will contest election indeed
primary candidate will be given preference if both comes out clean If both found culprit then the party will restrict from
electing from that seat
Issues Proposal Date Description
Political
party
reform
15th july 1998
5th july 2004
Parties are required to get their account
audited annually and should be put in public
domain
Misuse of
religion for
electoral
gain
First bill introduced
199429th Jan 2010
Acts of misuse of religion by political parties
Govt
Sponsored
advertise
5th july 2004
Ban on advertisements on achievements of
govt 6 months prior to expiry of term of the
house
Transfer of
election
officer
15th july1998
Reiterated in july 2004
Ban against transferring any election officer
without concurrence of commission for a period
of 6 months prior to expiry of house
Politicians never let pass those bills which could govern them Due to selfish issues internal clashes several times we became unable to get
passed bill Here are some of those bills-
POLITICAL POWER TO RESIST LAW
We provide the solution of this serious problem by proposing a committee
which have no influence of Government Criteria of our proposed
committee will be-
Committee will handle major concerns of those bills which
adversely affect to politicians of parliament
It will also handle the bills which have national importance (which
affect whole nationrsquos public)
Proposed body of committee to solve above problem will be elaborated in
succeeding slides-
PROPOSED SOLUTION TO REDUCE POWER OF POLITICIANS
Bar Association President will be accountable to project the real view of law and order in the society
LEV
EL
4
LEV
EL
3
LEV
EL
2
LEV
EL
1
Appointment of three members in each district which comprises Labour Association President Journalist and
Bar Association President
Why Labour Association President
LEVEL- 1
Labour Association President will be accountable for information at basic level so that upper bodies could
come to know that privileges provided by the government are reaching to needy persons
Journalists are accountable to show all problems from various dimensions of society Selection procedure
depends on NGOs
Why Journalist
Why Bar Association President
PROPOSED SOLUTION TO REDUCE POWER OF POLITICIANS
Most responsible part of the system to verify the problem statement and proposed solution as well
as to check compatibility Have all the powers whether to pass or not
LEV
EL
4
LEV
EL
3
LEV
EL
2
LEV
EL
1
Having 28 persons representing to each state These will be the retired justice of high court
All gathered information by district level authorities will be passed to these highest authority of states
LEVEL- 2
It will be composed of prominent IAS officers Economists NGOs Professors etc
Refined problem statement will be forwarded to these officers
They will present the optimum solution of problem
LEVEL- 3
LEVEL- 4
Proposed model will require around ₹ 275 cr of funding from government annually
EXPENDITURE ON ELECTIONS
Estimated ₹ 10000 crore cost for the Lok Sabha elections includes about one-fourth or ₹ 2500 crore being spent through ldquounofficial moneyrdquo or the cash to be paid to voters by the candidates Government spending about ₹ 1300 crore by election commission and about ₹ 700 crore to be spent by various central and state government agencies for purposes like photo identity cards EVMs and polling booth Wealthy candidates had a significantly higher chance of winning elections- 3265 of the candidates worth ₹ 5 crore or more won Only 043 of the candidates worth less than ₹ 10 lakhs won
SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS CENTER FOR MEDIA STUDIES (CMS) FACTS
li
Booth Capturing Local peoples by the use of manpower took over the control of the polling booth and threaten the general public to cast vote in favour of their party and also by
themselves cast many illegal votes
Prevented by making only some selected polling booths
in the region preferably in the regional police and army areas
The booths in the rural regions will be well guarded by the regional police and other security wings
The whole election procedure will be covered by the local electronic and print media
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
SOME BASIC ELECTION PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
PROBLEM PROBLEM
Punishment for electoral offences Punishment for electoral offences under Sections 171B
and 171C of the IPC are unsatisfactory These were provided as far back as in 1920 As offence of incurring expenditure for promoting the election prospects of a
candidate punishment for it under Section is a meagre fine of Rs500
Provisions should be made for some stricter punishment for such offences such as imprisonment up to two years or
so Stricter punishments will have deep impact on the mind of the parties
Due to provision that donation of below ₹ 20000 can be kept anonymous a major chunk of the
donation to party remains anonymous
Major part of the donation comes from the business houses which expects favour from the
parties in the future
Anonymity of the donations helps in putting the black money into the political system
Largely local criminals put their money into the election to support the candidate which help them
in the future
ANONYMOUS DONATION Data suggests between 2004 -11 congress received over ₹ 2004 cr and BJP around ₹ 994 crore
from the donors The source of 85 of donation is unavailable
There should be specific limits to such donations by the corporate houses but law allows them to
contribute on the percentage basis of profits of a company which may run to a very huge amount in
cases of large profit making companies
There should be no anonymity in donations and parties have to give detailed information of
donations they receive from all the resources
Parties should have to undergo audit of all their donations and accounts
PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS
Decrease criminalization
Ensure fair and unbiased
election
Increase voter
turnout
Recreate trust of general public in
democracy
Eagle eye on election expenditure and
anonymous donations
Reduce involvement of
money power in the election
Ensuring fair elections
Making public various parties
promises
Pressure on parties to turn their promises
Corruption at each level of society could fail implementation of these ideas in fair and
unbiased manner
TENTATIVE CHALLENGES IMPACTS AND RISKS
RISK
IMPACTS CHALLENGES Governing authorities will oppose laws that have
potential to create problems for them in future
Would respective authorities be interested to participate in proposed system
It raises a question upon Fast track courts efficiency
Would these courts be able to resolve all the cases accurately within given time limit
It would be really very challenging task to maintain
proper coordination among authorities
REFERENCES The criminalization of Indian Politics By Seshadri Kumars Report (wwwleftbrainwavecom
201110criminalization-of-indian-polotics-parthtml) Election Commission of India (nd) Lok Sabha Election Expenditure
(httpecigovineci_main1expenditurel_loksabhaaspx) Association for Democratic Reforms (2009) Analysis of Criminal and Financial Details of MPrsquos
of 15th Lok Sabha (2009) (httpadrindiaorgfilesHigh20level20criminal20financial 20amp 20educational20analysis20LS202009pdf)
Indian Voting System -Wikipedia Fast track court-Press Information Bureau Government Of India National Advisory Council (nacnicin) Electoral Reforms proposed by the Election Commission of India (ecinicineci_main
electoral_refpdf)
Issues Proposal Date Description
Political
party
reform
15th july 1998
5th july 2004
Parties are required to get their account
audited annually and should be put in public
domain
Misuse of
religion for
electoral
gain
First bill introduced
199429th Jan 2010
Acts of misuse of religion by political parties
Govt
Sponsored
advertise
5th july 2004
Ban on advertisements on achievements of
govt 6 months prior to expiry of term of the
house
Transfer of
election
officer
15th july1998
Reiterated in july 2004
Ban against transferring any election officer
without concurrence of commission for a period
of 6 months prior to expiry of house
Politicians never let pass those bills which could govern them Due to selfish issues internal clashes several times we became unable to get
passed bill Here are some of those bills-
POLITICAL POWER TO RESIST LAW
We provide the solution of this serious problem by proposing a committee
which have no influence of Government Criteria of our proposed
committee will be-
Committee will handle major concerns of those bills which
adversely affect to politicians of parliament
It will also handle the bills which have national importance (which
affect whole nationrsquos public)
Proposed body of committee to solve above problem will be elaborated in
succeeding slides-
PROPOSED SOLUTION TO REDUCE POWER OF POLITICIANS
Bar Association President will be accountable to project the real view of law and order in the society
LEV
EL
4
LEV
EL
3
LEV
EL
2
LEV
EL
1
Appointment of three members in each district which comprises Labour Association President Journalist and
Bar Association President
Why Labour Association President
LEVEL- 1
Labour Association President will be accountable for information at basic level so that upper bodies could
come to know that privileges provided by the government are reaching to needy persons
Journalists are accountable to show all problems from various dimensions of society Selection procedure
depends on NGOs
Why Journalist
Why Bar Association President
PROPOSED SOLUTION TO REDUCE POWER OF POLITICIANS
Most responsible part of the system to verify the problem statement and proposed solution as well
as to check compatibility Have all the powers whether to pass or not
LEV
EL
4
LEV
EL
3
LEV
EL
2
LEV
EL
1
Having 28 persons representing to each state These will be the retired justice of high court
All gathered information by district level authorities will be passed to these highest authority of states
LEVEL- 2
It will be composed of prominent IAS officers Economists NGOs Professors etc
Refined problem statement will be forwarded to these officers
They will present the optimum solution of problem
LEVEL- 3
LEVEL- 4
Proposed model will require around ₹ 275 cr of funding from government annually
EXPENDITURE ON ELECTIONS
Estimated ₹ 10000 crore cost for the Lok Sabha elections includes about one-fourth or ₹ 2500 crore being spent through ldquounofficial moneyrdquo or the cash to be paid to voters by the candidates Government spending about ₹ 1300 crore by election commission and about ₹ 700 crore to be spent by various central and state government agencies for purposes like photo identity cards EVMs and polling booth Wealthy candidates had a significantly higher chance of winning elections- 3265 of the candidates worth ₹ 5 crore or more won Only 043 of the candidates worth less than ₹ 10 lakhs won
SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS CENTER FOR MEDIA STUDIES (CMS) FACTS
li
Booth Capturing Local peoples by the use of manpower took over the control of the polling booth and threaten the general public to cast vote in favour of their party and also by
themselves cast many illegal votes
Prevented by making only some selected polling booths
in the region preferably in the regional police and army areas
The booths in the rural regions will be well guarded by the regional police and other security wings
The whole election procedure will be covered by the local electronic and print media
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
SOME BASIC ELECTION PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
PROBLEM PROBLEM
Punishment for electoral offences Punishment for electoral offences under Sections 171B
and 171C of the IPC are unsatisfactory These were provided as far back as in 1920 As offence of incurring expenditure for promoting the election prospects of a
candidate punishment for it under Section is a meagre fine of Rs500
Provisions should be made for some stricter punishment for such offences such as imprisonment up to two years or
so Stricter punishments will have deep impact on the mind of the parties
Due to provision that donation of below ₹ 20000 can be kept anonymous a major chunk of the
donation to party remains anonymous
Major part of the donation comes from the business houses which expects favour from the
parties in the future
Anonymity of the donations helps in putting the black money into the political system
Largely local criminals put their money into the election to support the candidate which help them
in the future
ANONYMOUS DONATION Data suggests between 2004 -11 congress received over ₹ 2004 cr and BJP around ₹ 994 crore
from the donors The source of 85 of donation is unavailable
There should be specific limits to such donations by the corporate houses but law allows them to
contribute on the percentage basis of profits of a company which may run to a very huge amount in
cases of large profit making companies
There should be no anonymity in donations and parties have to give detailed information of
donations they receive from all the resources
Parties should have to undergo audit of all their donations and accounts
PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS
Decrease criminalization
Ensure fair and unbiased
election
Increase voter
turnout
Recreate trust of general public in
democracy
Eagle eye on election expenditure and
anonymous donations
Reduce involvement of
money power in the election
Ensuring fair elections
Making public various parties
promises
Pressure on parties to turn their promises
Corruption at each level of society could fail implementation of these ideas in fair and
unbiased manner
TENTATIVE CHALLENGES IMPACTS AND RISKS
RISK
IMPACTS CHALLENGES Governing authorities will oppose laws that have
potential to create problems for them in future
Would respective authorities be interested to participate in proposed system
It raises a question upon Fast track courts efficiency
Would these courts be able to resolve all the cases accurately within given time limit
It would be really very challenging task to maintain
proper coordination among authorities
REFERENCES The criminalization of Indian Politics By Seshadri Kumars Report (wwwleftbrainwavecom
201110criminalization-of-indian-polotics-parthtml) Election Commission of India (nd) Lok Sabha Election Expenditure
(httpecigovineci_main1expenditurel_loksabhaaspx) Association for Democratic Reforms (2009) Analysis of Criminal and Financial Details of MPrsquos
of 15th Lok Sabha (2009) (httpadrindiaorgfilesHigh20level20criminal20financial 20amp 20educational20analysis20LS202009pdf)
Indian Voting System -Wikipedia Fast track court-Press Information Bureau Government Of India National Advisory Council (nacnicin) Electoral Reforms proposed by the Election Commission of India (ecinicineci_main
electoral_refpdf)
PROPOSED SOLUTION TO REDUCE POWER OF POLITICIANS
Bar Association President will be accountable to project the real view of law and order in the society
LEV
EL
4
LEV
EL
3
LEV
EL
2
LEV
EL
1
Appointment of three members in each district which comprises Labour Association President Journalist and
Bar Association President
Why Labour Association President
LEVEL- 1
Labour Association President will be accountable for information at basic level so that upper bodies could
come to know that privileges provided by the government are reaching to needy persons
Journalists are accountable to show all problems from various dimensions of society Selection procedure
depends on NGOs
Why Journalist
Why Bar Association President
PROPOSED SOLUTION TO REDUCE POWER OF POLITICIANS
Most responsible part of the system to verify the problem statement and proposed solution as well
as to check compatibility Have all the powers whether to pass or not
LEV
EL
4
LEV
EL
3
LEV
EL
2
LEV
EL
1
Having 28 persons representing to each state These will be the retired justice of high court
All gathered information by district level authorities will be passed to these highest authority of states
LEVEL- 2
It will be composed of prominent IAS officers Economists NGOs Professors etc
Refined problem statement will be forwarded to these officers
They will present the optimum solution of problem
LEVEL- 3
LEVEL- 4
Proposed model will require around ₹ 275 cr of funding from government annually
EXPENDITURE ON ELECTIONS
Estimated ₹ 10000 crore cost for the Lok Sabha elections includes about one-fourth or ₹ 2500 crore being spent through ldquounofficial moneyrdquo or the cash to be paid to voters by the candidates Government spending about ₹ 1300 crore by election commission and about ₹ 700 crore to be spent by various central and state government agencies for purposes like photo identity cards EVMs and polling booth Wealthy candidates had a significantly higher chance of winning elections- 3265 of the candidates worth ₹ 5 crore or more won Only 043 of the candidates worth less than ₹ 10 lakhs won
SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS CENTER FOR MEDIA STUDIES (CMS) FACTS
li
Booth Capturing Local peoples by the use of manpower took over the control of the polling booth and threaten the general public to cast vote in favour of their party and also by
themselves cast many illegal votes
Prevented by making only some selected polling booths
in the region preferably in the regional police and army areas
The booths in the rural regions will be well guarded by the regional police and other security wings
The whole election procedure will be covered by the local electronic and print media
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
SOME BASIC ELECTION PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
PROBLEM PROBLEM
Punishment for electoral offences Punishment for electoral offences under Sections 171B
and 171C of the IPC are unsatisfactory These were provided as far back as in 1920 As offence of incurring expenditure for promoting the election prospects of a
candidate punishment for it under Section is a meagre fine of Rs500
Provisions should be made for some stricter punishment for such offences such as imprisonment up to two years or
so Stricter punishments will have deep impact on the mind of the parties
Due to provision that donation of below ₹ 20000 can be kept anonymous a major chunk of the
donation to party remains anonymous
Major part of the donation comes from the business houses which expects favour from the
parties in the future
Anonymity of the donations helps in putting the black money into the political system
Largely local criminals put their money into the election to support the candidate which help them
in the future
ANONYMOUS DONATION Data suggests between 2004 -11 congress received over ₹ 2004 cr and BJP around ₹ 994 crore
from the donors The source of 85 of donation is unavailable
There should be specific limits to such donations by the corporate houses but law allows them to
contribute on the percentage basis of profits of a company which may run to a very huge amount in
cases of large profit making companies
There should be no anonymity in donations and parties have to give detailed information of
donations they receive from all the resources
Parties should have to undergo audit of all their donations and accounts
PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS
Decrease criminalization
Ensure fair and unbiased
election
Increase voter
turnout
Recreate trust of general public in
democracy
Eagle eye on election expenditure and
anonymous donations
Reduce involvement of
money power in the election
Ensuring fair elections
Making public various parties
promises
Pressure on parties to turn their promises
Corruption at each level of society could fail implementation of these ideas in fair and
unbiased manner
TENTATIVE CHALLENGES IMPACTS AND RISKS
RISK
IMPACTS CHALLENGES Governing authorities will oppose laws that have
potential to create problems for them in future
Would respective authorities be interested to participate in proposed system
It raises a question upon Fast track courts efficiency
Would these courts be able to resolve all the cases accurately within given time limit
It would be really very challenging task to maintain
proper coordination among authorities
REFERENCES The criminalization of Indian Politics By Seshadri Kumars Report (wwwleftbrainwavecom
201110criminalization-of-indian-polotics-parthtml) Election Commission of India (nd) Lok Sabha Election Expenditure
(httpecigovineci_main1expenditurel_loksabhaaspx) Association for Democratic Reforms (2009) Analysis of Criminal and Financial Details of MPrsquos
of 15th Lok Sabha (2009) (httpadrindiaorgfilesHigh20level20criminal20financial 20amp 20educational20analysis20LS202009pdf)
Indian Voting System -Wikipedia Fast track court-Press Information Bureau Government Of India National Advisory Council (nacnicin) Electoral Reforms proposed by the Election Commission of India (ecinicineci_main
electoral_refpdf)
PROPOSED SOLUTION TO REDUCE POWER OF POLITICIANS
Most responsible part of the system to verify the problem statement and proposed solution as well
as to check compatibility Have all the powers whether to pass or not
LEV
EL
4
LEV
EL
3
LEV
EL
2
LEV
EL
1
Having 28 persons representing to each state These will be the retired justice of high court
All gathered information by district level authorities will be passed to these highest authority of states
LEVEL- 2
It will be composed of prominent IAS officers Economists NGOs Professors etc
Refined problem statement will be forwarded to these officers
They will present the optimum solution of problem
LEVEL- 3
LEVEL- 4
Proposed model will require around ₹ 275 cr of funding from government annually
EXPENDITURE ON ELECTIONS
Estimated ₹ 10000 crore cost for the Lok Sabha elections includes about one-fourth or ₹ 2500 crore being spent through ldquounofficial moneyrdquo or the cash to be paid to voters by the candidates Government spending about ₹ 1300 crore by election commission and about ₹ 700 crore to be spent by various central and state government agencies for purposes like photo identity cards EVMs and polling booth Wealthy candidates had a significantly higher chance of winning elections- 3265 of the candidates worth ₹ 5 crore or more won Only 043 of the candidates worth less than ₹ 10 lakhs won
SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS CENTER FOR MEDIA STUDIES (CMS) FACTS
li
Booth Capturing Local peoples by the use of manpower took over the control of the polling booth and threaten the general public to cast vote in favour of their party and also by
themselves cast many illegal votes
Prevented by making only some selected polling booths
in the region preferably in the regional police and army areas
The booths in the rural regions will be well guarded by the regional police and other security wings
The whole election procedure will be covered by the local electronic and print media
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
SOME BASIC ELECTION PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
PROBLEM PROBLEM
Punishment for electoral offences Punishment for electoral offences under Sections 171B
and 171C of the IPC are unsatisfactory These were provided as far back as in 1920 As offence of incurring expenditure for promoting the election prospects of a
candidate punishment for it under Section is a meagre fine of Rs500
Provisions should be made for some stricter punishment for such offences such as imprisonment up to two years or
so Stricter punishments will have deep impact on the mind of the parties
Due to provision that donation of below ₹ 20000 can be kept anonymous a major chunk of the
donation to party remains anonymous
Major part of the donation comes from the business houses which expects favour from the
parties in the future
Anonymity of the donations helps in putting the black money into the political system
Largely local criminals put their money into the election to support the candidate which help them
in the future
ANONYMOUS DONATION Data suggests between 2004 -11 congress received over ₹ 2004 cr and BJP around ₹ 994 crore
from the donors The source of 85 of donation is unavailable
There should be specific limits to such donations by the corporate houses but law allows them to
contribute on the percentage basis of profits of a company which may run to a very huge amount in
cases of large profit making companies
There should be no anonymity in donations and parties have to give detailed information of
donations they receive from all the resources
Parties should have to undergo audit of all their donations and accounts
PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS
Decrease criminalization
Ensure fair and unbiased
election
Increase voter
turnout
Recreate trust of general public in
democracy
Eagle eye on election expenditure and
anonymous donations
Reduce involvement of
money power in the election
Ensuring fair elections
Making public various parties
promises
Pressure on parties to turn their promises
Corruption at each level of society could fail implementation of these ideas in fair and
unbiased manner
TENTATIVE CHALLENGES IMPACTS AND RISKS
RISK
IMPACTS CHALLENGES Governing authorities will oppose laws that have
potential to create problems for them in future
Would respective authorities be interested to participate in proposed system
It raises a question upon Fast track courts efficiency
Would these courts be able to resolve all the cases accurately within given time limit
It would be really very challenging task to maintain
proper coordination among authorities
REFERENCES The criminalization of Indian Politics By Seshadri Kumars Report (wwwleftbrainwavecom
201110criminalization-of-indian-polotics-parthtml) Election Commission of India (nd) Lok Sabha Election Expenditure
(httpecigovineci_main1expenditurel_loksabhaaspx) Association for Democratic Reforms (2009) Analysis of Criminal and Financial Details of MPrsquos
of 15th Lok Sabha (2009) (httpadrindiaorgfilesHigh20level20criminal20financial 20amp 20educational20analysis20LS202009pdf)
Indian Voting System -Wikipedia Fast track court-Press Information Bureau Government Of India National Advisory Council (nacnicin) Electoral Reforms proposed by the Election Commission of India (ecinicineci_main
electoral_refpdf)
Proposed model will require around ₹ 275 cr of funding from government annually
EXPENDITURE ON ELECTIONS
Estimated ₹ 10000 crore cost for the Lok Sabha elections includes about one-fourth or ₹ 2500 crore being spent through ldquounofficial moneyrdquo or the cash to be paid to voters by the candidates Government spending about ₹ 1300 crore by election commission and about ₹ 700 crore to be spent by various central and state government agencies for purposes like photo identity cards EVMs and polling booth Wealthy candidates had a significantly higher chance of winning elections- 3265 of the candidates worth ₹ 5 crore or more won Only 043 of the candidates worth less than ₹ 10 lakhs won
SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS CENTER FOR MEDIA STUDIES (CMS) FACTS
li
Booth Capturing Local peoples by the use of manpower took over the control of the polling booth and threaten the general public to cast vote in favour of their party and also by
themselves cast many illegal votes
Prevented by making only some selected polling booths
in the region preferably in the regional police and army areas
The booths in the rural regions will be well guarded by the regional police and other security wings
The whole election procedure will be covered by the local electronic and print media
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
SOME BASIC ELECTION PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
PROBLEM PROBLEM
Punishment for electoral offences Punishment for electoral offences under Sections 171B
and 171C of the IPC are unsatisfactory These were provided as far back as in 1920 As offence of incurring expenditure for promoting the election prospects of a
candidate punishment for it under Section is a meagre fine of Rs500
Provisions should be made for some stricter punishment for such offences such as imprisonment up to two years or
so Stricter punishments will have deep impact on the mind of the parties
Due to provision that donation of below ₹ 20000 can be kept anonymous a major chunk of the
donation to party remains anonymous
Major part of the donation comes from the business houses which expects favour from the
parties in the future
Anonymity of the donations helps in putting the black money into the political system
Largely local criminals put their money into the election to support the candidate which help them
in the future
ANONYMOUS DONATION Data suggests between 2004 -11 congress received over ₹ 2004 cr and BJP around ₹ 994 crore
from the donors The source of 85 of donation is unavailable
There should be specific limits to such donations by the corporate houses but law allows them to
contribute on the percentage basis of profits of a company which may run to a very huge amount in
cases of large profit making companies
There should be no anonymity in donations and parties have to give detailed information of
donations they receive from all the resources
Parties should have to undergo audit of all their donations and accounts
PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS
Decrease criminalization
Ensure fair and unbiased
election
Increase voter
turnout
Recreate trust of general public in
democracy
Eagle eye on election expenditure and
anonymous donations
Reduce involvement of
money power in the election
Ensuring fair elections
Making public various parties
promises
Pressure on parties to turn their promises
Corruption at each level of society could fail implementation of these ideas in fair and
unbiased manner
TENTATIVE CHALLENGES IMPACTS AND RISKS
RISK
IMPACTS CHALLENGES Governing authorities will oppose laws that have
potential to create problems for them in future
Would respective authorities be interested to participate in proposed system
It raises a question upon Fast track courts efficiency
Would these courts be able to resolve all the cases accurately within given time limit
It would be really very challenging task to maintain
proper coordination among authorities
REFERENCES The criminalization of Indian Politics By Seshadri Kumars Report (wwwleftbrainwavecom
201110criminalization-of-indian-polotics-parthtml) Election Commission of India (nd) Lok Sabha Election Expenditure
(httpecigovineci_main1expenditurel_loksabhaaspx) Association for Democratic Reforms (2009) Analysis of Criminal and Financial Details of MPrsquos
of 15th Lok Sabha (2009) (httpadrindiaorgfilesHigh20level20criminal20financial 20amp 20educational20analysis20LS202009pdf)
Indian Voting System -Wikipedia Fast track court-Press Information Bureau Government Of India National Advisory Council (nacnicin) Electoral Reforms proposed by the Election Commission of India (ecinicineci_main
electoral_refpdf)
EXPENDITURE ON ELECTIONS
Estimated ₹ 10000 crore cost for the Lok Sabha elections includes about one-fourth or ₹ 2500 crore being spent through ldquounofficial moneyrdquo or the cash to be paid to voters by the candidates Government spending about ₹ 1300 crore by election commission and about ₹ 700 crore to be spent by various central and state government agencies for purposes like photo identity cards EVMs and polling booth Wealthy candidates had a significantly higher chance of winning elections- 3265 of the candidates worth ₹ 5 crore or more won Only 043 of the candidates worth less than ₹ 10 lakhs won
SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS CENTER FOR MEDIA STUDIES (CMS) FACTS
li
Booth Capturing Local peoples by the use of manpower took over the control of the polling booth and threaten the general public to cast vote in favour of their party and also by
themselves cast many illegal votes
Prevented by making only some selected polling booths
in the region preferably in the regional police and army areas
The booths in the rural regions will be well guarded by the regional police and other security wings
The whole election procedure will be covered by the local electronic and print media
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
SOME BASIC ELECTION PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
PROBLEM PROBLEM
Punishment for electoral offences Punishment for electoral offences under Sections 171B
and 171C of the IPC are unsatisfactory These were provided as far back as in 1920 As offence of incurring expenditure for promoting the election prospects of a
candidate punishment for it under Section is a meagre fine of Rs500
Provisions should be made for some stricter punishment for such offences such as imprisonment up to two years or
so Stricter punishments will have deep impact on the mind of the parties
Due to provision that donation of below ₹ 20000 can be kept anonymous a major chunk of the
donation to party remains anonymous
Major part of the donation comes from the business houses which expects favour from the
parties in the future
Anonymity of the donations helps in putting the black money into the political system
Largely local criminals put their money into the election to support the candidate which help them
in the future
ANONYMOUS DONATION Data suggests between 2004 -11 congress received over ₹ 2004 cr and BJP around ₹ 994 crore
from the donors The source of 85 of donation is unavailable
There should be specific limits to such donations by the corporate houses but law allows them to
contribute on the percentage basis of profits of a company which may run to a very huge amount in
cases of large profit making companies
There should be no anonymity in donations and parties have to give detailed information of
donations they receive from all the resources
Parties should have to undergo audit of all their donations and accounts
PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS
Decrease criminalization
Ensure fair and unbiased
election
Increase voter
turnout
Recreate trust of general public in
democracy
Eagle eye on election expenditure and
anonymous donations
Reduce involvement of
money power in the election
Ensuring fair elections
Making public various parties
promises
Pressure on parties to turn their promises
Corruption at each level of society could fail implementation of these ideas in fair and
unbiased manner
TENTATIVE CHALLENGES IMPACTS AND RISKS
RISK
IMPACTS CHALLENGES Governing authorities will oppose laws that have
potential to create problems for them in future
Would respective authorities be interested to participate in proposed system
It raises a question upon Fast track courts efficiency
Would these courts be able to resolve all the cases accurately within given time limit
It would be really very challenging task to maintain
proper coordination among authorities
REFERENCES The criminalization of Indian Politics By Seshadri Kumars Report (wwwleftbrainwavecom
201110criminalization-of-indian-polotics-parthtml) Election Commission of India (nd) Lok Sabha Election Expenditure
(httpecigovineci_main1expenditurel_loksabhaaspx) Association for Democratic Reforms (2009) Analysis of Criminal and Financial Details of MPrsquos
of 15th Lok Sabha (2009) (httpadrindiaorgfilesHigh20level20criminal20financial 20amp 20educational20analysis20LS202009pdf)
Indian Voting System -Wikipedia Fast track court-Press Information Bureau Government Of India National Advisory Council (nacnicin) Electoral Reforms proposed by the Election Commission of India (ecinicineci_main
electoral_refpdf)
Booth Capturing Local peoples by the use of manpower took over the control of the polling booth and threaten the general public to cast vote in favour of their party and also by
themselves cast many illegal votes
Prevented by making only some selected polling booths
in the region preferably in the regional police and army areas
The booths in the rural regions will be well guarded by the regional police and other security wings
The whole election procedure will be covered by the local electronic and print media
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
SOME BASIC ELECTION PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION
SUGGESTED SOLUTION
PROBLEM PROBLEM
Punishment for electoral offences Punishment for electoral offences under Sections 171B
and 171C of the IPC are unsatisfactory These were provided as far back as in 1920 As offence of incurring expenditure for promoting the election prospects of a
candidate punishment for it under Section is a meagre fine of Rs500
Provisions should be made for some stricter punishment for such offences such as imprisonment up to two years or
so Stricter punishments will have deep impact on the mind of the parties
Due to provision that donation of below ₹ 20000 can be kept anonymous a major chunk of the
donation to party remains anonymous
Major part of the donation comes from the business houses which expects favour from the
parties in the future
Anonymity of the donations helps in putting the black money into the political system
Largely local criminals put their money into the election to support the candidate which help them
in the future
ANONYMOUS DONATION Data suggests between 2004 -11 congress received over ₹ 2004 cr and BJP around ₹ 994 crore
from the donors The source of 85 of donation is unavailable
There should be specific limits to such donations by the corporate houses but law allows them to
contribute on the percentage basis of profits of a company which may run to a very huge amount in
cases of large profit making companies
There should be no anonymity in donations and parties have to give detailed information of
donations they receive from all the resources
Parties should have to undergo audit of all their donations and accounts
PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS
Decrease criminalization
Ensure fair and unbiased
election
Increase voter
turnout
Recreate trust of general public in
democracy
Eagle eye on election expenditure and
anonymous donations
Reduce involvement of
money power in the election
Ensuring fair elections
Making public various parties
promises
Pressure on parties to turn their promises
Corruption at each level of society could fail implementation of these ideas in fair and
unbiased manner
TENTATIVE CHALLENGES IMPACTS AND RISKS
RISK
IMPACTS CHALLENGES Governing authorities will oppose laws that have
potential to create problems for them in future
Would respective authorities be interested to participate in proposed system
It raises a question upon Fast track courts efficiency
Would these courts be able to resolve all the cases accurately within given time limit
It would be really very challenging task to maintain
proper coordination among authorities
REFERENCES The criminalization of Indian Politics By Seshadri Kumars Report (wwwleftbrainwavecom
201110criminalization-of-indian-polotics-parthtml) Election Commission of India (nd) Lok Sabha Election Expenditure
(httpecigovineci_main1expenditurel_loksabhaaspx) Association for Democratic Reforms (2009) Analysis of Criminal and Financial Details of MPrsquos
of 15th Lok Sabha (2009) (httpadrindiaorgfilesHigh20level20criminal20financial 20amp 20educational20analysis20LS202009pdf)
Indian Voting System -Wikipedia Fast track court-Press Information Bureau Government Of India National Advisory Council (nacnicin) Electoral Reforms proposed by the Election Commission of India (ecinicineci_main
electoral_refpdf)
Due to provision that donation of below ₹ 20000 can be kept anonymous a major chunk of the
donation to party remains anonymous
Major part of the donation comes from the business houses which expects favour from the
parties in the future
Anonymity of the donations helps in putting the black money into the political system
Largely local criminals put their money into the election to support the candidate which help them
in the future
ANONYMOUS DONATION Data suggests between 2004 -11 congress received over ₹ 2004 cr and BJP around ₹ 994 crore
from the donors The source of 85 of donation is unavailable
There should be specific limits to such donations by the corporate houses but law allows them to
contribute on the percentage basis of profits of a company which may run to a very huge amount in
cases of large profit making companies
There should be no anonymity in donations and parties have to give detailed information of
donations they receive from all the resources
Parties should have to undergo audit of all their donations and accounts
PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS
Decrease criminalization
Ensure fair and unbiased
election
Increase voter
turnout
Recreate trust of general public in
democracy
Eagle eye on election expenditure and
anonymous donations
Reduce involvement of
money power in the election
Ensuring fair elections
Making public various parties
promises
Pressure on parties to turn their promises
Corruption at each level of society could fail implementation of these ideas in fair and
unbiased manner
TENTATIVE CHALLENGES IMPACTS AND RISKS
RISK
IMPACTS CHALLENGES Governing authorities will oppose laws that have
potential to create problems for them in future
Would respective authorities be interested to participate in proposed system
It raises a question upon Fast track courts efficiency
Would these courts be able to resolve all the cases accurately within given time limit
It would be really very challenging task to maintain
proper coordination among authorities
REFERENCES The criminalization of Indian Politics By Seshadri Kumars Report (wwwleftbrainwavecom
201110criminalization-of-indian-polotics-parthtml) Election Commission of India (nd) Lok Sabha Election Expenditure
(httpecigovineci_main1expenditurel_loksabhaaspx) Association for Democratic Reforms (2009) Analysis of Criminal and Financial Details of MPrsquos
of 15th Lok Sabha (2009) (httpadrindiaorgfilesHigh20level20criminal20financial 20amp 20educational20analysis20LS202009pdf)
Indian Voting System -Wikipedia Fast track court-Press Information Bureau Government Of India National Advisory Council (nacnicin) Electoral Reforms proposed by the Election Commission of India (ecinicineci_main
electoral_refpdf)
Decrease criminalization
Ensure fair and unbiased
election
Increase voter
turnout
Recreate trust of general public in
democracy
Eagle eye on election expenditure and
anonymous donations
Reduce involvement of
money power in the election
Ensuring fair elections
Making public various parties
promises
Pressure on parties to turn their promises
Corruption at each level of society could fail implementation of these ideas in fair and
unbiased manner
TENTATIVE CHALLENGES IMPACTS AND RISKS
RISK
IMPACTS CHALLENGES Governing authorities will oppose laws that have
potential to create problems for them in future
Would respective authorities be interested to participate in proposed system
It raises a question upon Fast track courts efficiency
Would these courts be able to resolve all the cases accurately within given time limit
It would be really very challenging task to maintain
proper coordination among authorities
REFERENCES The criminalization of Indian Politics By Seshadri Kumars Report (wwwleftbrainwavecom
201110criminalization-of-indian-polotics-parthtml) Election Commission of India (nd) Lok Sabha Election Expenditure
(httpecigovineci_main1expenditurel_loksabhaaspx) Association for Democratic Reforms (2009) Analysis of Criminal and Financial Details of MPrsquos
of 15th Lok Sabha (2009) (httpadrindiaorgfilesHigh20level20criminal20financial 20amp 20educational20analysis20LS202009pdf)
Indian Voting System -Wikipedia Fast track court-Press Information Bureau Government Of India National Advisory Council (nacnicin) Electoral Reforms proposed by the Election Commission of India (ecinicineci_main
electoral_refpdf)
REFERENCES The criminalization of Indian Politics By Seshadri Kumars Report (wwwleftbrainwavecom
201110criminalization-of-indian-polotics-parthtml) Election Commission of India (nd) Lok Sabha Election Expenditure
(httpecigovineci_main1expenditurel_loksabhaaspx) Association for Democratic Reforms (2009) Analysis of Criminal and Financial Details of MPrsquos
of 15th Lok Sabha (2009) (httpadrindiaorgfilesHigh20level20criminal20financial 20amp 20educational20analysis20LS202009pdf)
Indian Voting System -Wikipedia Fast track court-Press Information Bureau Government Of India National Advisory Council (nacnicin) Electoral Reforms proposed by the Election Commission of India (ecinicineci_main
electoral_refpdf)