arihant current affairs magazine monthly

arihant current affairs magazine monthly

arihant current affairs magazine monthly Published this article page no 03  Vote Bank politics as majority of the voters are manoeuvrable purchasable. Expenditure for vote buying and other illegitimate purposes through criminals leads to nexus between politicians and criminals. Legal Provisions  Article 102(1) and 191(1) disqualifies an MP and an MLA respectively on certain grounds.  Section 8 of the Representation of People Act 1951 bans convicted politicians. But those facing trial no matter how serious the charges are free to contest elections. 0 10 20 30 40 50 2004 2009 2014 2019 Percentage of candidates having criminal cases in Lok Sabha Percentage of candidates having criminal cases in Lok Sabha Corruption nexus between politicians and criminals have become stronger as politicians get their election funding as well as muscle and manpower from such criminals. This also encouraged criminals themselves to use their power to win elections. Money spent during campaigning is considered as an investment which is compensated by corruption.  nefficiency in The Functioning of EC For the past several general elections there has existed a gulf between the EC and the voter. Common people hardly come to know the rules made by the commission. Model Code of Conduct is openly flouted by candidates without any stringent repercussions.  Denial of Justice and Rule of Law Toothless laws against convicted criminals standing for elections further encourage this process. Not more than 6 per cent of the criminal cases against Indian MPs and MLAs ended in a conviction as per the data submitted by the Centre to the Supreme Court. This is in sharp contrast to the overall conviction rate of 46% at the national level under IPC arihant current affairs magazine monthly buy. 

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