UPEW analyzed affidavits of 317 candidates out of 1,029 candidates who are contesting the third phase of UP assembly elections. Out of these 317 candidates, 121 candidates (38%) declared criminal cases against them.They are facing serious criminal charges like murder, attempt to murder, theft and extortion.
This statistics is just a part of India,overall numbers will be nightmare to CEC.
Don't you think these figures are dangerous for democracy?
All political parties have made narrow-minded, extremely bigoted ... statements against each other as if they were in the race to prove who was more conservative and backward and who would be the first to destroy this nation by such ideologies.
No wonder people showed fatigue and displayed lack of enthusiasm in the type of democratic exercise now repeatedly held to elect the begging candidates so that on being elected they can sit in power and loot us, and amass wealth and power for their dynasties.
“Their slogan seems to be, ‘Cast your vote in favour of one whom you want should amass wealth!’
“Are our aspirations being fulfilled, even minimum security of life and basic services like food, water, shelter being met by the system created?
We need electoral reforms empowering people with the right to reject a candidate or recall an elected representative to save the country from being led by corrupt leaders.
Few Suggestions in Electoral reforms :- Voting should be made compulsory for all eligible voters in India
- Simultaneous Election of Union & State Legislatures
- Fixed tenure of elected legislative bodies with no-confidence motion followed by a confidence motion
- Decrease number of registered parties
- Increase the amount of security deposit
- Not allowing candidates to contest from more than one constituency in an election
- Use of common electoral rolls in the union and state elections
- Making false declarations in election affidavits an offence
- Allowing negative/neutral voting
- Ban on publication of exit/opinion polls results till voting is over for all phases
