1.2bn people, 1.2bn ideas. Out of that, a good percentage
will definitely turn out to be effective as well as practical. However, an idea
which looks perfect in paper may be a monumental failure in practical
scenarios. As someone said, we don’t need to have perfect solution for all
problems, what we need is a solution which can handle practical scenarios.
What make democracy better than other forms of
administration is - it gives an opportunity for people to elect their representatives
for a period of time and vote them out if they are not up to the expectations. For
this process to work we need to have proper elections - transparency in election
funding, revealing the sources of funds for political parties, accountability,
eliminating paid news phenomenon, stopping electoral offence like booth
capturing etc.
Considering the seriousness of issue, Law Commission of
India prepared a consultation paper to get feedback from all stakeholders –
political parties, NGOs, elected representatives, voters etc. "The
Commission proposes to focus largely on... qualifications/disqualifications
of those seeking election, or
disqualification of the persons already elected; modes, methods and quantum of
funding of elections; transparency, accountability and sources of spending by
political parties and their respective candidates during elections; regulations
and ethical conduct of political parties or candidates participating in
elections; filing of false affidavits – A ground for disqualification;
electronic and print Media – impact of ‘paid news’; quantum of punishment for
electoral offences; and adjudication of election disputes etc."
Consultation Paper is available at
http://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in. Those who want to submit
comments/suggestions can send their written comments to "Secretary, Law
Commission of India, Hindustan Times House, 14th Floor, Kasturba Gandhi Marg,
New Delhi-110001" or e-mail it to "lci-dla@nic.in" before 30th
June, 2013.
Submit your suggestions today itself and make an impact
on our election process.
Sajeev.
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