There is nothing wrong, nothing unusual, nothing lie and nothing
astonishing when Baba Ramdeo or Anna or Mr. Kejriwal says that murderers , looters and illiterate
people are sitting in Parliament. He or Team Anna never told that all MPs are murderers,
looters and illiterate. What Ramdeo said at Durg is that there are many such
people in Parliament who are elected due to faulty election process prevailing
in our country. It is only flatter media people who wish to propagate the
line of ruling party are making all efforts to tarnish the image of Team Anna
and Team Ramdeo.
Election Commissioner of India has also admitted in past several
times that he failed to stop entry of criminals in Parliament despite his all
efforts , he failed to stop use of black money in election and he failed to
stop misuse of government fund during election times. He admitted on so many
times that violation of election code of conduct by candidate occurs and he
cannot stop it fully. He understands very well that politicians are making
false promises to attract voters and government too knows that politicians are
spending money on unproductive purposes merely to please their vote bank and in
return they are jeopardizing the financial health of state government as also
that of India as a whole.
Use of money and
muscle power has become a normal and unavoidable necessity for a candidate
aspiring to win the election. Obviously in such position honest and good
performers cannot dream of getting elected in Parliament. High command of
almost all political parties gives ticket to those person who has plenty of
money, who has adequate number of goonda (anti-social) elements and who can
deliver false speech to please voters, it may be based on caste , community or
region or religion. Politicians makes false promises of giving laptops or
bicycles, or scooty or cash to voters to win the election.
Crores of rupees, twenty five to thirty crores of rupees are spent
by a candidate to win the election. Where from this money comes? It is
undoubtedly bitter truth that criminals use their ill earned money for winning
an election and it is they who buy High command of a party. Corporate who are
having several rooms filled with black money and who are unable to park the
same in banks give the same to politicians to contest a election and in return
they get so many relaxation, tax rebates, acquittal from charges and relief even
in courts.
I submit hereunder some of the paper links to open the eyes of media men and politicians who are pointing out their accusing fingers towards Ramdeo and who are not looking into their own past and prresent, own character and their own moral track record of ethics.
CEC for ban on criminals, black money in polls
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Barring criminals from contesting and checking use of black money in elections top his reform agenda,Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi said Friday.
"Barring criminals from contesting and checking use of black money in elections are top reform proposals," said Quraishi while delivering a lecture here on poll reforms.
He said the proposals are pending with the centre for two decades and parliament has to decide on them.
Reiterating the importance of the election model code of conduct, the poll panel chief said "nobody can touch it" as "its compliance is more than of any other law in the country".
"Poll code is a moral law... it brings maturity to our democracy and a notice under it sends shivers down the spine of the violator," said Quraishi.
The code was in news during the recently concluded assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh when the EC issued notices to two union cabinet members - Law Minister Salman Khurshid and Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma - for violating it by promising sub quota to backward Muslims if the Congress was voted to power.
Among other poll reforms, he listed "paid news" as a problem and said both the giver and receiver in such cases should be jailed.
Quraishi also said that like the UPSC and the CAG offices, the EC budget should also be under the consolidated fund of India instead of getting it approved by the parliament.
Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi concerned over money use in elections
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi on Friday appealed to all political parties to introspect over the growing influence of money power in elections as it was playing havoc with the system.
Quraishi said the Commission has seized Rs 70 crore from the five states which went to to the polls and out of this, a whopping Rs 60 crore was recovered from Tamil Nadu.
"It has become a matter of concern for us. We do feel that for every Rs one crore we seize, we are preventing entry of Rs 40-50 crore," Quraishi said.
He said money power was playing "havoc" with the electoral system in the country and Election Commission is fine-tuning its means to deal effectively with the problem.
"It is not one party which is guilty. All parties are guilty. Some do it more, some do it less. They have to come together and introspect," he said.
Asked about the electoral reforms, he said six regional consultations have already been held and the seventh one is scheduled in Guwahati on June 5.
"After that we will have a national meeting with the Prime Minister and other leaders attending it. We hope to go forward," he said.
Asked about apprehensions of violence in West Bengal after assembly results were out, Quraishi maintained that the Election Commission's job will be over after the counting.
"I agree we have those apprehensions...We have taken abundant precautions. The forces will continue to be in Bengal for ten more days. This is unprecedented," he said expressing hope tempers should cool down by that time.
He also lauded the bureaucracy as a whole for delivering "perfect" elections.
(Agencies)
Paid news an emerging challenge: CEC Quraishi
‘Money power' in polls yet to be tamed, says Quraishi
Paid news is making a mockery of the ceiling on expenditure
Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi on Monday admitted that the use of money power was yet to be tamed in polls and stressed on the need for meeting new challenges which undermine democracy, election and voting.
Inaugurating the third conference of heads of election management bodies of the SAARC Countries here, he said democracy, elections and voting were connected by a single thread and together they helped in the emergence of a responsive moral society that avoids coercion and force and builds a strong link with human development. “They also allow people recurrently to choose their own leaders and determine their own destiny”.
On the menace of “paid news”, which he described as a “clandestine deal” between some media persons and a few politicians, he said it was disturbing the level playing field and making a mockery of the ceiling on expenditure. “The use of money power is a demon far from being tamed in elections. Civil society activism is on the rise all around and we are yet to assess what are the consequences for us”.
“It is said that the death of a democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush but a slow extinction from apathy, indifference and undernourishment”, he said, urging cooperation in strengthening the roots of democracy.
Election Commissioners V.S. Sampath and H.S. Brahma participated in the conference.
In the evening, the foundation stone for the Rs.48-crore new building to come up at Dwarka in Delhi for the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management was laid by Mr. Quraishi.
The three-day conference brings together the Chief Election Commissioners and the senior election officials of the region on a common platform to share their best practices in election administration and management.
Empowerment of the Election Management Bodies; inclusive elections, voters' education, controlling money power in the polls and usage of technology for the cost-effective elections are some of the subjects being discussed in the meet.
Among others, Fazel Ahmad Manawi, Chairman, Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan; Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh; Dasho Kunzang Wangdi, Chief Election Commissioner of Bhutan; Neel Kantha Upreti, Chief Election Commissioner of Nepal; Ibrahim Waheed, Commissioner, Maldives; Justice Muhammad Roshan Essani, Member, Election Commission of Pakistan and Mahinda Deshapriya, Commissioner of Elections of Sri Lanka, are participating.
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