Changes needed to Indian Politics

India is a democratic state in theory but in practical it is slowly becoming dynasty rule. We did get rid of Raja, The Kings, but now we have even bigger Maharajas, super kings. To overcome this and to be fair to every citizen we need to make changes to the Indian Politics. My suggestion is that every citizen must ask to his or her representative to implement these changes. 

The first and foremost change need is limit to the term. No person can hold the post of President, Prime Minister, or any other minister more than TWO times in life time. This will give new people with new ideas to come and bring changes.

Second much needed change is a limit on the contest. Any person can only contest an election up to five time in a life time. A person who is rejected multiple times by people can not keep contesting just to win once by chance.  

A Person can not contest an election if his or her blood relation or spouse is holding a post in government or is an elected member. 

We need a police clearance for any job in government, but why we do not need a police clearance to hold a post of lawmaker? I think it is a good idea to have a police clearance certificate attached to the nomination papers. People who have clear report can file the nomination immediately but people who has cases registered against them  can only file when the election commission is satisfied, after a review, that there is no serious case registered against them. 

No person can be elected to or appointed a post before contesting the election, unless there is an emergency situation. Also the posts where such appointments can be done in emergency will include Prime Minister, Home minister and finance minister only.

The election commissioner must publish the life history of all the candidates in the leading news paper prior to the election including their financial position. People have right to know about the candidates from a third party.

At present the only qualification to contest an election is to be an Indian citizen. This must be changed as soon as possible. A person who wants to contest an election MUST either be a income tax payer, or owner of a piece of land, or owner of a business or should be paying a property tax besides being an Indian citizen. These conditions must also be fulfilled to have a right of vote. The person who does not contribute to the economy of a country must not have a right of vote. 

When making a big decision the government must consult the public. Just because they are elected persons they will take all the decisions per the people's desire. In fact they mostly take decision as per their desires and benefits.  

A person who does not pay his or her bills on time, does not keep the promises or does not speak the truth should not be allowed to contest and must file an affidavit to that effect.

All the candidate MUST open a separate bank account which must solely be used to pay for all the expenses through cheque and receive funding. The statements of these accounts must also be published and be accessible to the public on demand.
All the coalition should be in paper before the election and no one should be allowed after the election. If the coalition does not last for the entire duration. then the fresh election should not be called, instead the President or the Governor must run the government with the appointed persons from the party with most elected persons for basic ministries only.
The election commission must have power to de-register a political party whose members talks about Religion, cast or Province.

At last people must have the power to recall an elected member.

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Rape and Indian Women

When I see the recent past to evaluate which direction my country is going, I, and any body else too, can note the significant rise in crime against women. 

The present day economic and life situations force many ladies to leave home at abnormal hours. The more they are out in the lonely hours and place more they are prone to these crimes. 

The surge in all these crime also point to many other reasons, but the foremost reason in my understanding is the delayed justice. Criminals know that there are so many loop holes in the present day justice system, that they can certainly delay the justice if not avoid. The advocates also play an equal part in delaying the justice through various tactics. Even in the cases where the culprit is evident or there are witness to the case the lawyers can easily accept these criminals as there clients and do there best effort, and use their all law intelligence to free the client from the claws of law. 

Now the question: is there any morality left in the Lawyers? if not why they are allowed to misuse there knowledge? What the governing council does to prevent this? 

Should the common public be a mere spectator of all these? No. Obviously not. First thing that must be understood in the Indian context is that we need to make our own laws and system. We can not live long on the borrowed things. The British philosophy of let go hundred of criminals but not punish any innocent should be thoroughly reviewed.  I think is should be the other way around. No criminal should be able to skip even if you unknowingly punish hundred innocent. This will create the fear of justice in criminals and will prevent them to commit any crime.

Also there should be a time limit set for the conviction. No court should allow the trial of more than three months. The Maximum time for a case at supreme court should be one year. There might be the cases where the verdict may be wrong but as I said there will to too many less cases due to the fear of Law.

The responsibility also lies with the general public. They must ask there representative what are they doing to save the interest of general public. Mind it that all these elected persons are just your representative. The can not and should not make any decision just because they like, They must observe the sentiment of the public and must consult the public. 

People must also understand that politics is that colour of life that effects every individual and every colour of life. So never avoid the politics, be a part of it. Be a guide of it, be a guiding force of the politics. 

Jai Hind