A new campaign would use e-age weapons to raise awareness about the issue
A new campaign would use e-age weapons to raise awareness about the issue
Enough of politicking, speeches and boring lectures. A new campaign against criminalisation of politics will be fighting the menace with the new age weapons of blogs, social networking sites like Orkut and Facebook and SMSes.
The campaign launched by Forum for Clean Politics under the Public Interest Foundation will have a three-pronged strategy to ban the entry of criminals in our political system.
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Dr Bimal Jalan, Chairman, Public Interest Foundation and former RBI governor said, "Criminals are the safest bet because they have higher winnability. But it's time that we make wrong people feel that they are wrong and they don't deserve to be a part of the government."
"The cynicism against politics among the general masses has further deepened the problem," Dr Jalan said.
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Speaking on the occasion, Rajya Sabha MP and auto tycoon Rahul Bajaj said: "Governments are just the reflection of the people they rule because ultimately they elect their representatives."
"Let's not prevaricate. I have never heard any politician saying we want to give ticket to a criminal. Yes, there have been cases but you cannot generalise that all politicians are criminals," Bajaj said.
"Being public figures politicians are easy targets. It's very easy to get an FIR registered against a politician," the eminent industrialist said.
According to the data provided by National Election Watch, of the 543 MPs in the Lok Sabha, 128 have "confessed" to cases pending against them in various courts of the country. There are 24 charges of murder or attempted murder among various accusations.
"The country never deserved the government it had. We must make sure that people who are running the government must not have a single person among them who doesn't deserve to be there," said legal luminary Fali S Nariman.
In its endeavour, the campaign has already partnered with several NGOs, intelligentsia, academicians and industry bodies. Association for Democratic Reforms and National Election Watch will provide data.
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Criminal cases against MPs (state wise) | |||
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State |
Total seats |
criminal cases |
per centage |
|
Jharkhand |
14 |
7 |
50 |
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Maharashtra |
48 |
19 |
40 |
|
Bihar |
40 |
16 |
40 |
|
UP |
80 |
23 |
29 |
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Delhi |
7 |
2 |
29 |
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MPs with criminal cases (Party wise) | |||
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JMM |
5 |
5 |
100 |
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SP |
36 |
11 |
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BJP |
138 |
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21 |
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INC |
145 |
26 |
18 |
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RJD |
24 |
11 |
46 |
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| To verify the background of your MP, sms NC PINCODE to 567678 | |||
| To register logon to www.nocriminals.org | |||
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