In an ideal world, no politician would have a criminal past or present. Crime and politics would be worlds apart, and courts would not be intervening to stop criminals from becoming politicians and vice versa. But let’s get real. Politics in actual world is much more complex. It does not render itself easily to idealistic propositions. Courts may succeed in keeping criminals out of representative institutions, but they cannot keep them out of politics. At the ground level, where politics plays out rough and dirty, both worlds have a symbiotic existence.......The current scenario in Indian politics is nowhere close to the ideal vision of politics that thinkers would like to imagine. The intervention of the courts and the Election Commission might bring cosmetic changes, but it won’t bring lasting solutions. What would be of help to set things in order? Steps taken by political parties themselves, with a push from the civil society organisations. The country must acknowledge that there are serious problems in our electoral system and these don’t render themselves to easy, idealistic solutions.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 03:57:07 +0000
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