The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.India is one of the largest democracy in the world. But its politics remains dirtier than before, as more and more criminals have found their way into it. By hook or crook they win the majority with their corrupt, unhealthy power game and achieve considerable success in making their word the law in all parts they hold. Shockingly a good number of the Indian parliament members face criminal charges. Even after six centuries of independence the country could not provide very basic resources like food, water, power, proper education or health systems to the Nara- Narayanas (as named by father of our nation). Criminals join politics to gain influence and ensure that cases against them are dropped or not proceeded with. Though law disqualifies convicted criminals from contesting elections, legal delays often abetted by political pressures, make resourceful crooks escape convictions. Growth of criminalisation in geometric progression call on political parties to ban criminals from contesting in elections. Candidate selection committees of parties thoroughly fail due to their own inexplicable andA inexcusable moral lapse.In the past, criminals were helping (clandestinely) the politicians win elections and in turn getting protection. The order has now reversed. Now the politicians are seeking protection from criminals, as the latter get direct access to power as they become legislators or ministers using money and muscle power. Drastic reforms in the existing law is nothing but an urgent necessity to force the political parties take initiative to curb the mass production of criminal legislators by denying tickets to those with criminal background. Criminals under trial or whose appeals from earlier convictions are pending for disposal before courts for murder, rape, corruption or theft from the public treasury, can represent the people in the country’s highest legislative forums, as election commission is totally helpless here. None of the political parties have taken any step to curb this as being the only way of their existence.Cases against politicians remain pending for long time letting them contest and win elections. Here the extreme necessity of settling cases pending against politicians arise or else they contest, win and with their power manipulate the cases for their favour .Punishment is deterrent to crime to instill a sense of fear in would-be criminals. Fear is a strong emotion but its efficacy in crime prevention is scarce. This happens because of the active presence of gangsters the mafia. Mafia is not an abstract concept, or a mere literary term. It is a criminal organization regulated by unwritten but iron and inexorable rules with oppression, arrogance, greed, self-enrichment, power and hegemony above and against all others. The myth of a Mafioso is just the opposite of the generous 'man of honor' It is a sign of India’s endemic political corruption. Its life is sustained by a widespread lot which breeds a general distrust in the average Indian, distrust of everything, including the system of justice. Those who deny the existence of Mafia are deceptive or plain dishonest. Mafia growth is so fast and wide and are powerful enough to own anything and extort hundreds of millions of rupees in any span of time to bring ever more businesses or clear some from the array. It is cancer that spreads fast and destroy India’s economic base. It is the most serious social problem confronting the country today.Abdication of democratic responsibility by delaying decisions on contentious issues or leaving decisions to the judiciary results in virtual paralysis of the decision-making apparatus. Here the developmental activities come to a standstill and the country’s problems remain unresolved. Delaying of decisions hinder the growth of the country. This is very unfortunate for a country like India which needs fast pace in all means. Politicians responsible to run the system are making fortunes for themselves. The working of government is carried out by a few honest public servants and a minority selfless real citizens which forms just twenty five percent. Barring this odd twenty five percent, balance is uncouth, selfish, loudmouthed, dirty and untruthful without any civic sense. The need of basic human values is a thing of thought here. To make this thought, the current disgraceful political activity of the corrupted politicians who are spoiling the very future of our mother country, must be banned.Multi-party democracy is a curse. India is the only country which can form a political party with a smack of a few hundred members. Here happens the birth of more new politicians (scoundrels). The endless love to become a political leader leads to the fragmentation of existing political parties in to as many as or more than what English alphabets can suffix. This results in coalition governance which is mere polygamy at its worst, where the husband (party) is trying to please all others, who never fuse homogenously but stands to divide and fall. The objectives of all political parties are to get public votes without which they cannot survive. So their interests conflict substantially and go to the extent of spoiling the good work that is being done by any other party. They make issues out of nothing to stall and get cheap popularity.The problem thus created will never get a solution during the entire tenure of that house. Billions are drained from the public fund in the name of discussions, chartering flights, making calls over land, cell or satellite phones in the name of inter and intra party meetings inside and outside the state. Here is the birth of 2G and 3G scams (gains). “Nonagenarian godfathers turning saviors”
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