An all-party meeting on Monday rejected the Election Commission move to implement the Supreme Court directive asking candidates to disclose their antecedents, instead asking the government to bring out a comprehensive legislation to 'curb criminalisation of politics' and 'bring in probity in public life'.
Are the politicians correct, or is this just an attempt to ensure that `tainted' candidates are not debarred?
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Name:N.PARTHASARATHY
Email:sarathy_60@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: These beggars are looting the public and the exchequer. All these
fellows must be shot dead. By rejecting the SC advice, what they are effectively
saying is that they will amass wealth through corrupt means, not pay taxes,
indulge in all types of social, political, economic and criminal activities such
as communal riots, political skullduggery, tax evasion, arson, looting, rape and
get away with it all. With these b....... as parliamentarians, India is doomed.
The only way to clip their wings is mass action and counter arson against this
class by the common man (for a change) and disenfranchising the illiterate and
non - tax payers as they do not have a stake in the govt. Once that happens,
there will be an automatic improvement in the living conditions of the really
poor. Until then, poor, lower middle class, middle class and salaried class
people can live in India only like condemned dogs.
Wed Jul 10 14:33:38 2002
Name:Ashutosh
Phadke
Email:ashp@homenetmail.com
Your
Views: Caeser's wife should be above suspicion. If our elected
representatives have failed so far to inspire confidence by their own actions,
then it is for the judiciary to "restore" the balance. No one doubts that making
laws are a legislative privilege, but no one (except the legislature, obviously)
resents the executive or the judiciary laying down the law as required. In fact,
if there is one species which is construed to have low, or no morals at all, it
is the legislature. So if they do not regulate themselves, then someone must do
it for them. In fact, all our representatives must be made to mandatorily
declare their assets, verified by the Income tax department, both before and
after leaving the elected post. So far as criminal records is concerned, all
prospective candidates should be asked to declare their record, duly verified by
the local High Court in advance of standing for election. Anyone who has been
convicted of any crime, civil or criminal, should be barred from contesting for
the next 5 years. Then may it be a traffic accident violation, or murder, or a
simple cheque dishonour. Let's hope that the new legislation contains the same
strict rules that are being opposed
Wed Jul 10 14:38:59 2002
Name:Ashok
Email:ashokid@hotmail.com
Your
Views: Politicians from all parties hardly come to a consensus and here
they do to save their own ass..!! -Jai Hind !!
Wed Jul 10 14:40:14 2002
Name:Anoop
Jamdagny
Email:jamdagny@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: I think supreme court order should be followed and there should be
no bill to amend it ..
Wed Jul 10 14:41:14 2002
Name:AP
Sinha
Email:ap_sinha@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: This is just another attempt by all political parties to ensure
that one law governs them, and another governs the rest of the nation.
Politicians get away with murder, rape, embezzlement, fraud, assault etc by
chanting the mantra of "political conspiracy". For the rest of the Indians,
being second class citizens, we have no such luck. India as a nation is cursed
to have the worst possible kind of politicians, and it is true that as a nation
we deserve the politicians we have.
Wed Jul 10 14:41:15 2002
Name:khan
Email:kikhan60@yahoo.com
Your
Views: The government should abide by the directives of the supreme
court.
Wed Jul 10 14:42:35 2002
Name:rajesh
r
Email:rajesh_r_1@yahoo.com
Your
Views: most of the politicians r corrupt, why their is nothing to stop
this, then only india will become a superpower.. so please punish all corrupt
politicians..
Wed Jul 10 14:42:43 2002
Name:sameer
sawarkar
Email:sameersawarkar@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: This is a very welcome step by the EC. As every educated person
understands today, corruption has reached it's height in the political system of
the country. Basically all the political parties are accomplices in the
collective crime. It's just an attempt (as usual lately) to protect the vested
interests of the fraternity. It's high time that the parties and politicians
realize the effects of such attempts, or else the common man, who today is at
the limit of his patience will soon come out on streets for a civil
uprising.
Wed Jul 10 14:49:39 2002
Name:Mandar
Joshi
Email:joshims@indiatimes.com
Your
Views: The all party meeting has exposed the "respect" the political
parties across the board claim to have. The outcome of the meeting is no
different from them who openly said that they will not obey the court's orders
on certain sensitive issues. The ruling of the supreme court is a death bell for
the casteist parties like RJD and SP. Their opposition can be understood as they
will virtually be out if electoral scene as majority of their candidates come
from tainted and criminal backgrounds. What is surprising is that the self
proclaimed intellectuals like left parties, who always give sermons to Hindus to
obey the court orders on an issue of faith, are mum on this and supporting the
suppression of court orders. This has brought out how hypocritical our so called
"secular" parties are.
Wed Jul 10 14:50:16 2002
Name:Vin
Email:Vinayakgg@yahoo.com
Your
Views: Its ridiculous to know politician are united regarding
criminalising politics and safe guard them self selves. Are our leaders blind
for last 50 years for not making laws to prevent dirtiness in there own field. It's a pain to learn that responsible politicians like Pranab Mukherjee have joined them. When our own civil bodies like Supreme court and EC comes to rescue of people and avoid criminalising this field and avoid people losing faith in politics, politicians uniting to prevent it not in best interest of country.
Wed Jul 10 14:52:12 2002
Name:Jaisimha
Email:jaisimham@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: The qualification for entering the politics of India is that you
should be in jail at least once. Politics in India at present doesn't attract
educationists, intellectuals or any well to do or principled people.
Wed Jul 10 14:53:38 2002
Name:lakshmanan
Email:m_a_lakshmanan@hotmail.com
Your
Views: Every Indian citizen shall be treated on par & nobody shall
be treated above law. What we see is a lame excuse of saying that the presiding
officer can decide the fate of politician. Even if u buy this argument, isn't it
better than letting the criminals decide our fate?
Wed Jul 10 14:55:04 2002
Name:PRASANT KUMAR
DAS
Email:pkdas1@mailcity.com
Your
Views: Every politician wants muddy waters & everybody is tainted and wants to thrive on gun & money.
Wed Jul 10 14:59:23 2002
Name:Amit
Email:amit_in5@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: It was really surprising to see that none of the political party
supported the move taken by Election commission. This clearly shows that how many
politicians are really honest to country & countrymen. Unfortunately such moves to bar tainted candidates have to be passed by the same tainted fellows only.
Wed Jul 10 15:07:38 2002
Name:Dharmendra
Yadav
Email:dky2000@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: YES, LAWMAKERS ARE ABOVE THE LAW
Wed Jul 10 15:11:29 2002
Name:NEWRISE
Email:gfjkl@rediff.com
Your
Views: It is a good decision that all politicians must be asked to
disclose their antecedents.
Wed Jul 10 15:13:56 2002
Name:Sanjay
R
Email:sanrjay@yahoo.com
Your
Views: What more can you expect from the bunch of rogues?? I think it is time we changed the way we look towards the people we elect as our representatives. We have to demand their accountability for the illegal actions
committed by them.
Wed Jul 10 15:15:00 2002
Name:Ram
Nair
Email:ramcnair@hotmail.com
Your
Views: I am of the view that the politicians, irrespective of party
affiliations, are trying to scuttle a progressive directive, for their own
selfish motives. Unless we forcibly discard all tainted politicians, corruption
and lawlessness cannot be eradicated from the country.
Wed Jul 10 15:16:48 2002
Name:ajay
gupta
Email:ajai_68@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: All the politicians sail in the same boat, being
corrupt, and with police records etc. . They all unite together so that their
bread and butter still comes from politics. These politicians were least bothered for country. All are doing big dramas. All the politicians are incorrect. They are opposing legislation so that they are not debarred from politics.
Wed Jul 10 15:18:44 2002
Name:Ramanathan
M.
Email:emry@rocketmail.com
Your
Views: Obviously most of the politicians, if not all, have criminial
records. It is clear that none of the parties can agree to implement this. In
reality, political parties will cease to exist if such a law is enforced. It
would have been great if it gets implemented. Unfortunately, for the citizens of
this country, this is not going to happen and the common man is going to suffer
at the hands of these criminals.
Wed Jul 10 15:23:54 2002
Name:someone
Email:someone@example.com
Your
Views: This is clearly a sham by the politicians. I am wondering why BJP
is a part of it. But on the other hand, look at the beauty of it. BJP shows that
it is part of other political parties, but at the same time, has quietly allowed
the supreme court judgment to go ahead without being appealed. It could have
done anything if it wanted to oppose it in the supreme court. Previous governments have done this.
Wed Jul 10 15:27:36 2002
Name:Avinash
Email:avinash_mohota@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: This shows the true character an color of our politicians.....No
more evidence is required to prove how cunning(!) they can be......
Wed Jul 10 15:30:30 2002
Name:Srinivas
Murthy
Email:sanctionsmyfoot@hotmail.com
Your
Views: The sheer fact that all parties came together, not for the
women's bill, not for an education bill, but to attack a law that aimed at
preventing criminals from acquiring position of political importance in the
country, shows how politics has entered the clutches of the mafia. These vermin
need to be shown their place and I hope there is some law that EC can use to
beat them at their own game. Amazing to see many stars of the "Lotus that stays
pure in sewage" party have come against this requirement. If their only grouse
is against "misuse" of power by local Election Commission officers who could
reject nominations, let them come forth for some kind of amendment to provide
accountability and integrity to the process, why thwart a clearly progressive
move that would help India a long way in improving its standing in the world
community?
Wed Jul 10 15:30:50 2002
Name:Nitin
Email:nitu@yahoomail.com
Your
Views: Govt is not at all correct they are afraid. Increase of
criminalisation is very dangerous.
Wed Jul 10 15:30:59 2002
Name:manoj
solanki
Email:solankianjali@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: Politicians must follow Supreme court's order. Politicians are
not correct.
Wed Jul 10 15:33:09 2002
Name:krish
Email:krish@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: Absolutely No. They think that they can do what they want.
SC should intervene and ask them to shut up.
Wed Jul 10 15:34:14 2002
Name:Subramanyam
Ramanathan
Email:subramanyam_r@fastmail.fm
Your
Views: Well, it's obvious. You can't get it straighter. It's as flagrant
an admission of guilt as you can get. The 'legislation' they have in mind will
probably be one with as many convenient loopholes as they can think of. But
then, you can't expect a gang of thieves to implicate themselves. It's shameful
to think that we elect these guys. I only wish they wouldn't degrade the word
'probity' by using it with such impudence.
Wed Jul 10 15:39:03 2002
Name:Siva
Email:sivakumar@nordlb.com
Your
Views: It is beyond question that Parliament has the responsibility to
frame legislation and they have to do so. In this case the legislation is
directly affecting the legislators themselves and so the views/directives of a
neutral authority such as Supreme Court is very essential. They have no right to
reject the SC directive. SC directive should be implemented immediately and we
the people and press have to make sure that the new legislation is in the same
lines and spirit as the SC directive. We should not allow the rules to be
diluted.
Wed Jul 10 15:39:04 2002
Name:AK
Dhingra
Email:hi_en_wool@hotmail.com
Your
Views: These Lawmakers cannot be treated above Law. They are elected by
public and should seek guidance from public, in case of doubt. They have no
right to decide about themselves, anything including their Pay & Perks.
Wed Jul 10 15:40:09 2002
Name:N.P.Srivastava
Email:npsricmpdi@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: Attitude reflects the intention. Really, if our so called bonafide law makers are interested to curb criminalisation of politics then by now they could have framed the law and could have got it implemented. But they do not want to do this, which is evident from their inaction for the last several years in this regard. That is why judiciary had to come for this. Frankly speaking to-day no political party can claim (if at all they have conscience !) that his/her party is free from criminals. Then why should we expect that our politicians would like to harm their own fellows by framing certain laws? It is
something like telling Pervez Musharraf to frame a law for anti-infiltration!
Indeed a very sorry state of affairs. I am personally very much disappoined by
seeing the shallowness of character of the so called "bhagya vidhata of 100
crores of population".
Wed Jul 10 15:41:08 2002
Name:Vishal
Misri
Email:vishalmisri@hotmail.com
Your
Views: Why should they be above the law. As a matter of fact among them
they have some of the biggest crooks, cheats thugs and criminals. They should
never be allowed to be a law unto themselves. They are responsible for the bad
state the country presently is in.
Wed Jul 10 15:44:11 2002
Name:Amandeep Singh
Dhaliwal
Email:aman_btiin@yahoo.com
Your
Views: It was really sad and surprising the way politicians blatantly
displayed their intentions of not letting the good guys into politics. The decision by the politicians is certainly condemnable. They have directly attacked the freedom of voters. BJP's stand that only the candidates elected should be asked for the details is very baseless. I think under all circumstances the transparency between the people and the candidate should be maintained. In India as many people are not aware of their right of questioning the history of the candidate, so it is full responsibility of the parliament to ensure that even such people get to know everything about the Candidates. The act of Parliament is deeply condemnable under all circumstances.
Wed Jul 10 15:46:34 2002
Name:K V
Shastry
Email:kvshastry@hotmail.com
Your
Views: It is very sad that all these politicians are sailing in the same
boat and can not think of the country. See the developed countries. None of the
patry wants to make merit as base to rule. Finding the loopholes on any better
moves are coupled with the political benefits. I think India cannot come out
with these stupid law makers. It is very sad.
Wed Jul 10 15:46:59 2002
Name:shakil
Ahmad
Email:shakil@ieee.org
Your
Views: NO. Infact they should set example by abiding by the law.
Wed Jul 10 15:47:42 2002
Name:chandra prakash
lohia
Email:chandulohia@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: I think, certainly not. We all know what these politicians do to
our parliament. The standard of the persons representing the people going down
continuously. Today a learned man thinks thousand times before contesting
election. In India, we can not get a government service, if we have any police
case, but the leader who will guide the nation, does not require the same, here
it comes to conviction of the candidate. And we all know what Jaylalitha done to
the judgment of rejecting her candidature for contesting election. She appointed
a puppet on the chair of CM, and occupied the seat after recontesting. God know
how are they convicted and how they get freed. I think no politician has ever
been sentenced to jail. Even if they go to jail, that is a holiday resort for them. I want to ask you what is the harm if we people know about all the information which supreme court has directed to furnish about the candidate. chandra
Wed Jul 10 15:52:11 2002
Name:dhaval
kulkarni
Email:the_poet@indiatimes.com
Your
Views: The politicians are wrong, as usual..
Wed Jul 10 16:05:23 2002
Name:v k
nair
Email:achchanvk@hotmail.com
Your
Views: Here the question is, who will bell the cat? Where money &
muscle power rules, there is no meaning preaching about cleansing the system. If
the election commission tries to clean the system-a right step by all standards-
the politicians are not interested because their survival is at stake. It is
crystal clear that money and liquor flows in each elections from Panchayat level
to Lok Sabha. There is no limitations for expenditure by candidates. A candidate
securing 20% of the total valid votes is declared elected and is fit enough to
rule us. Whereas a student scoring more than 75% marks is unable to find a seat
in a college for higher studies. This is what our democracy is. Our rules and
regulations are outdated and need to be updated as per the present day
circumstances. Politicians are opposing this only for their advantage. NO
politician after 1950 has shown any interest for the prosperity of this country.
They are interested only in their welfare. If not, how come legislations seeking
upward revision in their emoluments & perks are passed in the parliament
without any objection? The real culprits are the electorate who choose
incompetent netas and later feed them from his pocket.
Wed Jul 10 16:05:34 2002
Name:Nikhil
Email:nikhil_p79@yahoo.com
Your
Views: Law makers are NOT above the law. India's future is unsafe in
their hands.
Wed Jul 10 16:07:36 2002
Name:vijay
Email:gvijaykumar@hotmail.com
Your
Views: No, this shows all parties are same. Whenever corruption or
criminalisation comes they are unanimous. Shame of you politicians!!! "Vinasha
kaale vipareetha buddi"
Wed Jul 10 16:07:38 2002
Name:Hemant
Gaitonde
Email:h_gaitonde@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: The politicians should not be allowed to amend and make new
laws.The Constitution should be applicably amended.
Wed Jul 10 16:08:17 2002
Name:Arvind
Pravin
Email:andreprevin8@hotmail.com
Your
Views: The all party meet and the unanimity of their approach signal
only one thing: our politicians are the modern Robber Barons, who will do
everything to guard their own turf; even if it has to be done under the garb of
'democracy' and to establish the so-called supremacy of the legislative wing
over the judiciary. Unfortunately for India and us real Indians, we are now
going to allow the culprits who have subverted democracy to write the new rules
that they should abide by. The ultimate irony is that this obnoxious effort will
be spearheaded by the BJP, who has for long claimed to be a party with 'values'.
May God be with us!
Wed Jul 10 16:10:20 2002
Name:Ashvin
Oza
Email:ajoza@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: No Individual is above the Law and that includes our Law Makers.
When they are making the laws then they should be the first to Respect and abide
by them. If a President can be impeached for wrong doing (President Clinton
almost was) then the Representatives of the People are also answerable for their
actions. For too long the guardians of the Constitution have gotten away with
unlawful acts and the people of this country have the right to have
representatives who are Clean, Educated and Looked upon as First Class Citizens
of the country. Not the type of people we have now. If a citizen is accountable
for his/her actions then they should be too. There should be no preferential
status for Representatives. The Court is right in their verdict and the Law
Makers need to respect the judgment. If they do not, then the people should
remove them and put others who will follow the directives of the Court. By
rejecting the Court Order they are placing themselves above the Law - they do
not have the right to do that and it is unfair to the masses who do. People
Power is need to drill into these people that they have NO CHOICE but to follow
the directive.
Wed Jul 10 16:10:59 2002
Name:Susheel
nair
Email:susheelnair@intermedcorplimited.com
Your
Views: Of course it has to be rejected! getting India ruled by a bunch of Mr Cleans is asking for too much. Besides, where will the present politicos go? Do you think they could be absorbed into the society if not the Tihar Jail? We don't want them there, we are better off with them inside the Parliament or their designated govt holes. Has anyone thought of the havoc this rule could wreak on us? Our news print media thrives on reporting their scandals and controversies., TV news will no longer have spice, half the country's lawyers will become jobless and there will be more number of judges in the bench than cases in the court, there will not be a coffin scam and the cattle in Bihar will turn lazy with too much of fodder! CBI and the IT sleuths will be rendered jobless and the police force disoriented., tax-payers money will deluge the govt vaults and central and state prisons will have acute shortage of space. Can you imagine an India like this? On the other hand, if the law does pass, our perfidious politicos will definitely find a way out.., a la Rabri devi or through the million other loopholes our Judiciary system offers in a platter! but hell, if the rule does pass..., WOW!!!
Wed Jul 10 16:14:47 2002
Name:Ram
Email:phidias_pericles@yahoo.co.in
Your
Views: I fully support the EC's directive. Politicians are after all the
ugliest face of the society and should be severely punished if even the charges
against them are not 100% substantiated. They should not be allowed the "benefit
of doubt" under any conditions. I, for my life would like to see all the current
corrupt crop of politicians behind bars without any access to the outside world
kept in solitary confinement for their entire lifetime,which is what they
deserve. All this talk of a "comprehensive Govt. legislation" to "curb
criminalisation of politics" is just plain BS. I don't expect these criminals to
indict themselves-it has to be done by someone "outside" party politics- like
the EC. At least, if this EC directive is implemented, we can see on the papers
full-fledged ads given by Lallo, Mullu, Jayalalitha, Karunanidhi,et al of what
corruption they had done, what is their qualification (apart from rabble-rousing
and indirect hands in many murders),etc., so that we can show to the foolish
(m)asses who vote for them, what they really do. If not, our stupid illiterate
folk will naively still think that a "vote" for these criminals means a "vote"
for prosperity.
Wed Jul 10 16:16:08 2002
Name:anoop
Email:user@user.c
Your
Views: Is there any way of stopping these idiots? they seem to have
complete togetherness in nullifiying the SC order. GOD SAVE THIS COUNTRY!!!!
Wed Jul 10 16:17:14 2002
Name:aaditya
Email:aaditya_2000@yahoo.com
Your
Views: The politicians stand up as a consensus against any move that
hinders them from faithfully going through there so called duties as they have
done so far. by amassing crores of rupees, scams and what not.sukhram is a living example for all this. If a criminal makes a law then all the criminals will be out of jail. let this not be forgotten by politicians who have unanimously rejected the election commission directive. I just wonder how many politicians file IT returns, though a large number own swanky cars, bungalows and what not. why do they fear if they have righteously earned this money then why shouldn't they declare the same while contesting elections.
we need clean politicians without any criminal record to make laws as also some
learned people who can adorn the august house instead of thugs, thieves,criminals and foreigners. God save my country from such self-seeking politicians.
Wed Jul 10 16:19:43 2002
Name:Hindustani
Nagrik
Email:hindustani@hindustan.in
Your
Views: There's nothing more to it than meets the eye. While the demanded
'comprehensive legislation to curb criminalisation of politics' is not unwelcome, the parties don't have any business to 'reject' or 'accept' any of
Supreme court's directives. Why should the politicians be afraid to disclose
their antecedents, is the question one asks. Also it is not that legislation to
curb criminalisation of politics is not there. The present laws provide scope to
deal with all criminals whether they be politicians or not. But we still see the
kinds of Laloo Prasad Yadav, Jayalalithaa, etc. enjoying the most sacred positions in our democracy. So it will be a good idea to leave no scope for even a remote possibility for any public servant to misuse powers granted to him/her.
Wed Jul 10 16:27:04 2002
Name:Paresh
Patel
Email:pareshptl@hotmail.com
Your
Views: Judicial activism is going extreme these years in India and there
are many cases where they have blinded vision to the issue and many a times a
romantic idealism about the problem .Political parties might be right about
their apprehension of misuse of the power by the ruling party as it recently
happened in the case of POTO application in Chennai to MDMK party. We are
witnessing in Ahmedabad the gross violation of constitutional right of the
commoner by the radical decision of One Justice who has banned power connection
to the residential and commercial units which does not have B.U.permission. The
court does not admit to the plea that inspite of request and readiness to pay
the impact fee the Municipality is not at all agreed to issue B.U. And also a
directive to the state government by the justice not to allow any new
construction within the periphery of 1 km of any existing lake whether it has
water or not. This has stranded many farmers and property holders who want to
dispose away their property
Wed Jul 10 16:31:43 2002
Name:Raghavan
Email:raghavan_grs@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: Law as such can prevail only if ALL are subject to it. Exceptions
to this will only increase the number of anarchists and bandits in the
legislatures ending up ruling the country and hold the people, economy,
prosperity, diversity, culture, justice all to ransom. In what way does this
privilege be deserving on these politicians who contribute nothing of
significance to the economy or infrastructure - not that these guys seem to
care. End of it all it's the people's money that is spent and squandered on these
guys.
Wed Jul 10 16:32:36 2002
Name:Harish H
V
Email:harishhv@vsnl.com
Your Views: I
beleive that this is clearly an attempt by the politicians to protect
themselves. As usual they get together, regardless of party affiliation, to
protect their tribe. Let them adhere to the EC guidelines first and then think
of lawmaking.
Wed Jul 10 16:33:52 2002
Name:vineet
rao
Email:vineet385@rediff.com
Your
Views: first of all my congrats to the bunch of people who through PIL
have brought the directive from supreme court about electoral reforms. Thanks to
rediff for providing a space for discussion on these issues of paramount
importance. Otherwise have you ever seen dharnas, rallies, or protests from the
part of Indian public in any part of the country against this scourge of
corruption.In fact I remind of one rally in Himachal Pradesh in support of
Sukhram when he was convicted of corruption. It looks like that these days all
rallies,protests are black money sponsored by politicians.All self-proclaimed
patriots like people from RSS etc are now nowhere to be seen on these
issues.They have never said any word about corruption. It seems that in our
country all students unions etc are also have been bought by politicians. They
would make fiery protests for futile issues but for this issue they will never
do anything because they also do corruption and corruption has been so
integrated in to society that no body feels like fighting for it. But this course can be changed if some of us can protest against this decision of
politcians. Organise protests and do inform me:vineet385@rediff.com
Wed Jul 10 16:36:06 2002
Name:RS
Email:anonymous@nowhere.com
Your
Views: The move by our political leaders to defeat the SC
directive was all too predictable. The reality that crime, violence and
corruption are the qualifying pre-requisites for any political aspirant is not
lost on the khadi brigade. The memories of their past, I'm sure, must have made
our politicians misty eyed with nostalgia during the proceedings to defeat
this directive. We as an under-privileged working class of India have no right
to destroy a tradition or make any move that makes such powerful and great
leaders out of people who are otherwise morally and intellectually
underpriviledged.
Wed Jul 10 16:38:12 2002
Name:sai
chandravadhan
Email:saichandravadhan@hotmail.com
Your
Views: No one is above the law. Not the lawmakers, or the law keepers. A
ruling of the supreme court is law declared as per Art.141 of the constitution
and the election commission was absolutely right in what it did. Until the law
to be introduced is in force, the government can adopt the directives of the
election commission. Any move against it would only tantamount to disobeying the
orders of the supreme court and as a corollary disobey the law of the land. This
is surely a step to mariginalise or reduce the impact of the order of the
supreme court and in the meanwhile let the whole thing blow over. " tainted"
candidates should be out if there has to be a semblance of democracy in the
country especially at a time when the country is ready to make inroads as a
major power and cross over from a developing country to a developed country, I
say we have to provide the world with proof that we the Indians do not tolerate
internal disintegration of values as much as we do not tolerate external
aggression.
Wed Jul 10 16:40:01 2002
Name:Neenad
Email:neenad@mailandnews.com
Your
Views: Are these views actually heard by anyone? Or is this here for us
to let out our pent-up frustrations?
Wed Jul 10 16:40:49 2002
Name:Priyangini
Email:priyangini@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: It is definitely an attempt to ensure that tainted candidates are
not debarred A new legislation will be reduced to just pieces of paper. If we do
not want to act on it no meaning in making new legislation. For a change the
Supreme court wanted to act and as usual it was stopped. The law says innocent
until proven guilty in our politics the rule should be reversed. Politicians are
all Guilty until proven innocent.
Wed Jul 10 16:41:36 2002
Name:Sameer
Koul
Email:sameer.koul@digital.com
Your
Views: No one is above law and I am surprised that BJP has compromised
on this crucial issue. Can it still claim to be a "party with difference" ?
Wed Jul 10 16:41:56 2002
Name:laxman
fulzele
Email:fulzele@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: Indian politician are most corrupt,valueless, no
ethics,characterless people. If they wish ,they can sell out the nation. People
can not expect good from them. They should feel ashamed of questioning Supreme
court rightful thinking. In fact they should have praised SC.
Wed Jul 10 16:43:29 2002
Name:rakesh
kashyap
Email:rakesh_kashyap@rediffmail.com
Your
Views: no I think lawmakers are not above the laws. Because all laws are
depends on morality it means morality is necessary for everybody either he is
lawmaker or layman so I want to say that no one is above the law.
Wed Jul 10 16:43:52 2002
Name:Shashank
Jain
Email:shashankjain@indiatimes.com
Your
Views: How can one expect me to make a law against my self? And similar
for politicians. If some one is in public life then public has the right to know
about him whom they are planning to send for their welfare(?????). And if
they(politicians) are clean than why don't they afraid of Supreme Court's
ruling?
Wed Jul 10 16:47:03 2002
Name:satish
kodavatiganti
Email:skodavatiganti@hotmail.com
Your
Views: Our countries leadership or political parties are spineless. Most
of the India's problems are because of the corrupt politicians and criminal
elements in them. Our countries problems will be reduced if these people do the
right things. It is sad to see but not a surprise that they all unanimously
oppose the supreme court directives on corruption. In our country school
children are a lot good students than our politicians. Shame on them and pity
ourselves.
Wed Jul 10 16:48:19 2002
Name:Patel
Paresh
Email:ppatelad1@sancharnet.in
Your
Views: This requirement is nothing compared to the qualification needed
in Singapore for a MP. In Singapore, the law for any person contesting MP
election is that he/she should be a PG from a reputed university of the
country and if he wants to be the minister then the other PG should be from
the recognised university of the west. This are the qualification required for a
person who wants to become a politician in a developed nation.
Wed Jul 10 16:49:44 2002
Name:Pawan
Nair
Email:ptsnair@indiatimes.com
Your
Views: I feel this move should have come much earlier. Now they will
dilute the legislation. A large percentage of our politicians are either
themselves criminals or have criminal connections.
Wed Jul 10 16:50:00 2002
Name:Anoop
R
Email:anoopr@email.com
Your Views: The
Supreme Court has no right to pass judgments over the Parliament, whether good
or bad. As a democracy, Parliament should be supreme except that it cannot take
away the 6 fundamental rights. Remember, the MPs have to face the people every 5
years or less whoever they are. For the better or worse, we'll have to leave
these laws to the politicians and not to the courts. An Election Commission or a
Supreme Court reflects only the view of a few high officials, as they interpret
the law - the Parliament should have the final authority. If we are to continue
as a democracy, there shouldn't be any authority over the Parliament.
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