(Revised on 31 October 2011)
Literacy of people in Bharat is unsatisfactory.
Therefore, it is not possible to lay down high educational qualification. Possibly
education standard could be say 9th standard pass from a recognised secondary
school. Loyalty of a candidate must be given highest
consideration. This means any candidate who jumps from party to party or from
independent to a party or party to independent should get negative
consideration. Based on this criterion a voter who is either a member of some
political party or no political party continuously for at least six years
continuously on the date of filing nomination papers for election only should
be considered as qualified. However, this criterion should be applicable where
loyalty is changed on and after the rule comes in to effect. This provision is
very important to avoid floor crossing and horse trading. The candidate must
undergo a medical examination and board of doctors should declare him fit. A
person with sound health only should be allowed to contest elections. This
should be listed as negative qualifications to debar a candidate seeking
election. Other than this the existing provision should be adequate and may not
need any modification. However, the same should be reviewed.
It is a common experience that people are
attracted towards politics and they join without any experience. It is
generally believed that young men and women should join politics and shoulder
the responsibility of governing India. This is the only profession where no
qualification or experience is required. It appears the only qualification
needed is ability to spend money for getting elected by any means or through
any method. In my opinion there is need to change this. Experience is must for
knowing aspirations of people and the way is 'social work' Therefore, there
should be a rigid rule for experience of 'social work for a definite period. 5
years of experience for election to local bodies and 15 years of experience for
'Lok Sabha', 'Vidhan Sabha' and respective house of elders should be
reasonable. Entry to politics must be through social work.
There is a rule for contesting election
that the candidate should not have more than 2 children. There are cases where
some politicians have given away there children to keep the number within 2.
There are cases where politicians had more than 2 children when this rule was
framed and implemented. There should have been a provision for time since from
this should be applicable. There should be revision to fix time after which
number of children would be counted. A specific date should be fixed after
which third (or child which makes total number of children more than number
existing before the rule was framed is born) makes the candidate unsuitable for
contesting any election any where in India.
It is every voter's experience that while
choosing candidate, political parties mostly apply a single criterion
"Ability to get elected" This shows that political parties have no
standing in the citizens. They explore ability of a candidate to get elected.
If this is the case why there should be political parties? Every candidate may
contest election as and independent candidate. When a voter sees list of
candidates contesting elections he/she sees that none of the candidates fulfils
his/her aspirations. It becomes difficult for the voter to find a candidate to
vote for. Therefore there, should be a provision to reject all candidates, if
voter finds none suitable and doesn't wish to vote for any one. Hence, there
should be provision in the candidates' list to vote for none. This means the
election commission should add a candidate named "None from below"
and should find the top position in the list.
Application form for filing nomination as
well as form for bio-data must be well designed to bring out all the
information necessary and not giving a chance to any one to hide information.
The government should prepare a draft for this and publish in media to get
suggestions from public. Based on the feedback received these forms should be
finalised.
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