BYAYUSH AGARWALARINDAM BHATTACHARJEESHASHI RANJAN

What is politics?

Man is by nature a political animal.AR I S TOT L E

Politics is exciting because people disagree.

They disagree about how they should live.

Who should get what?

How should power and other resources be distributed?

Should society be based on cooperation or conflict?

How should collective decisions be made?

Who should have a say?

How much influence should each person have?

“It is always a dialogue, and never a monologue”

Politics in India and how it affected us.

“A BREIF HISTORY OF TIME”

1980• Sanjay Gandhi killed in a Air crash.

1984• PM Indira Gandhi ordered the operation Blue Star . • PM Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her security guards. • Anti Sikh riots over 10,000 dead

1990• Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act was passed in the parliament.• Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act is passed.

1986• Environmental Protection Act was passed• Consumer Protection Act was passed.

1987• Goa became a state

1990

• Mandal Commission suggestions implemented by PM V.P. SingH.1991• Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi by suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur.• Company Law implemented.

1992• Babri Masjid demolition at Ayodhya .

1995• India joins WTO.

1996• 13 days PM- Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

1997• ‘Chara Ghotala’ by Laloo Prasad Yadav.

1998• A total of 5 nuclear tests in Pokhran took place. UN condemns the tests.

1999• India-US talks on Nuclear issues.• PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee visits Pakistan.• BJP’s 13 months old government falls in April.• Tension at Indo-Pak border.

2000• India- South Africa signs a defense cooperation agreement.• Indo-Russian ties for defense issues.• States of Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand are formed.• Attack on Red Fort in Delhi, Vajpayee blames Pakistan

2001 • Attack on Parliament, New Delhi.

2002• ‘Godhra kaand’- 59 Hindus were killed in a train fire while returning from Ayodhya

leading to riots in Gujarat claiming more than 1000 lives.

2006• India’s largest ever Rural job scheme is launched, aimed at lifting about 60 million

families out of poverty.• Mumbai bomb blast kills 180 people.

2007• Strongest economic growth of 20 years i.e. 9.4% was reported.

2008• US signs nuclear trade with India• 26/11 Mumbai attacks clear evidence of Pakistani involvement.

2009• India-Russia signs Uranium deal.

2010• Ajmal Amir Kasab convicted by court.

2011• India becomes the world’s largest importer of Arms.• Anna Hazare stages 12 days hunger strike in Delhi against corruption.

2012• Ajmal Amir Kasab the sole survivor of 2008 Mumbai attacks is executed in pune

prison.• Coal Gate scam.

2013• 4 men sentenced to death in Nirbhaya rape case.• Supreme court reverses the decriminalization of Homosexual Act 2009 by Delhi High

court.• Lalu Prasad Yadav convicted for Fodder Scam.• Lokpal bill passed.

2014• Arvind Kejriwal resigns from the post of Chief Minister of Delhi after 49 days

THE GOOD,THE BAD AND THE UGLY

THE GOOD India Became Nuclear Power

Telecommunication Revolution

RTI

MG NREGA

Nuclear deal

Right to Education

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THE BAD

YEAR SCAM Rupees

1980-1990 Bofors scam 65 crores

2009 Satyam Computer Services scandal 891 crores

2002-2010 UP Food grain scam: 35,000 crore

2001 Stock market scam 1 lakh crore

2010 CWG scam 500 crore +

2010 2G spectrum scam 1,76,000 crore

2012 Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam 1500 crore +

2012 Tatra scam 750 crore

2012 Coal mining controversy 1,85,591 crore

2013 Railway promotion scam

2013 Saradha Group chit fund scam 10,000 crore

2013 Agusta Westland chopper scam 79.5 crore

TOTAL LOSS TO ECONOMY TILL TODAY

Rs.910,603,234,300,000

THE UGLY

• 2009 Lok Sabha Poll estimated spending nearly ₹ 10,000 crore, higher than the 2008 US Presidential Elections (nearly ₹ 8,000 crore)

• 162 MPs have a total of 552 pending criminal cases, of which, 76 were serious

• 15% of candidates for 2009 lok Sabha elections had pending criminal cases against them

• 1,448 of total 4,835 MPs and MLAs are facing criminal charges• 62% of the candidates were without a PAN • Candidates with criminal charges enjoy a higher Success Rate (23%),

which is almost double the success rate of candidates with clean record (12%).

2014 ELECTION REPORT CARD

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WHAT WE NEED TO DO

CANDIDATE ACCOUNTABILITY

YOUTH PARTICIPATION

CURBING THE INFLUENCE OF MUSCLE AND MONEY

VOTER AWARENESS

Each candidates submits an individual manifesto in vernacular language during nomination .

Manifesto should be meant to address the local problems

Election Commission and District Administration keeps track of manifesto progress

A candidate failing to deliver 60% promises of manifesto is ineligible for next election

CANDIDATE ACCOUNTABILITY

SMARTER AND

AWARE VOTER

MANDATORY DEBATE AMONG ALL CANDIDATES

ELECTION COMMISION SUPERVISES THE DEBATE

EXPENDITURE TO BE SHARED BY CANDIDATES

VOTER AWARENESS

DEBATE TO BE BROADCATED ON LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION

YOUTH PARTICIPATION

IDENTIFICATION OF

“SOON TO BE ADULTS”

THROUGH NATIONAL POPULATION REGISTER

ELECTION COMMISION SENDS VOTER REGISTRATION FORM ON 18TH BIRTHDAY

EASY ENROLLMENT IN VOTER LIST MEANS MORE PARTICIPATION

As per the current rules, only those candidates who have been

convicted in a criminal case are debarred from contesting

elections

Charges are framed against the accused only after the police has verified the case

and when the court is convinced after hearing

both the sides that substantial proofs exist

against the accused.

Candidates who have been framed in more than 1

charges by a court of law, in serious criminal cases should

not be allowed to contest election, till the time they

are acquitted by the court.

LOOPHOLE

SUGGESTIONADVANTAGE

RESTRICTING ENTRY OF CRIMINALS

CURBING MONEY POWER

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• Re-contesting candidates must declare the increase (or decrease) in their assets from last time of contest.

• In case of abnormal growth of assets, the Income Tax Office should verify the source of income and submit report to Election Commission within 2 weeks of nomination.

• The Election Commission disqualifies the candidate if the sources are illegal.

REFERENCES AND CITATIONS

1. http://loksabha.adrindia.org/lok-sabha/consolidated-Analysis-Phase-1-to-7-of-Criminal-and-Financial-background-details-contesting-candidates2. http://adrindia.org/content/nexus-between-elections-crime-and-money-ten-years-election-watch 3.http://adrindia.org/sites/default/files/List%20of%20current%20MLAs-MPs%20with%20Pending%20Cases.pdf 4.http://ncrb.gov.in/CD-CII2011/cii-2011/Table%204.12.pdf 5.http://news.oneindia.in/2013/06/29/gopinath-mundes-daredevil-act-lands-him-in-soup-1248260.html 6.http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-23/lucknow/28157951_1_crorepati-mps-bjp-mps-congress-mps 7.http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/assembly-elections-2014-congress-campaign-poll-advertising/1/270915.html 8.Special thanks to all mighty “GOOGLE”

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