Why I call it ‘Rajneeti Ki Ganga’? Let me clarify that prior to proceeding over the article. It is said that Ganga cleans your sins and it same with the ‘Rajneeti Ki Ganga’, however sinful a person may be but once he comes in power, wins the election he gets clean cheat. Not exactly, but he starts getting counted in one of the white collared big heads of the town. He gets right to be present between the best business men of town or school / college inauguration and award functions. He starts getting invited as a chief guest on the prestigious occasions being held in the town and nearby area.
After this clarification let me concentrate on the figures of previous election and the leaders ruling us. The mentioned figures are taken from the ADR (Association For Democratic Reforms) website.
About 30% (162 of 543) MPs in Lok Sabha have pending criminal cases against them.
About 14% (76 of 543) MPs in Lok Sabha have serious pending criminal cases.
About 58% (315 of 543) MPs in Lok Sabha are crorepatis.
Only 11% (59 of 543) MPs in Lok Sabha are women.
Isn’t this figure kind of heartbreaking? And the fact is that it is increasing with every election. Comparing the figures from 2004 to 2009 it has increased and coming time will only tell what 2014 elections are going to bring for us. What are we doing? Why are we doing it? We have a right to vote and we are responsible for whom we select, so indeed it’s our mistake, the mistake of a common man to be selecting this kind of leaders. We need to wake up and decrease this figures in 2014, we have to use our vote wisely and select our leaders very very wisely. I surely understand that there is no clean cheated party, but party really needs to know that they must have clean cheat candidate in order to win. So, don’t think big, start with a small thinking, you don’t have to think which party is going to rule the country, you are just responsible to vote for a candidate from your area, who has a clean background and who is wise enough to be a leader. If every one of us will think in that way, I am sure the most deserving party will be the leader soon. We don’t want Modi, We don’t want Rahul, We neither could tolerate the drama of Kejriwal, we must wish only for the best deserving candidate. The person who brings out the best leaders in each and every part of the country, could only be our leader. Because looking closely on any picture, one political leader can’t make a true difference to the condition of country when he doesn’t have a good support.
Now let’s have a look at figures of election 2014, for the announced candidates of all the INC & BJP:
Analysis of Declared Criminal Cases
Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of 188 candidates analysed, 56 candidates (30%) had declared criminal cases against themselves in their previous election affidavit. BJP has 23 out of 62 candidates (37%) with criminal cases and INC has 33 out of 126 (25%) candidates with criminal cases.
Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 24 candidates (13%) out of 188 analysed had declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their previous election affidavits. 14 out of 62 (23%) candidates of BJP and 10 out of 126 (8%) candidates of INC have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.
Candidates with Cases of Murder and related: 2 candidates had declared cases of murder in their previous election affidavits. Adhir Ranjan Choudhary (Sitting MP) of INC from Baharampur Constituency and Sarbananda Sonowal of BJP from Lakhimpur constituency had declared a case of murder against themselves.
Candidates with Cases of Attempt to Murder: 3 candidates announced by INC have declared charges of attempt to murder. Abdul Mannan Hossain (Sitting MP) from Murshidabad constituency, Ratna Singh (Sitting MP) from Pratapgarh constituency and Vinay Kumar Pandey (Sitting MP) from Shrawasti constituency have declared a case of attempt to murder against himself.
Candidates with cases of Kidnapping and related: Gopinath Munde (Sitting MP) of BJP from Beed Constituency and Abdul Mannan Hossain (Sitting MP) of INC from Murshidabad Constituency have declared cases of kidnapping.
Candidates with cases related to electoral violations: 4 candidates announced by the major parties have declared cases related to electoral violations. Nana Patole of BJP from Bhandara – Gondiya Constituency and Ch. Bijendra Singh of INC from Aligarh Constituency have declared cases related to Illegal payments in connection with an election (IPC Section-171H). Ramesh V. Katti of BJP from Chikkodi constituency and Furkan Ansari of INC from Godda Constituency have declared cases related to undue influence or personation at an election (IPC Section-171F)
After having a look at all above figure, don’t you think it is a challenge for each and every voter to select the right candidate for himself? So today itself, open up your eyes, your brains and vote for the best deserving candidate, not thinking just about you but thinking about our country, people around and a lot more then.
After this clarification let me concentrate on the figures of previous election and the leaders ruling us. The mentioned figures are taken from the ADR (Association For Democratic Reforms) website.
About 30% (162 of 543) MPs in Lok Sabha have pending criminal cases against them.
About 14% (76 of 543) MPs in Lok Sabha have serious pending criminal cases.
About 58% (315 of 543) MPs in Lok Sabha are crorepatis.
Only 11% (59 of 543) MPs in Lok Sabha are women.
Isn’t this figure kind of heartbreaking? And the fact is that it is increasing with every election. Comparing the figures from 2004 to 2009 it has increased and coming time will only tell what 2014 elections are going to bring for us. What are we doing? Why are we doing it? We have a right to vote and we are responsible for whom we select, so indeed it’s our mistake, the mistake of a common man to be selecting this kind of leaders. We need to wake up and decrease this figures in 2014, we have to use our vote wisely and select our leaders very very wisely. I surely understand that there is no clean cheated party, but party really needs to know that they must have clean cheat candidate in order to win. So, don’t think big, start with a small thinking, you don’t have to think which party is going to rule the country, you are just responsible to vote for a candidate from your area, who has a clean background and who is wise enough to be a leader. If every one of us will think in that way, I am sure the most deserving party will be the leader soon. We don’t want Modi, We don’t want Rahul, We neither could tolerate the drama of Kejriwal, we must wish only for the best deserving candidate. The person who brings out the best leaders in each and every part of the country, could only be our leader. Because looking closely on any picture, one political leader can’t make a true difference to the condition of country when he doesn’t have a good support.
Now let’s have a look at figures of election 2014, for the announced candidates of all the INC & BJP:
|
Party
|
No. of Candidates Announced
(Total)
|
No. of Candidates Analysed
(Total)
|
No of Candidates with
Criminal Cases
|
No. of Candidates with
Serious Criminal Cases
|
% of Candidates with
Criminal Cases
|
% of Candidates with
Serious Criminal Cases
|
No of Crorepati Candidates
|
% of Crorepati Candidates
|
Average Assets (in Rs.) of
Candidates
|
|
BJP
|
107
|
62
|
23
|
14
|
37%
|
23%
|
30
|
48%
|
3,18,76,154
|
|
3 crore+
|
|||||||||
|
INC
|
194
|
126
|
33
|
10
|
26%
|
8%
|
86
|
68%
|
6,91,17,037
|
|
6 crore+
|
|||||||||
|
Total
|
203
|
188
|
56
|
24
|
30%
|
12%
|
116
|
61%
|
5,68,35,469
|
|
5 crore+
|
Analysis of Declared Criminal Cases
Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of 188 candidates analysed, 56 candidates (30%) had declared criminal cases against themselves in their previous election affidavit. BJP has 23 out of 62 candidates (37%) with criminal cases and INC has 33 out of 126 (25%) candidates with criminal cases.
Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 24 candidates (13%) out of 188 analysed had declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their previous election affidavits. 14 out of 62 (23%) candidates of BJP and 10 out of 126 (8%) candidates of INC have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.
Candidates with Cases of Murder and related: 2 candidates had declared cases of murder in their previous election affidavits. Adhir Ranjan Choudhary (Sitting MP) of INC from Baharampur Constituency and Sarbananda Sonowal of BJP from Lakhimpur constituency had declared a case of murder against themselves.
Candidates with Cases of Attempt to Murder: 3 candidates announced by INC have declared charges of attempt to murder. Abdul Mannan Hossain (Sitting MP) from Murshidabad constituency, Ratna Singh (Sitting MP) from Pratapgarh constituency and Vinay Kumar Pandey (Sitting MP) from Shrawasti constituency have declared a case of attempt to murder against himself.
Candidates with cases of Kidnapping and related: Gopinath Munde (Sitting MP) of BJP from Beed Constituency and Abdul Mannan Hossain (Sitting MP) of INC from Murshidabad Constituency have declared cases of kidnapping.
Candidates with cases related to electoral violations: 4 candidates announced by the major parties have declared cases related to electoral violations. Nana Patole of BJP from Bhandara – Gondiya Constituency and Ch. Bijendra Singh of INC from Aligarh Constituency have declared cases related to Illegal payments in connection with an election (IPC Section-171H). Ramesh V. Katti of BJP from Chikkodi constituency and Furkan Ansari of INC from Godda Constituency have declared cases related to undue influence or personation at an election (IPC Section-171F)
After having a look at all above figure, don’t you think it is a challenge for each and every voter to select the right candidate for himself? So today itself, open up your eyes, your brains and vote for the best deserving candidate, not thinking just about you but thinking about our country, people around and a lot more then.
