Supreme court Judgment on CRIMINAL MPs and MLAs

History in the making ..Supreme court Judgment on CRIMINAL

MPs and MLAs

Prof. Rama Bharatha Varma                

The  ruling by  the Supreme court restricting people with CRIMINAL records from contesting elections and sitting in Assemblies and the parliament is really commendable. The ailing Indian democracy will gain strength and we can hope for a more healthy political environment .What a relief indeed to learn that people with absolute lack of conscience will not be ruling us. the rule breakers becoming rule makers is indeed painful. This a landmark judgment and all sections of society will welcome it as a refreshing change in the present scenario .

Even after more than sixty years after independence we have not been able to make a positive change in the political system.yhe standards of public life has gone down to that level and we have lost our sense of shame. our assemblies and parliament are contaminated with people with criminal background: corruption of all sorts, rape, swindling , murder ,cheating, treachery and what not.. you name any crime and you can find a representation in our assemblies and parliament .There is absolute lack of discipline amongst our rulers and public at large

The two big parties in India fight for survival and are ready to play any game ,fair or foul ,more often the latter. The fight brings in the idea for a third front which is a possibility but may never happen because of complete lack of trust and understanding between the parties involved for ideological reasons or the lack of it ,more often the latter.

 In all four parts of the whole India ,the North,  south  the  East and the West and of course the Central India,  politicians have criminal background ,the latest being one minister who got arrested for Sodomy, another MLA and his son got trapped for alleged involvement in sex  (by consent !! it is said !!) with the same woman.  What  a kind of degradation in the political arena of India!.Just take a list of the controversial issues that still burns .. the coal ( coalgate ) Spectrum ( all G’s )IPL from the beginning.THE LIST IS ENDLESS...

A new movement against corruption was started by Sri Anna Hazare and it really brought in a whiff of fresh air but got into controversy but still there is some hope. Out of the movement against corruption was born a political party AAM  AADMI and Kejriwal is trying his best to consolidate it .

But all said and done India has an inherent strength which will make us get over these and we can hope for the best …but when is it going to happen .. it is a million dollar question..perhaps  the courts ruling against criminalization of politics is really a welcome and refreshing and it may bring in tangible changes in the mindset of the country’s politicians .

LET ALL OF US CONDEMN ALL BAD THINGS IN POLITICS ….Now Corruption is taken  for granted, elections and matches are FIXED ,Religion is being exploited ,women are being raped and treated as a commodity to be used and abused ..LET US FIGHT AGAINST ALL THESE and we ,as proud Indians ,have the power to change things  …let us implement our POLITICAL WILL to create a free India  free from all these stinking things and make India a beautiful country for the future generations .

We should thank and applaud Advocate Lilly Thomas aged 85 years ( still young at heart at this age ) who is the petitioner and who fought relentlessly for this case .

 She said “I will be happy if my humble attempt can help the government to prevent the Government to keep out CRIMINALS from POLITICS “

                                                                                …….  Prof.Rama Bharatha Varma