suggest any three refroms to make political partie more democrative
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Effective measures to reform political parties are:
1) A law should be made to regulate the internal affairs of political parties.
2) It should be made compulsory for political parties to maintain a register of its members.
3) It should be made mandatory for political parties to give a minimum number of tickets; about 1/3rd to its women candidates.
4) There should be a quota for women in the decision-making bodies of the party.
5) There should be state funding of elections.
6) The government should give parties money to support their election expenses in kind for example petrol, paper, telephone etc. or in cash.
7) Vote casting should be made compulsory in each election.
8) Data regarding caste religion OBC, SC, ST should not be utilized during the election period in any form.
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(i) Anti-defection law, under which a member would be disqualified if he/she goes against the directions of the party.
(ii) Reduction in the influence of money. Cash votes have been banned by the election commission and anybody involved in the process is likely to be punished.
(iii) It is important for a candidate to file an affidavit giving details of his property and eliminate cases pending against him/her.
(iv) The election commission has made it necessary for political parties to hold their organizational elections and file their income tax returns.
(v) A law is strictly advisable to make or regulate the internal affairs of political parties. It should be made mandatory for political parties to give a minimum number of tickets, about one-third, to women candidates.