What are the ways through which we can tackle money and muscle power which is in politics? Give three points.
Answers
1. Political parties try to win elections by any means possible. So they use unfair means of bribe and force.
2. They nominate candidates with a lot of money so that it can be spent on elections.
3. The rich candidates or companies that fund or donate to the party usually get a say in the party's decisions or policies.
Explanation:
Even after Narendra Modi promised on the campaign trail in 2014 to “do away with the criminalization of politics”, money and muscle still dominate the electoral scene in India, Milan Vaishnav writes in his forthcoming book “When Crime Pays”.
Vaishnav, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, argues that India, in embracing democracy before it developed stable institutions, became a fertile ground for criminals to get involved in politics – and eventually to become politicians themselves. If anything, that trend has strengthened as a growing economy increased the spoils available to the victor: based on their election filings candidates facing serious criminal charges are three times more likely to win than those who aren’t.