उम्मीदवार दिखाते हैं कि उन्होंने तय सीमा से कम धन खर्च किया, तो फिर खर्च की सीमा बढ़ाने में तत्परता क्यों दिखाई गई?
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Jagdeep Chhokar: Why Does Our Political Process Produce Rotten Leaders?
By resisting reforms and efforts to introduce transparency in their functioning, the political establishment is defeating the purpose of democracy Profile: Jagdeep S Chhokar is founder and trustee of Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). He has been central to ADR’s success in bringing political parties under the ambit of RTI and the Supreme Court ruling barring […]
Show us the money
Political parties must be made to account for the bulk of their funding Three actions of the government in the last couple of months seem to give a lie to its intentions on political and electoral funding. Lets start with the latest action. On March 26,it was reported that the government had blocked the Election […]
Inner-party democracy and financial transparency needed
Can undemocratic parties serve a democratic nation?
Suhas Palshikar (By the ballot alone,IE,August 6) presented an elegant case against internal democracy in political parties. How persuasive,though,was it? Suhas Palshikar (By the ballot alone,IE,August 6) presented an elegant case against internal democracy in political parties. How persuasive,though,was it? Professor Palshikar reminded us about the Congresss attempt to elect its leader by an internal […]
Campaign for finances
Why we should not rush into state funding of elections? In this season of scams,there is one more in the making. There has been a lot of talk about the increasing cost of elections,and state funding is again in the news as a panacea (Elections awash in cash by M. Veerappa Moily,IE,March 7). The starting […]
Putting paid to paid news
The election expenses scandal implicates more than just the media and the political class A new phenomenon called paid news has entered the Indian lexicon. This is the fraud being perpetrated by the political establishment and some unscrupulous sections of the media during elections,by publishing thinly disguised propaganda material as news. Serious concern has been […]
A judicious defence
When the other two pillars of state prove ineffectual, the judiciary has to assert itself The article by Pratap Bhanu Mehta 8216;With due respect, Lordships8217;, March 12 and several letters to the editor, convey the message that the judiciary should remain on a pedestal with the proverbial blindfold in place. The widespread clamour that followed […]
Education is not just about jobs
If students cannot exercise discerning judgment in citizenship matters, can they do so in professional matters? Discussing the purpose of education would be unnecessary in normal times, because it would be obvious to everyone. But today8217;s times are far from normal and we, therefore, have to remind ourselves of the purpose of education, especially when […]