1. Fairness At Play: Introducing
Electoral Reforms To Reduce The
Influence Of Money And Muscle
Power in Politics

2. Current Election Scenario In India
Elections in India are held regularly at an interval of
5 years . Crores of people exercise their mandate and
choose their leader. However there are some serious
problems in the current electroral process as stated
below:
• Excessive Use Of Money And Muscle Power
• Lack Of Youth Participation Of Politics
• The Cult Of Identity Politics
• Lack Of Awareness Among The Voters

3. Causes
• Illiteracy and lack of awareness among voters
• Lack of youth participation in politics
• Identity politics in India
• Use of freebies at the time of election
• Negative perception of politics
• Popular belief of election is equal to
democracy

4. How Can The Current State Be
Improved
• State Funding Of Elections
• Disqualification Of Criminals in Politics
• Removal Of 4 Cs:
1. Corruption 2. Communalism
3. Casteism 4. Criminalisation

5. Political Party Reforms
• Promoting Internal Democracy In Parties
• Putting An End To High Command Culture
• Minimum Educational Qualification For
Candidates
• Donations To Political Parties Should Be Made
Available In Public Domain
• Audited Accounts to be put in public domain

6. Areas Needing Reforms
• Electoral & Party Reforms
• Assuring stability, good clean corruption free, governance
with accountability to the people
• Union-State Relations
– Misuse of article 356
– 3 or 4 tier governance with maximum powers at the grassroots
– Bottom-up instead of top-down model
• Executive and judiciary
– Reduction of delays
– Elimination of Corruption
• Making public administration
– Transparent
– Citizen-centric & People Friendly

7. Constitutional Reforms
• Right To Recall: It is a proposed law in India that
would allow voters to recall their candidates before
their term ends and request Election Commission
for fresh elections.
• Right To Reject: It is a proposed voting option in
India that would allow voters who support none of
the candidates available to them to register an
official vote of "none of the above", which is not
currently allowed under India election regulation.

8. Gandhian Model: The Road To Be
Taken
• Bottom-up approach
• Village-centric power at grassroots
• Direct election to local bodies only
• Indirect Elections to State Assemblies and
Parliament
• Limits on Salaries and Perks of Members.

9. Conclusion
India is a vibrant democracy over the 66 years
of independence it has developed into a
representative democracy. However there
are major loopholes in the electoral process
as mentioned above, to further strengthen
democracy in the country the long pending
electoral reforms should be initiated so that
India can realise her dream of becoming a
participative democracy

10. Source
• Internet
• Books
• Newspaper
• Creativity