Are the politicians correct, or is this just an attempt to ensure that `tainted' candidates are not debarred?

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'An Entrance Exam for Politicians?'

Wed Jul 10 13:42:26 2002
Name:Ch V Kalyan
Email:vimal_kalyan@rediffmail.com
Your Views:What is surprising in the stand taken at the All Party Meet is the blatant proclamation of disprespect to the laws of this country. The statement "Nobody is above the law" has to be consigned to flames. Since the legistature of the country has let us down, we now have no other option but to look up at the already overburdened Judiciary Today, every Indian has to be ashamed that he/ she elected the person who has the guts to show disrespect to the country & the spirit of the constitution.

Wed Jul 10 13:42:26 2002
Name:Rahul Saxena
Email:rsaxena.cdg@spectranet.com
Your Views:Only one word can describe their intention, they are all corrupt. Very Ridiculous. I am sorry to state that I liked BJP party, because in their tenure they did very bold and good things, but not after this. Any body can guess in the last three years congress and left has never supported any issue of BJP , see the irony here, how they all united and rejected the supreme court directive. They don't even think that what the country people will think, when they will 'together' reject this law straight way. Only one hope remains, that any how this rule prevails and EC able to implement it, in spite this challenge.

Wed Jul 10 13:45:23 2002
Name:Anshul Verma
Email:anshul_verma@rediffmail.com
Your Views:It is nothing but an attempt to increase the time to enact such rules and regulations to let out the criminals from politics. It is just a working on the agenda to ensure that in the coming elections, it is assured that the culprits are there in the assembly by the means of their criminal power and character and the motive is clear that is to increase the seats in the assembly either by fair or unfair means. Because bringing out a egislation would mean to just pass the time so as to pass the time till coming assembly elections and probably the parliamentary elections too.

Wed Jul 10 13:46:35 2002
Name:Akshay
Email:dum_prez@rediffmail.com
Your Views:It's pretty sad that in a democracy like India there are so many uneducated people becoming ministers, well, okay, if they have common sense, its okay... but lets just think of particular cases... West Bengal- absolutely no work culture in most places. Bihar- haha, nice joke. what's in it?? NE states... they dont even want to be India... an absolute drain to financial sources... WHY IS THE SUPREME COURT ORDER THAT HARD TO ACCEPT? Gimme a break... all of them are shit scared they'd get kicked off for something or another... High time we thought of the leaders we choose... actually, we cant think... almost all SUCK.. we need some new blood in there... AS OF NOW.. INDIA AINT NO DEMOCRACY... ITS JUST KICHADI

Wed Jul 10 13:47:26 2002
Name:raj
Email:nag_hyd1@rediffmail.com
Your Views:politicians are ASS HOLES!!!

Wed Jul 10 13:51:06 2002
Name:Sirisha.G
Email:sirisha@lantana.tenet.res.in
Your Views:It is cleary evident what politicians, so called "Nation Makers" have in their minds, no wonder ALL political parties rejected this proposal made by Election Commision, becuase most(ALL) of them are money makers nothing more than that!

Wed Jul 10 13:53:04 2002
Name:Binny
Email:sweetbinny@rediffmail.com
Your Views:It is not the first time that a court directive is been overthrown by Indian Kakistocracy, but this time we are seeing a peculiar thing. All the parties joined hands against the directive and agreeing that we all are tainted and with this tainted face we cant go to public and ask for support. I am not really sure as how the Indian Government is functioning without ruffle when Executives are functioning under extreme presuure of Lagislatives and Judiciary is always with stand off with lagislative again. "Mera Bharat Mahan" If we conclude that Polititians are correct then judiciary is only full of morons. Somebody please inform me, on what grounds lagislative assembly can overthrow supreme justice?? Binny

Wed Jul 10 13:53:35 2002
Name:Kannan
Email:vkannanm@hotmail.com
Your Views:The move by political people didnt surprise me at first because it was much expected. If such law passed, very few of the people can contest in next election or they will lose the current post(MP/MLA). If such tight law come to enforce none of the current people representative will like stand in next election ,because as term end as MP it is very obvious they accumulate millions of rupee at their bank account or their relatives bank account. They opposed the law because they want make money ,not to serve the people ....Gandhi or Patel never born again in this nation ...so they the new generation of selfish ruler.

Wed Jul 10 13:56:41 2002
Name:L.Ramanathan
Email:lakshmanan_ramanathan@rediffmail.com
Your Views:No. They are not above law. They only want to protect themselves. They would not like others to know how many skeletons are there hidden in their cupboard. Our irresponsible attitude to our social responsibility of ensuring that only persons with good credentials are only elected to the house is responsible for this state of affairs.

Wed Jul 10 13:57:44 2002
Name:Bhanu Prakash
Email:mbhanuprakash@hotmail.com
Your Views:Surprisingly, all the parties will agree on this one thing. They will stand together and will fight against such a directive from Election Commission. But, EC should not stop at this. I would say, they should conduct an Entrance Examination for every person who wants to stand in elections. Least, these politicians should know more about the constituency they are representing, just ask questions on that. They should at least be able to write their national anthem without any spelling mistake. In this country, we have entrance examinations for getting into all the best institutions. The students from these institutions went on to become some of the best scientists, doctors or engineers. Why shouldn't we conduct an entrance examination for politicians??. Ofcourse, they will start another business of leaking question papers.

Wed Jul 10 13:58:04 2002
Name:Satish
Email:satishkmys@rediffmail.com
Your Views:All Political parties unanimously agreed that Anti social elements, un-qualified is required to run Indian democracy. How can you and me see a better tomorrow? I request(demand) to all Political parties to respect the Law bodies and law enforcing community and obey the order of the court, If you have the power to make laws it never means that you can disagree to the Present laws and create your own new law suitable to you all (political parties), Since you are answerable to us(Public), Better beware. Public can challenge any rules./Laws by you. If you have no respect to Law enforcing and judicial system of this country, better get out of this country. Our country need better architecture in running the democracy the National parties system is not working and people are tired of the corruption at all levels ,We need a general Open to all transparent, powerful to check the corruption in Govt. work as well Public and Private. -To Expect the better, do better

Wed Jul 10 13:59:16 2002
Name:mog
Email:kama@dude.com
Your Views: The politicians in India have no credibility left anyways. Obviously they will try everything in the book to evade accountability. People of India need to come out into the streets to support and demand implementation of the Supreme Court directive, and if need be, ask for a referendum in parallel with the election process.

Wed Jul 10 14:00:55 2002
Name:John
Email:johne@rediffmail.com
Your Views:This is a totally politicized game played by the politicians. Whats wrong in disclosing their antecedents???!!...it is the right to information by the voters, so that we can vote for the right candidate. We don't want to unknowingly vote for criminals to rule us. We will be digging our own graves!!!!. What the politicians are doing is utter nonsense!!

Wed Jul 10 14:02:38 2002
Name:ArjunC
Email:Achax@yahoo.com
Your Views:Most politicians are corrupt. This criminal quality has been present in India on a widespread basis for at least 30 years. Since then, politicians have added to their criminal repertoire, such acts as Murder, Arson, Kidnapping, Rape, Extortion, Goondaism and Fraud. Yet, most politicians accused of such crimes have succeeded in ensuring that these crimes are not publicised. The press plays a part in this cover up too although it is hard to see any publication spending the time and money on a painstaking catalog of criminal acts of each and every politician. Only the spicier titbits get published. Would you vote for Sushil Sharma, the Congress politician charged with burning his wife in a tandoor? Or for Romesh Sharma, the famous land-grabber and extortionist (also Congress)? Or Sukh Ram Sharma of the telecom Scam fame? Why not? Because you know of their misdeeds. Now think of all the thousands of politicians from all parties that you vote for, only because you don't know what misdeeds they have committed. And can politicians be depended upon to pass a fair law? No way! Most of them are either criminals or beneficiaries of this kind of criminal activity It is in their interest to continue.

Wed Jul 10 14:03:46 2002
Name:Swamy Dasan
Email:swamy_dasan@hotmail.com
Your Views:With these type of law makers we need no enemies. Gold help India

Wed Jul 10 14:05:09 2002
Name:srinivas
Email:prsrinivas@yahoo.com
Your Views:If lawmakers are above law then how do they have the moral right to prosecute general public. The constitution of our country doesn't have a separate guideline for lawmaker and common man. If a person is corrupt or a criminal then he is accountable for the same irrespective of whether he is a lawmaker or a common man. In fact ideally they should be the role models for the common man. Apart from asking them to disclosing their antecedents there should also be some minimal education level introduced in the legislation to contest elections. If we have rubber stamp lawmakers who just endorse their party views then we are going to see many more 'unanimous decisions' on opposing EC and court's move to bring some sanity into the system.

Wed Jul 10 14:06:31 2002
Name:S Krishnan
Email:krishtimes@yahoo.com
Your Views:No, They are not right in rejecting the Supreme Court directive. When the people's representatives does not go by the apex court verdict, then how can you enforce this on a common man. There should be a clear thing about whether Judicial is supreme or Parliament is supreme. This is important because A supreme court ruling on the maximum ceiling on Reservation to backward classes was overruled by a legislation in the Tamil Nadu assembly. Then if tomorrow the UP assembly passes a legislation to construct Ram temple in Ayodhya, will that be acceptable, certainly NOT. So, this should be for all the cases.

Wed Jul 10 14:07:27 2002
Name:paresh
Email:pareshpikale@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Politicians in India are bastards.... A law should be enacted banning all politicians...anyone indulging in such anti-national activities ahould be shot..preferably dead. You have human beings and politicians... so normal laws (designed for human beings) are not applicable to them.

Wed Jul 10 14:08:01 2002
Name:naresh
Email:sahunaresh@yahoo.com
Your Views:It is really very sad to know that all idiots in the all party meeting dont want to establish a strong democracy rathere they want to get going the hoodlums and dons to carry out the Government which is curse on every Idians. They talk much about law and constitution but for them it is not useful.They filed persons who have long criminal records and give flase pomises to purge the system . In tru sense the all political parties are akin in theier activities when vote is concerend bot afterwards they forget everything and start exploiting the resourses of the country on their own wish. In this critical juncture the Supreme court of India has to intervene and bring the reform in the electroal laws whick are essential in this country for establising strong and viverting democracy. Naresh IITKanpur

Wed Jul 10 14:09:00 2002
Name:sknsbarn
Email:sknsbarn@indiatimes.com
Your Views:The Supreme Court directive and the EC's decision to implement it is a most welcome change in the electoral process. We need honest and law-abiding lawmakers, not criminals and goons as our so-called leaders. The reaction of the political class is on expected lines. I am sure they are going to frame a law that will be very ambiguous so that it takes years of litigation to prove they should have been disqualified. The Indian political class is a brood of vipers, unwilling to accept reforms that are against their interests. But talk about hiking the salary or development funds and they decide in no time and without consulting anyone. A developed India in the hands of such a political class will be a reality only in Utopia. Maybe we need to take a few clues from our adversary neighbour on the electoral norms for qualification such as defaulting in payments to banks and utility bills, educational background, and criminal record. What Musharraf has done is a practical step in the direction of cleansing the political class. Some such concrete measure should be taken here where the Lawmakers always take the public for a RIDE.

Wed Jul 10 14:12:09 2002
Name:Manjunaths
Email:manzoo79@rediffmail.com
Your Views:It is such a pity that we have been ruled by a bunch of people who can fall to any level to save their head. We bening a noraml citizen of this company end up paying hefty taxes.Law should made strignent and every person to be treated the same. I hope this happens atleast in 2050.

Wed Jul 10 14:12:19 2002
Name:Hemanth Kumar G
Email:hemanth_kumarg@yahoo.com
Your Views:All that is happening are good signs of a healthy democracy. We have an activist judiciary which has highlighted the issue. But, the legistlators do not want to let the judiciary dictate terms and tread on their territory and rightly so. However, the legislators have been forced to acknowledge that they need to do something. Now we will have a law which may be a watered down version of what the SC wanted and the EC notified, but it is still a few steps forward. This is how one moves forward in a democracy. However seemingly faulty and definitely slow this process may be, our cacaphonous democracy clearly works. This process is much better than the current farce that is going on in Pakistan in the name of constitutional and electoral reforms.

Wed Jul 10 14:13:40 2002
Name:harshal kulkarni
Email:kulkarniharshal@rediffmail.com
Your Views:This only shows that whether in power on otherwise, all the current existing politicians do not care for the well-being of the nation. And it is no surprise that our great nation has to be deprived of the position it had to attain in the world. I won't be surprised if more such reforms are put down unanimously by the parliament, whether it is benificial for the country as such is immetrial for them.Unless clean mindset is in the scenario its obvious that the younger generation will be reluctant to take an active part in the country politics.Just to add here it would be great if there are some rules set for the governing bodies and for their formation. What happened in Maharashtra is still fresh in our minds. Now with the coilation rule every where, it has to be decided whether a party or an individual for that sake, can hold the nation at par to fulfill his own materialistic desires. Once you decide to support a party you have to be with them for the complete term, if you dont feel that you wont be going togather well , dont support at the begining itself,but once you hand your support you are equally responsible for the entire term. So its easy not to repeat the Maharashtra incedent and the bad name it brought to our constitution. I dont know how helpful this is giong to be to write more, as a matter of fact its not that anybody wont have thought of it earlier, its just taht the people who can and must take the decision are not capable enough, and given that the capable once dont chalnage the existing fools this will remain "MERA BHARAT MAHAN" --- Jai Hind.

Wed Jul 10 14:15:59 2002
Name:Bhupendra jagani
Email:bhupendrajagani@rediffmail.com
Your Views:No, definitely not. Nobody is above the Law. Unfortunately, the situation is such where in no body is penalised by exemplary sentence hence the change is needed in our judiciary laws. Also It is need of hour to change the the election rules to stop and repair the damage by crimilisation of politics. Hope, our politicians will be graced by God to understand this.

Wed Jul 10 14:16:19 2002
Name:Hemanth Kumar G
Email:hemanth_kumarg@yahoo.com
Your Views:All that is happening are good signs of a healthy democracy. We have an activist judiciary which has highlighted the issue. But, the legistlators do not want to let the judiciary dictate terms and tread on their territory and rightly so. However, the legislators have been forced to acknowledge that they need to do something. Now we will have a law which may be a watered down version of what the SC wanted and the EC notified, but it is still a few steps forward. This is how one moves forward in a democracy. However seemingly faulty and definitely slow this process may be, our cacaphonous democracy clearly works. This process is much better than the current farce that is going on in Pakistan in the name of constitutional and electoral reforms.

Wed Jul 10 14:16:50 2002
Name:S Varghese
Email:yours_tony@indiatimes.com
Your Views:I personally uphold the directives of the Supreme Court. There are so mny qualifications asked for even to apply for the post of a peon, but the people who make the laws in our country need not be even literate. Some standard has to be set. Leave alone education, the directive clearly states that the people has the right to know the anticidents of the candidates. I feel that is a must. The nexus between politicians and criminals are very clear in the present political scenario. Hence by taking a such unanimous, they have only shown their solidarity to the criminal politicians and a very bleak future. Therefore the citizens of the country need to get united to uphold the directives of Supreme Court.

Wed Jul 10 14:18:00 2002
Name:pushkaraj
Email:pushkaraj9@rediff.com
Your Views: if a law maker tries to place himself above law , he is clearly abate the values of law ,for which moral upliftment is his duty. in that context what the politicians are trying to do in the pretext of maintaining constitutional superiority is cover up their own malign charachters. no way a law enacted by the supreme court or the directive given by the apex body to the election commission going to interfere with the absolute authority of parliament as law making body, what on other hand it will ensure is that it will make the coutry's legislature more potent by getting in the appropos candidates . what can be more evident of the fact that the politicians have malacious intentions to veil up their own miscreations by placing the absolute power in their own hands , is that the politicians who fight over trifling issues ,acuse each other and defame opposition political parties to no limit , have all came together against the supremecourt judgement. finally as the junta know it all the politicians whichever political party they belong to are ultimately the same black faces behind the mask. this attempt to ensure liability of politicians to the masses should be imposed .

Wed Jul 10 14:18:38 2002
Name:Manjunath Basappa
Email:manjurupa@vsnl.com
Your Views:What are we talking about here? How can we expect the politicians of India to follow the same rules that they make. How can we expect human behavior from the criminals?

Wed Jul 10 14:21:39 2002
Name:Jagdeesh Nair
Email:jagdeeshn@hotmail.com
Your Views:This goes to show all the parties in this great Democracy are made up of mostly tainted politicians to exempt a few. Its a shame that we still vote to power these social parasites.

Wed Jul 10 14:21:39 2002
Name:S V Gopal
Email:svg@ece.iisc.ernet.in
Your Views:This is irony of the largest democrazy in the world. If law makers are not setting an example by cleancing the rot how can they expect others to have integrety. This is the price we are all paying for keeping quite over half a century. Surely, rediculous. Pity that second largest populus country is still ruled by leaders who doesn't want to set themselves clean. Where are we heading?. No solution?. They are sending clear signal to stick on to the chair at any cost.

Wed Jul 10 14:21:45 2002
Name:Murali
Email:muralimanikandan@yahoo.com
Your Views:The shear name itself proclaims that, supreme court is the supreme authority. When, SC gives a directive, I don't think, the policians should have a say in it. They are just bound to obey. If the All party meeting rejects this, this directly implies that, no party is willing to take on the challenge of being pure.

Wed Jul 10 14:22:27 2002
Name:Srikant
Email:meetsriku@lycos.com
Your Views:Quit wasting more byte space. Say, what was the India-England score? What shaving cream does Zaheer use? Have you voted? Do you even know the name of your area's MP,MLA .. why even your municipality ward officer? I don't GET REAL

Wed Jul 10 14:22:30 2002
Name:kamal
Email:kamalesh_m2000@yahoo.com
Your Views:This is against to moral of the justice. A common man like me could not understand that what is the problem to a candidate who want to be elected to a particular house, while disclosing his history. If he doesn't like to disclose, and on what basis can people recognise him. Unless he disclose his background, by virtue if he got elected to any of legislative houses, it could be very dangerous to the Indian democracy. Let voter should learn about the candidate whom he wants to send to legislative houses as representative.

Wed Jul 10 14:23:00 2002
Name:R.Ilango
Email:rama_ilango@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Law makers are not above the law. In fact they have to set example.This is high time to take some corrective action to check politicians otherwise democracy will be under threat in the time to come. Above this some qualifications have to be fixed for contesting elections. when for holding a post of a peon a qualification is prescribed why there is none for law makers.

Wed Jul 10 14:27:39 2002
Name:NANDAN DASGUPTA
Email:judicious@vsnl.com
Your Views:Certain issues cannot and should not be argued. Ceaser's wife must be above suspicion. Anything that anyone, particularly politicians, do or say to bypass the EC or Supreme Court directives will inevitably be seen with suspicion. No argument will help. The only honourable thing for the politicians is to make the disclosures. If then, a legislation as proposed is also tabled, it may not look that bad.

Wed Jul 10 14:28:19 2002
Name:dinesh agarwal
Email:dmag@rediffmail.com
Your Views:Given the extremely slow law machinery in the country, the politicians want a legislation. With this they can still field tainted candidates nd get away when the cases are filed against them. The Supreme court directive is very correct. The Election Commission wnats to implement this. But the politicians are making a mockery of this.

Wed Jul 10 14:30:04 2002
Name:N.PARTHASARATHY
Email:sarathy_60@rediffmail.com
Your Views:These beggars are looting the public and the exchequer. All these fellows must be shot dead. By rejecting the SC advice, what they are effectively saying is that they will amass wealth through corrupt means, not pay taxes, indulge in all types of social, political, economic and criminal activities such as communal riots, political skulduggery, tax evasion, arson, looting, rape and get away with it all. With these b....... as parliamentarians, India is doomed. The only way to clip their wings is mass action and counter arson against this class by the common man (for a change) and disenfranchising the illiterate and non - tax payers as they do not have a stake in the govt. Once that happens, there will be an automatic improvement in the living conditions of the really poor. Until then, poor, lower middle class, middle class and salaried class people can live in India only like condemned dogs.

Wed Jul 10 14:30:41 2002
Name:Nainar
Email:Arumuga_NAINAR@delmia.com
Your Views:No, they only violate the basic rights envisioned by our constitution. While all class of people are being asked to file income tax returns and proof for every transaction with accountability to the government why cant the elected representatives be accountable? No person is above the law even if it is PM or President. This declaration of assets to the Speaker is another mockery, like a Cat guarding milk can!!! They want only to their clan and not to another agency that too after election. As individuals we should put the SC judgement in letter and spirit and if that needs a nationwide awakening we should take steps for that. Let this be a wake up call for the Politicians that they are accountable to us, the tax payers and public.. We should mobilize our strength in every possible way to make this happen.

Wed Jul 10 14:31:23 2002
Name:raja
Email:rajasaha@webcoral.com
Your Views:All political parties r the same and hence whatever they speak about each other, at the backoffice they still support each other and this is the only point where they are united. Its disastrous that in India these things happen and the people still vote for them.