CRIMINALIZATION OF POLITICS IN INDIA
The criminalization of politics means the participation of criminals in politics. This means that persons with criminal backgrounds contest in the election and get selected as a member of parliament or state legislature. It is said that the politics had reached a stage where the lawmakers became the lawbreakers . In a democratic country like India, the increasing nexus between criminals and politics threatens the survival of true democracy. It is now becoming a trend, people with criminal backgrounds have more influence in politics than people without criminal backgrounds. The increasing percentage of members of parliament who have a criminal background: 2004- 24% , 2009-30% , 2014-34% , 2019-43% Nearly 50% of MPs in the new Lok Sabha have criminal records . The increasing number of members with criminal records in parliament threatens the survival of any true democracy. To get undue favour through the use of political power is a crime. The term crime means an action which c...