33 MPs in the country are criminals.
Warangal(KCN) :
According to the Election Commission of India, 33% of the candidates exercised their right to vote
As part of the second day of Warangal Knit Swings Free 2023, a meeting was held on Saturday at Ambedkar Auditorium on the topic of Electoral Reforms. Former Joint Director of CBI Lakshminarayana was the Chief Guest of this program. Speaking on this occasion, he explained about the rules and regulations related to the victory and defeat of the political leaders in the previous elections. The winner of the election must get at least 50% plus second votes of the votes cast. He said that if the top candidate does not get 50% plus one vote, a run-off election should be held after a week between the first candidates. He said that the Prime Minister is responsible with the officials like CMs and Ministers, so they should not be allowed to campaign during the elections to the Parliament and the Assemblies and they should decide whether to hold executive posts. In order to increase the polling percentage and make voting easier, methods should be devised to enable voting using mobile phones, computers etc. Publication and broadcasting of opinion polls and free poll services on media channels and social media channels should be prohibited. It is suggested that there is a possibility of influencing the voter’s mind. He said that the campaign should be limited to door-to-door campaign and TV talk on an equal basis with equal representation of newspaper advertisements and the expenditure incurred by the party should be included in the candidate’s expenses. Foreign NRI voters who have registered using FarmSix A should be allowed to vote from that country using internet mobile based technology. He said that anyone who has been criminally charged by a court for offenses specified in the Representation of the People Act, 1951 should be barred from contesting elections until the case is disposed of in the trial. To make the appointment of Election Commissioners impartial and unbiased, a committee consisting of the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and the Chief Justice of India should select the Election Commissioners from among the eligible candidates.They should be permanently barred from engaging in gainful employment after retirement. If NOTA gets more votes than the contesting candidates, the elections should be held again with other candidates. It is time for proportional representation as political parties are all talking about winning seats and want no opposition to distort democracy leading to subversion of free and fair elections. That means the seats are according to the percentage of votes received. Donations to political parties under section 80 GGC and 80 GGB are 100% tax exempt and electoral bonds are leading to financial disparity of political parties. Instead these donations should go to the Election Commission for implementation of electoral reforms.A state Chief Electoral Officer CEO appoints an IAS officer from the same state. To ensure a neutral and unbiased story, the CEO should be recruited from other cadre and should not belong to that state, he said. Officials like Prime Ministers, CMs and Ministers are not responsible for governance. So they should not be expected to campaign during elections to Parliament or State Assemblies. They have to decide whether to hold executive posts or party posts. If a People’s Representative MP or MLA resigns from office before the completion of his term, the candidate who obtained the next highest number of votes in the election shall be declared as the People’s Representative for the remainder of the term. GD Lakshminarayan said that if they follow this rule, they will be recognized as those who have followed the rule of taking oath according to the Constitution of India. On this occasion, GD Lakshminarayana said that there is no need for EVMs or pod machines. Looking at the current rules for the election of political party leaders, they have expressed the opinion that they have been elected democratically. They express the opinion that they have won. As a part of this, 37 parliamentary candidates in the last general elections were said to have criminal records. Moreover, he expressed the opinion that the candidates belonging to the ruling party spent 646 crores in the Munugodu bye elections held in Telangana. According to the Election Commissioner of India, 33% of voters did not exercise their right to vote. As an example of this, in Australia, if the right to vote is not exercised, the voter will be charged a higher tax in the form of income tax. NIT Director Yan V Ramana Rao, Dean of Students, Prof. Puli Ravikumar Greenwood. Alumni P Madhava Reddy Alumni President Chandragiri Srinivas PRO. Rahul participated