The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has asked the Parliament and the Election Commission of India to take effective measures to ‘remove criminals from politics’ and break the unholy nexus
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Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court has asked Parliament and the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take effective steps to ‘remove criminals from politics’ and sever unholy ties between them, politicians and bureaucrats. A bench consisting of Judge Dinesh Kumar Singh observed while refusing bail from BSP MP Atul Kumar Singh alias Atul Rai. The court said it was the responsibility of Parliament to demonstrate its collective will to keep criminals from entering politics or the legislature in order to save democracy and ensure that the country is governed by democratic principles and the rule of law. The court said that considering the criminal history of the 23 cases against Rai, the strength of the accused, the recorded evidence and the possibility of tampering with the evidence, there is no reason to give him bail at this stage. Rai was indicted by Hazratganj police in Lucknow for conspiring with the suicide of a girl and her witness outside the Supreme Court in August last year. During the trial, the assembly found that in 2004, 24 percent of Lok Sabha MPs had criminal cases pending, which increased to 30 percent in the 2009 election. In 2014, it rose to 34 percent and in 2019, 43 percent of MPs elected in the Lok Sabha are facing pending criminal cases against them. The Assembly said that despite the fact that the Supreme Court has taken note of the criminalization of politics and the urgent need of electoral reform, Parliament and the Election Commission have not taken adequate steps to protect India’s democracy from falling into the hands of criminals, thugs and the law. -breaker. “No one can argue that today’s politics is caught up in crime, identity, patronage, muscle tissue and n money. The relationship between crime and politics is a serious threat to democratic values and governance based on the rule of law. Elections for Parliament and state legislatures, and even for local bodies and panchayats are very expensive affairs,” the court said. “There is an unholy alliance between organized crime, politicians and bureaucrats,” he added. #xD; The court said the phenomenon has eroded the credibility, effectiveness and impartiality of law enforcement and administrative agencies. The court noted that defendants like Rai win over witnesses, influence investigations and tamper with evidence using money, muscle, and political power. “This results in a lack of trust and confidence in the state administration and justice system,” he said. –IANS amita/shs(Only the title and image of this report may have been reworked by Business Standard staff; other content is automatically generated from the syndicated feed.)
Lucknow Bench Allahabad High Court has asked Parliament and the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take effective steps to ‘remove criminals from politics’ and sever unholy ties between them, politicians and bureaucrats.
A bench consisting of Judge Dinesh Kumar Singh observed while refusing bail from BSP MP Atul Kumar Singh alias Atul Rai.
The court said it was the responsibility of Parliament to demonstrate a collective will to restrain criminals from entering politics or the legislature to save democracy and ensure that the country is governed by democratic principles and the rule of law.
The court said that given the criminal history of the 23 cases against Rai, the strength of the accused, the recorded evidence and the possibility of tampering with the evidence, found no reason to grant him bail at this stage.
Rai was indicted by Hazratganj police in Lucknow for conspiring with the suicide of a girl and her witness outside the Supreme Court in August last year.
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During the trial, the assembly found that in 2004, 24 percent of Lok Sabha MPs had criminal cases pending, which increased to 30 percent in the 2009 election.
