1.
Adequate and
strong constitutional provisions for effective check on criminalisation of
politics.
2.
Enhance the
punishment for electoral offences.
3.
Establishment
of special courts/tribunals to decide election petitions and also cases against
candidates to be disposed within 6 months.
- Sitting members should also be disqualified if charge sheeted for an offence.
5.
Amend section 8 (3) of the Representation
of the People Act, 1951 enhancing the period of disqualification from six years
to eleven years.
- Person with charges of offences punishable for two years or more should not be allowed to contest elections;
- Omit section 8 (4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and should attract automatic disqualification if a person found guilty.
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