Explain the efforts made and suggestions given to reform the political parties and the leaders

Explain the efforts made and suggestions given to reform the political parties and the leaders.
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Explain any three steps taken by the authorities to reform political parties and their leaders in India.

Some recent efforts and suggestions are made to reform political parties and its leaders. They are as follow:

  • The Constitution was amended to prevent elected MLAs and MPs from changing parties, Now the law say that if any MLA or MP change parties, he or she will lose the seat. This amended law has helped bring defection down.
  • The Supreme Court passed an order to reduce the influence of money and criminals. Now, it is mandatory for every candidate who contests elections to fill an affidavit giving details of his property and criminal cases pending against him or her. This new system has made a lot of information available to the public.
  • The Election Commission passed an order making it necessary for political parties to hold their organisational elections and file their income tax returns.

Suggestions:

  • A law should be made to regulate the internal affairs of political parties.
  • It should be mandatory for political parties to give about one-third seats to women candidates.
  • There should be state funding of election.