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Steps for free and fair election

May I suggest some preventive steps to ensure free and fair election?

There should be complete prohibition in the country after the announcement of election till its declaration of result. Would it not help in minimizing crime during the election?

Distribution of any material, gifts, cash or even farm products among voters during campaign or otherwise should be banned and if any candidate found to be indulged in such activities directly or through his supporters, his candidature must be cancelled spontaneously.

Why does a good candidate need support of India fame political leader or a film actor or a few singer or dancer to win the election? Why not these rallys should be banned?

None of person outside the state or even outside the constituency should be allowed to file nomination in the election. None from outside the constituency should be allowed to campaign for any candidate.

Use of public transport or vehicle to mobilize audience in the political rally should be completely stopped after announcement of electoral dates

Any candidate should not be allowed to address a rally of people more than 500. This will force candidate to go to each mohalla and speak to voters more closely.

Caste based gathering or meeting should be completely banned and if possible even title of the candidate should be removed in all papers and documents.

One and only one car authorized by electoral officer for a candidate should be used for campaigning to minimize seizure of private cars by musclemen of party candidates. In constituencies with bigger area, number of vehicles to be used in the election may be two or three, maximum upto five. But registration number of all such cars must be quoted in nomination papers and the cars approved by the concerned electoral officer should boldly paste the same on the front glass of car.

List of political workers, polling agents and personal security guards must be given to district magistrate within three days of acceptance of nomination to avoid use of muslemen, booth capturer and criminals in the election.

Government should ban completely display of all types of arms including lathi, knives, kripals, trisuls, arrow etc from the date of finalization of candidature till declaration of result of the election.

All print and TV media should submit list of reporter or journalists or photographer to district magistrate within 24 hours of finalization of list of election candidates to avoid criminals working in disguise of press man or TV personnel.

Suppose criminals or terrorists are moving openly wearing dress of police or CRPF or BSF during election times or even in general days. Is there any check point in the hand of administrator? And if yes, are they conducting random checking?

Person with criminal record should be advised to surrender at least during election days and political party should be allowed to submit additional list or objects to police list. Disputed figure may be revisited by SP of other area.

Use of fire crackers, loud speakers, band parties, archestra, singer & dancer for election campaign should be completely banned.

Candidates should give list of promises made by him during election campaign to electoral officer on everyday in the evening. Candidate should declare before magistrate on oath that he will put such promises in action failing which his election may be cancelled and fresh election may be conducted. However a sitting candidate may be allowed to submit his report card on work done by him during his present or last tenure.

All political party of national level or regional level should focus on quality of candidate and not on caste or community or winning ability of candidate. If political parties avoid giving ticket to person of criminal record, good people will enter into Parliament and they will focus on business.

Should electoral officer also collect report on candidate from police, administration (district magistrate) and if possible local prominent social bodies or group of bodies including factual NGOs and if adverse report is found, the candidature should be rejected to nip in the bud.

Armed forces or other personnel on duty for election must be fully utilized, more specially in sensitive areas; daily report of their duty must be given to electoral officer.

Lastly all winning candidate should be instructed to submit performance report every month to District magistrate or CM or any appropriate authority who in turn will verify the correctness of performance shown by him and if found false, he should be empowered to award punitive action.

Danendra Jain

Agartala

5th March


Company: Nil

Country: India

Category: Miscellaneous

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