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SC bid to cleanse politics
Should there be a blanket ban on those in custody from contesting polls?
India Supreme Court Bars Felons From Legislatures
Will politicians allow politics to be cleaned?
On the Supreme Court judgment disqualifying convicted MPs/MLAs
The Big Picture – Supreme Court order: Cleansing politics or opening up new issues?
Guests: Mani Shankar Aiyar (MP, INC) ; Prakash Javadekar (Spokesperson & MP, BJP) S Y Quraishi (Former Chief Election Commissioner) ; Dushyant Dave (Senior…
Reducing criminalisation of politics
Application of RTI Act to political parties
Conspiracy of silence: Applicability of RTI to political parties
The June 03, 2013 decision of the Central Information Commission (CIC) declaring six national parties as public authorities under the Right to Information Act…
For the record: We are doing this to bolster political parties
Applicability of RTI Act to political parties
‘If you think RTI will destroy political system, your understanding is limited’
On RTI being applicable to political parties
Activists slam political parties for anti-RTI stand
The Newshour Debate: Political parties under RTI ambit (Part 1 of 3)
Times Now debate on the Central Information Commission order bringing political parties within the Right to Information framework.
Dacoits of Democracy
Jagdeep S. Chhokar Political parties have taken away the essence ofdemocracy and are stalling all election reforms Published in GovernanceNow, June 01-15, 2013, pp.42-48…
How political parties are making a mockery of election reforms
Reverse gear on electoral reforms
Prof. Madhav Gadgil on Western Ghats Ecology
The Government of India, through the Ministry of Environment and Forests, appointed what it called the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel, headed by known…