Vision 2020: India will have world’s first Prime Minister operating from inside Jail

A PWD engineer in Uttar Pradesh is lynched to death, by a MLA (Shekhar Tiwari of BSP), for refusing to pay up 25 lakhs (some claim 50 lakhs). The MLA was collecting money for the birthday bash of his party Supremo Mayavati. As per the statements made by the opposition, every member of the ruling party was given a collection target and the total goal set by the party was 1000 crores!

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During the July, 2008 confidence motion, 6 MPs (Ateeq Ahmad [SP], Afzal Ansari [SP], Mohammed Shahabuddin [RJD], Rajesh Ranjan a.k.a Pappu Yadav[RJD], Suajbhan Singh [LJP], Uma Kanth Yadav[BSP]) were brought from Jail on a one day bail to vote in the parliament. Three of them were convicted for murder by the courts!

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More than 1300 cases are pending against sitting members of parliament!

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During the July, 2008 confidence motion, Rs 3 Crores, the money used for bribing the opposition MPs, displayed on the floor of the house. Morever, it was reported that a private channel had recorded the entire incident of bribing on tape. The speaker decided not show the tape to the nation. Suspiciously enough the T.V. Channel which recorded the sting operation also went mum. The entire matter was hushed up by a committee of MPs themselves. The only question in front of the committee now it seems,  from where does the broker got so much of money!

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In 2002, Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, candidates with criminal records won 206 out of 403 seats in the assembly, i.e. more criminals were elected than regular politicians. [Source : Wikipedia]

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In 2007 UP Assembly election, the participation by criminals increased significantly. Prior to elections, 74% more criminal politicians were given tickets by the mainstream parties (Source: UP Election Watch, independent NGO headed by ex-DIG Ishwar P. Dwivedi):

1. Samajwadi Party (SP): 35.01 %
2. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP): 32.27%
3. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): 28.05%
4. Indian National Congress (INC) : 21.60%

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As per the survey conducted by Delhi-based NGO, Centre for Media Studies, after the May 2008 elections, Karantaka tops the list of states, where votes are bought for cash. Estimated 47% of the people were bribed to cast vote in favor of a party!

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Do read:

1. Criminalization in the UP 2007 Elections
2. How the Australia, UK, China, Pak media viewed the July, 2008 Confidence motion
3. Mohammad Shahabuddin
4. Pappu Yadav
5. D.P.Yadav
6. Surajbhan Singh
7. Anant Singh: Bihar’s notorious politician
8. More about Ananth Singh
9. Criminalisation of Politics in Bihar
10. Former MP gets death sentence for IAS officer’s lynching
11. Raghuraj Pratap Singh
12. Swearing in of Raghuraj Pratap Singh in Kalyan Singh’s cabinet
13. Vote for cash scandal (Horse trading of MPs during recent vote of confidence)