Electoral Funding Root Causes - Inputs on Solutions
Based on your inputs, here is a summary of key root causes for the current state of Electoral Funding:
1. Lack of centralized guideline on fund sources
2. No laws to force the parties to disclose the amount of funding collected
3. Some businesses are happy to fund political campaigns so that they could ask for favours once the party in in power
4. Cost of fighting election is increasing steeply
5. No limit on the number of parties contesting elections
6. Political parties do not need to file income tax returns
7. Muscle power and threatening tactics are used sometimes to force businesses to donate
8. Lack of political will to take any steps in this direction
Based on these root causes, let us identify solutions that can be shared with the Government and Central Election Commission for consideration.
Thanks for your participation!
Rajendra Pratap Gupta more