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Need to conduct direct poll to elect CM: Jayaprakash Narayan
Lok Satta founder Jayaprakash Narayan felt that there was a need to conduct direct election to elect the Chief Minister to reduce election expenditure of candidates in all Assembly elections.
Amaravati: Lok Satta founder Jayaprakash Narayan felt that there was a need to conduct direct election to elect the Chief Minister to reduce election expenditure of candidates in all Assembly elections. He expressed serious concern at the increasing influence of money in elections. He was speaking at a seminar on 'Influence of money in the elections-its impact- future of democracy' at the CPI office in Guntur on Sunday.
- Expresses serious concern at growing influence of money in electoral process
- Says present system favourable to only those with money power which results in corruption
Jayaprakash Narayan said that in order to maintain a political party, there was a need to spend several crores of rupees every year and maintain full time activists in all Assembly constituencies in the State. As a result, only those with money power are getting elected time and again and they resort to corruption to get back their investment, he opined.
He further said that the poor voters are taking money and casting their vote. In foreign countries, there is no link between the administration and the politicians whereas in India, people’s representatives dictate terms to officials, resulting in corruption, said the Lok Satta founder. CPI State secretary K Rama Krishna said that his party was creating awareness on the need to reduce the impact of money in elections.
Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu who finds fault with his Telangana counterpart for luring opposition MLAs to his fold has himself purchased 21 MLAs belonging to the YSRCP alleged Rama Krishna in order to buttress his point about the role of money in politics. Reducing the impact of money in elections was the responsibility of all political parties, he said. “Even Rajya Sabha and MLC seats are being sold,” he said.
CPI State assistant secretary Muppalla Nageswara Rao said that CPI will fight to reduce money influence in elections. CPI district secretary Jangala Ajay Kumar, Progressive Forum State president S Hanumantha Reddy and journalist C Raghava Chary were among those who participated in the programme.
