Voters, not Political Parties, are Responsible for the Criminalization of Politics

The subject matter can be summed as with the remarks that politicians are refined criminals created by the voters them self as once a criminal is mandated as per provisions of the Constitution, overnight, he becomes 'Honorable' and a protected person. Minutely we can conclude that it is our ill constitution that has no mandatory provision prohibiting the person with tainted background, so it is the constitution that has criminalized the political system by placing no breaks over the criminals contesting elections. Both voters and politicians riding on the soft pages of the constitution are responsible for criminalization of our political system.

Dear friends,
Yes I fully agree with the quote that "voters, not political parties are responsible for the crime" because when the voter came to us for votes then why we gave our precious votes to corrupt & criminal politicians. We should try to give our votes to the right person not on the discrimination of caste, creed or locality. When we realize our social responsibility then our country will be free from corrupt politicians.

Yes I would stone favour of it at the time of election they are seen. And when the election pass away they disappeared. According to me. The politician are not only responsible for it we all are also responsible for it.

Hi all,

It will be inappropriate to put all blame on voters and leave the political parties with a clean chit. But a voter is responsible to the same extent if not more to choose a tainted leader. The reasons are many - caste based politics, money power, fear, unavailability of better options, illiteracy, unawareness, helplessness, robin hood image of candidate, historical legacy etc.

It can be said that if a voter votes to a criminal its not because he/she is not logically sound but because the means to reach a logical & sensible choice is hampered by many factors. Some of them are stated above.

I am also of the opinion to some extent the voters are responsible, but here we need to differentiate the voters as literate and illiterate. The actual guilt is of the literate one who for some amount of money, or some personal benefit go for casting vote to non deserving candidate. Even sometimes negligibility on part of voters favouring election is one of the reason for the criminalization of politics. We being the youngsters need to spread this information that it is our one vote which will make the difference. We need to do campaigns in the rural areas and even in the urban areas to disseminate the information the with this one power of ours how we can make our lives and livelihood easy and wroth.

Hello everyone.

Not all but many of the voters are responsible too. Because many of the voters cast their vote without making efforts to know the background, wealth, criminal cases against the standing MP candidates.

Also many voters cast their vote after getting money. Many voters vote according to wave.

Hello what my opinion is that India is a nation where democracy pervades. So, democracy means 'by the people for the people'. So with the people's support, a candidate vying for a seat gets elected. So, if a tainted politician gets the mandate then the people are to blamed. This has necessitated the need for making people aware and education is the only means without which these divisive politicians will play dirty politics by polarising, duping or exploiting credulous people. So edifying the people is the only solution, else they have to pay the price.

Both are equally responsible, as voters when giving vote give votes to selected parties who has offered has some amount to get some good amount of votes whereas political parties are no less as they give money to the voters just to increase amount of votes and get elected not for the purpose of making decisions for public.

Therefore both has same side and are equally responsible for criminal of politics.

According to me, mostly voters are responsible for criminalization, because in rural areas poor people thoughts only about their short term benefits even in some urban areas this is repeating to Voters have to thought about their choice and should reacts like a cosmopolitan.

Voters are responsible for the criminalisation of politics because they often prioritise personal gain over the greater good, leading to the election of corrupt politicians.