Zero tolerance to criminality:

(a) If a person, on the day of submitting his candidature for any election, has any criminal case pending against him/ her or he/she has ever been found guilty by the court, his candidature will be summarily rejected. (b) Further, if he has been elected and later on, during his term, it is found that he was in class (a) above, which could not be applicable either due to non-availability of information or suppression of information, his term will be immediately cut short. Sure, this provision will induce instability in the political domain, but this instability will find its own resolution.

Zero tolerance to religious reference:

(a) If a political leader (whether elected or not) uses or has ever used a public forum to make a reference to any religion whatsoever, he/she disqualifies to fight an election. His candidature will be summarily rejected by the election commission. However, when a politician is already elected, and a proof is provided that he/she could fall in category (a) above, his/her term will be immediately cut short.

Zero tolerance to caste reference:

(a) If a political leader (whether elected or not) uses or has ever used a public forum to make a reference to any caste (including caste categories such as SC/ST/General, etc) whatsoever, he/she disqualifies to fight an election. His candidature will be summarily rejected by the election commission. However, when a politician is already elected, and a proof is provided that he/she could fall in category (a) above, his/her term will be immediately cut short.

Sudhanshu K Mishra

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