Political Parties

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National Political Parties

Challenges to Political Parties

• Lack of Internal Democracy

• Dynastic Succession

• Use of excessive money/money power

• Muscle power

• Lack of meaningful choice

Efforts taken in our country to reform political parties and its leaders

• Anti-Defection Law

• Declaration of Assets by the candidates

• Declaration of criminal cases by the candidates

• Mandatory to conduct organisational elections

• Filing of income tax by political parties

Some suggestions to reform Political Parties

• Law for the regulation of internal affairs of political parties

• Reservation for women in distribution of tickets

• State funding of elections

• Pressurising political parties through petitions, publicity and agitations.

• Increased political participation