Before India's independence the lives of commoners were far worse under Britishers rule . The benefits of the independence have reached only a few . Poor class has dominated India & the rich act fine minorities .The rich people who are those in power , getting favourable laws to suit their own benefits . These people who are in power enjoy in a 5 star hotels at tax payer's expense while more than 50 million are starving to death . Our Indian Political System consists of Executive , Legislature & Judiciary which is functioning well though , the corruption has spread like vast sea & acts well like the tentacles of octopus which will ruin the economy of the country , where public servants have become more worse than Britishers . The standard business in Political arena is nothing but criminalisation in politics itself . Politicians who are elected representatives have criminal backgrounds in their past & present may work in future though . According to a survey done more than 20 % of members  of parliament (MP's) of current 15th Loksabha (2009) have several cases pending against them ."In Indian Parliament, 163 members have cases of heinous offences against them " .There are several charges of crime such as murder , attempt to murder , robbery , kidnapping , extortion & land grabbing etc .. its not just violation of IPC section 144 (forming unlawful assembly)  . It is well known that all parties take the help of criminal elements so dominate the election scene in India . The system of democracy is now changing in into the dictatorship of some . Now the democracy is in the hands of criminals who are not capable enough to hold their post in legislature . Politicians are thriving today on the basis of muscle power provided by the criminals . Many politicians choose muscle & financial power to gain vote bank in the bank in the country . The elections for being a member Parliament or State Legislatures is really a costly affair , this is the root cause for corruption in India . A candidate has to spend lakhs to buy a party ticket & spend crores of rupees to victor elections . The total salary of MLA/MP will meagre compared to his election expenses . How do he recover his money back in power ? Publicly through donations & secretly through illegal means . Only criminal activities can generate such large sums of untaxed funds . That's why we have criminals in politics , They have money & muscle power, so they win & help others in their party win as well .

Reasons of this Criminalisation :

• Vote Bank :A brand of politics encourages voters to vote on the basis of narrow communal considerations, often against their better judgement, it is considered inimical to democracy.It can happen only in India, where vote-bank politics scores decisively over national interest and issues relating to India's sovereignty.These political parties and independent candidates have astronomical expenditure called vote buying and other illegitimate purposes through these criminals or so called Goons . Politicians link them in their respective constituencies & it develops political crime . People do not know why do they compromise the majority of voters of this country . Therefore majority of the voters are purchasable  . We all have also witnessed that the political parties are given cabinet post because of their muscle and money power fetches critical votes to them . There is a possible vote bank including those who are accused robbers and murders .   

• Corruption : As of December 2008, 120 of India's 523 parliament members were facing criminal charges. Many of the biggest scandals since 2010 have involved very high levels of government, including Cabinet Ministers and Chief Ministers, such as in the 2G spectrum scam, the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam and the Adarsh Housing Society scam, Coal Mining Scam, mining scandal in Karnataka and cash for vote scam. Politicians are alleged to steal state property. In cities and villages throughout India, elected politicians acquire, develop and sell land in illegal ways.In 2012 India has ranked 94th out of 176 countries in Transparency Internationals Corruption Perceptions Index . In Indian politics in every election all parties have put up their candidates with a criminal background . By acting in such manner we fail to realise that the greatest power that the democracy arms the people is to vote incompetent people out of power .

• Loop holes in the functioning of Election Commission : EC is the body of federal authority responsible for administering all the electoral processes in the Republic of India , it should take adequate measures to break the nexus between the criminals and the politicians . The forms prescribed by the Election Commission disclosing their conventions , cases pending in the courts and so on in the nomination papers is a step if it is applied in the right direction properly in this way they can inform the people of the history of the candidate and qualifications too , but not prohibit from casting their votes , regardless , in favour of a criminal . Common people hardly understand the rules made by the Election Commission . Bridging this gap is not only essential for rooting out the undesirable elements from politics . People should be guided in future to make intelligent choices of their kind in choosing their right favourable candidate .

• Criminalization is a fact of Indian electoral politics today : The voters, political parties and the law and order machinery of the state are all equally responsible for this. There is very little faith in India in the efficacy of the democratic process in actually delivering good governance. This extends to accepting criminalization of politics as a fact of life. Toothless laws against convicted criminals standing for elections further encourage this process. Under current law, only people who have been convicted at least on two counts be debarred from becoming candidates. This leaves the field open for charge sheeted criminals, many of whom are habitual offenders or history-sheeters. It is mystifying indeed why a person should be convicted on two counts to be disqualified from fighting elections. The real problem lies in the definitions. Thus, unless a person has been convicted, he is not a criminal. Mere charge-sheets and pending cases do not suffice as bars to being nominated to fight an election. So the law has to be changed accordingly. Thus, Criminalisation of politics and corruption in public life has become the biggest threat to India, the world's largest democracy.

• Representation of Peoples' Act (RPA)- (Supreme Court) - On May 2, 2002, the Supreme Court gave a historic ruling following public interest litigation by an NGO.

• It ruled that every candidate, contesting an election to Parliament, State Legislatures or Municipal Corporation, has to declare the following along with the application for his/her candidature:

• · A candidate's criminal records (convictions, acquittals and charges etc)

• · The candidate's financial records (assets & liabilities etc)

• · The candidate's educational qualifications

• If the candidate fails to file any of the above three declarations, the Returning Officer will have the right to reject his nomination papers. The Supreme Court has ruled that all the three declarations will have to be truthful.

• The Election Commission had sent a notification on June 28, 2002, to all State Election Officers with a view to enforcing it...