‘A candidate’s allegiance is to the ticket-giver not voter’

The past two decades have witnessed growing concern over diminishing fair play in elections and lack of transparency in the functioning of political parties. The end of another general election is a good time to review how much progress has been made. Has the role of money power been curbed? Are there fewer criminals getting elected? Do parties tell us enough about their funding and internal processes?

To have some idea of where the country has reached, Civil Society spoke to Jagdeep Chhokar, a founder-member of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). In citizens&rsquo. . .

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