To contest election of Loksabha(Lower House) candidate has to deposit 5000rs. only. Security amount is too low and the money which the contestant use for publicity is in millions or even in billions.
As I saw the elections recently in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The limit of money which can be used for publicity which was decided by election commission was One Million. But there are 10 candidates who exceeded this limit. And there is one candidate who spent over 4 million (45 lakh ruppes). And as I myself seen how they are misusing the money by noisy hooters, Rallies and Pamphlets etc. and so many things which were unnecessary.
As a layman and a citizen of India what I observed is this that If you want to contest an election in India you will need around half of a million rupee. And when they spend this much amount of money. There mentality is to get back the money invested with interest so they do corruption. And right now this is among one of the reason that we have high corruption in India.Its really time for us to think the money which the candidates are spending for elections is right or wrong.
KEEP IT POSITIVE...!!!!
