The Clean Movement ; Looks Like It's Getting Time to Make a Clean Break From Our Not-so- Clean Electoral Past.

India Today (April 13, 2009)

Author: Priya Sahgal

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CITIZENS' INITIATIVES

Looks like it's getting time to make a clean break from our not- so-clean electoral past. What makes E-2009 different apart from the usual political rhetoric is another voice that is making itself heard, that of the ordinary citizen. From retired chief justices, young professionals and even Bollywood stars, a pan-Indian movement has begun against criminalisation of politics. Retired Chief Justice J.S. Verma recently issued an appeal asking parties to desist from giving tickets to tainted politicians. We are no longer prepared to tolerate lawbreakers masquerading as lawmakers, he said.

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The Clean Movement ; Looks Like It's Getting Time to Make a Clean Break From Our Not-so- Clean Electoral Past.

Equally active is the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), an organisation set up by the pr...

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