Criminal MLAs: 'Our parties have become thick-skinned'

A recent report put out by the Association for Democratic Reforms and National Election Watch revealed that 47 per cent of the newly-elected Uttar Pradesh assembly has candidates with criminal......

RTI Act to be amended to exempt parties from being questioned

The government has proposed that political parties cannot be designated public authorities as defined in the RTI Act. Anita Katyal reports   The Union Cabinet is all set to amend the......

'Only political reforms can clean up the system'

It is people who should make an informed choice. When parties begin to realise that fielding tainted candidates is affecting their chances, they will change, says Professor Trilochan Sastry. Vicky......

Now, political parties are answerable under RTI

Setting a new bench mark in transparency in politics, the Central Information Commission has held that political parties are answerable under the Right to Information Act.  A full bench of the......