(Online Course) Public Administration for IAS Mains Exams
Topic: Law and Order Administration: Criminalisation of Politics & Administration
In fact after Independence ‘criminalization of politics’: people with criminal backgrounds becoming politicians and elected representatives, ‘criminalization of administration’, politicalization of administration, not rule of law but rule of dadas and thugs - eating into the vitals of the country have become chronic and administration was accused of inaction and collusion. Earlier politicians patronized criminals and provided them protection from the law-enforcement agencies in exchange for the use of their muscle power during elections. And now it is the opposite with the criminals themselves taking over the reigns of power and patronizing the politicians and their parties.
It is well known that all parties take the help of criminal elements to dominate the election scene in India. But this process is influencing the mind and the will of the people both to gain the majority to rule the country according to their will. The system of democracy is now changing into the dictatorship of some. Because the democracy of India are now in hands of the criminal who are not capable any way to hold the post if legislature and in this process they are supported by the administrators.
Reasons
Like corruption criminalization has become a fact of our society.
1. Deviation from moral standards or back of integrity
encourages criminalization of politics and administration along with corruption.
2. Criminalization of politics means the use of criminal methods and tactics to
influence political processes and procedures and people attracted to this way of
life because no other profession yields bigger and quicker gains.
3. The permissive attitude of society and the low level of citizen’s awareness
promote criminalization of politics and administration.
4. In present position pure means have become irrelevant and sole aim is to gain
power. Hence criminalization has become a way of politics.
5. The administrators are either collaborators of the corrupt politicians or are
strangers to their ways, black money runs a parallel economy, unemployment is on
the rise, elections have to be won by induction of the amounts of black money
and caste mobilization is the universal practice.