Shielding criminal lawmakers an own goal by Congress

The ordinance approved by the United Progressive Alliance government that negates a key aspect of the Supreme Court’s judgment disallowing a convicted legislator from continuing to be a member of the House by going on appeal is so ham-handed that it looks likely to result in an own goal. The action, apart from being bad in principle, has also been inept in execution. All political parties must share the blame for the growing criminalisation of politics in the country.

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