Criminalisation of Politics: In search for an Answer

The present work is an attempt to study the process of criminalization of politics in India and how far it effects the functioning of Indian democracy. Due to criminalization of politics there has been a steady erosion of democratic values in public life. The Election Commissioner G.V.G Krishnamurty has gone on record to say that the situation is threatening to degenerate into a government of the criminals, for the criminals and by the criminals