At a recent roundtable on electoral reforms to curb criminalisation of politics organised by the Public Interest Foundation, former chief justice of India M N Venkatachaliah made a forceful argument for amendment in the Representation of People Act, which currently disqualifies a member of a state or Central legislation on ground of criminality only after he has been sentenced for a certain period after conviction or if his offence involves moral turpitude.
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