The political parties have been giving seats to the big fish. The result is money is an additional qualification required to become an MNA, MPA or Senator. Such politicians don’t see it as a fee, but an investment, making it a business proposition.
The biggest sellout of the seats has been observed recently. The seat fee increased from crore to millions. Nation feels a politician who purchases a seat, believes his success has been powered by his money. That leaves him with very little sense of obligation towards society.
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If Senate seats start going out for hefty amounts, where is the merit, then?
By Asim Qadeer Rana
In our society every kind of seat sells. On every investment, one expects a satisfactory return. What would be the means of this “return” when a candidate for the Senate ends up spending Rs 20 crore on it?
Therein lie the seeds of the farce called “political parties’ malpractices” that anyone who has been in politics would be painfully aware of.
Many a candidates vying to become Senators will spend around crores of rupees to pay for the cherished seat. Such deals are often done at astronomical prices.
While questions about the ethics of those, doing politics of this kind, who make such massive investments, are obvious, experts feel it also points to a rotten political system.
If Senate seats start going out for hefty amounts, where is the merit, then?
Experts take this phenomenon of “sale of Senate seats” rather bitterly, as they feel ultimately society has to bear the greater cost of producing such political parties and politicians. With politicians making such a massive investment for the Senate seat, “nobility” of the Senate candidates will have to take a backseat as they will have to recover the investment with interest and profit.
Seeds of malpractices in the political field are sown by the leaders of political parties themselves when they keep this provision of ‘paid seats’. When one spends so much money, it is obviously with the intention of earning it back. And for such amounts, observing ethics will rarely work. Even regarding the standard of politics in our country, you are not giving the seats to the brightest candidates, but selling these to those who can purchase it like a commodity.
Experts say the last few decades have been the worst in this regard in the country. Not only Senate but National Assembly seats have been selling like hotcakes.
The political parties have been giving seats to the big fish. The result is money is an additional qualification required to become an MNA, MPA or Senator. Such politicians don’t see it as a fee, but an investment, making it a business proposition.
The biggest sellout of the seats has been observed recently. The seat fee increased from crore to millions. Nation feels a politician who purchases a seat, believes his success has been powered by his money. That leaves him with very little sense of obligation towards society.
