Explain any three efforts done to reform political parties in India.

(i) The anti-defection law has helped bring defection down.

(ii) The Supreme Court passed an order to reduce the influence of money and criminals. Now, it is mandatory for every candidate who contests elections to file an AFFIDAVIT giving details of his property and criminal cases pending against him.

(iv) The new system has made a lot of information available to the public. But there is no system to check if the information given by the candidates is true.

(v)The Election Commission passed an order making it necessary for political parties to hold their organisational elections and file their income tax returns.