Criminalisation of politics felt in strongest form in '93 Mumbai blasts: SC
Criminalisation of politics was felt in its strongest form during the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts which was the result of a collaboration of a diffused network of criminal gangs, police, customs officials and their political patrons, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. Referring to the report of the NN Vohra Committee, set up to study the problem of criminalisation of politics, the top court said the panel had referred to several observations made by official agencies, including CBI, IB and RAW, which unanimously expressed the opinion that criminal network was virtually running a parallel government. It said the committee also took note of the criminal gangs which carried out their activities under the aegis of various political parties and government functionaries. ALSO READ: NHPC moves Supreme Court against Delhi High Court order on arbitral award The apex court referred to the panel's report while holding today that all candidates will have to declare their crim...