Readers feel Sanjay Dutt and Azhar have no respect for the law and should not be allowed to contest elections I always wondered if there are any noteworthy norms laid down by our Election Commission that study a citizen's disciplinary track record and legal status before he is allowed to contest elections. A dacoit like Phoolan Devi was once a member of the Parliament andu00a0 former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is on bail for murder, is elected as an MP from Amritsar. What's worse is that he is given a hero's status by the media. The latest to join the list of tainted politicians are actor Sanjay Dutt and former cricketer Mohd Azharuddin. While, Dutt was under the scanner for possession of an AK-47 during the Mumbai riots, Azhar was banned by the BCCI for match fixing. India is the world's largest democracy, which is run by the largest number of tainted politicians. Can we then complain about a corrupt bureaucracy?u00a0u00a0u00a0 It is the responsibility of the ordinary citizen to elect politicians who will serve them. Running a nation is serious business and we need serious people at the helm.u00a0 Wrong handsu00a0 Sanjay Dutt and Azhar would be misfits in politics. People who have no respect for law have no business to serve the nation. The educated may not vote for these "aspiring" politicians, but the illiterate that form a majority of the vote bank in our country are easily influenced by the rich and the famous.u00a0u00a0u00a0 u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0 Both Dutt and Azhar are traitors in their own way and they should not be allowed to represent theu00a0 ordinary citizen. While the actor is a convict under the Arms Act, the former Indian skipper sold the country, which considers cricket a religion, to the bookies.u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0 The 1993 riots and the match-fixing scam scarred our nation. How can the two be allowed to contest elections? We have the power to put a stop to this. Our citizens need to wake up for our future lies in our hands.

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Readers feel Sanjay Dutt and Azhar have no respect for the law and should not be allowed to contest elections

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