How can Parties be reformed?

Political parties must be transformed in order to meet the problems. Some of our country’s recent efforts and ideas to reform political parties include:

1. Anti-defection legislation: MLAs or MPs are prohibited from switching parties after an election under this rule. Any MLA or MP who switches parties will lose his or her seat in the Legislature. This was done because many elected politicians were defections for the purpose of becoming ministers or receiving monetary rewards. 
2. Details of Property and Criminal Cases: In order to reduce the influence of money and criminals, our country’s Supreme Court issued an order requiring every candidate running for office to file an affidavit detailing his property and criminal cases pending against him. However, there is no system in place to verify whether the information provided by the candidate is accurate or not. 
3. Filing an Income Tax Return: The Election Commission issued an order requiring political parties to undertake organizational elections as well as file income tax returns. The parties have begun to do so, but it is sometimes only a formality.

A political party is a group of people who band together to seek office and take over government power. Every political party has ideas and programs that serve society as a whole. They strive to convince people that their policies are superior to those of others. They want to put their policies into effect by garnering public support in elections. 

Political parties are a reflection of a society’s basic political divides. All of the parties support a particular segment of society, which leads to cooperation. The constituency a party represents, the policies it supports, and the interests it defends define it.