Though we have not completed the procedures we want to bring in certain eminent politicians, representatives of the Confederation of Indian Industries, the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and labour unions so that one forum is available and the CVC can be the coordinator. Most of the political parties say that election funding is the root cause of all corruption. I have already submitted a project to the prime minister. Basically, our Indian democracy is based on corruption because every political party collects funds in cash. This is black money.
Black money is the oxygen for corruption.
So we have to start from removing black money, which constitutes 40 per cent of India's Gross Domestic Product. We must de-criminalise politics. Apart from that, as the Delhi High Court has said, every candidate should give an affidavit of his criminal background. The government should implement this strictly. If charges are framed against a person in the court of law he should not be allowed to contest in elections.