This will lead automatically to governor's rule and the moment you have a neutral government, all parties will be equally placed to win. And the bureaucracy, freed from political influence, will act without fear. Gill argued that political violence had been on the rise because elections were held with the incumbent government in office during the polls. Violence requires the support of the official machinery. If this continues, criminals will take over Indian democracy.
Parliament is a sacred place.
To clean up the system, he suggested that all those against whom charges have been framed for a full trial should be barred from contesting elections. If such a law were to be passed by Parliament, it would be upheld by the courts because the Supreme Court has laid the doctrine of reasonable restriction. An elected member has to read papers on law-making and budget. Gill said he also favored a system whereby only a candidate bagging more than 50 percent of the vote would win. In a split election, you can win with a 15 percent vote.