Should politicians with criminal background be allowed to contest elections?

The recent case of a BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari accused of murdering a PWD engineer might be just a minor incident for our behenji, but it has certainly raised a question, Should politicians with criminal background be allowed to contest elections?
In recent years, there have been outnumbered cases of many politicians with criminal backgrounds accused of henious crimes including murder, extortion, and rape. Whethere its BSP, SP, BJP or congress every party has such rowdy elements.
I think giving tickets to such criminals is like giving them licence to committ crime. Most of these people with criminal backgrounds are given tickets to contest elections only after assuring that they would not indulge in unlawful activities anymore. Ironically, when these people get tickets they blatently misuse their power. And when any innocent family becomes a victim of their brutal acts, it has to face the brunt of their atrocitiies.From Manjunath to MK Gupta many die but government refuses to take action, and even if the accused MLA is arrested he is given the VIP treatment. Various political parties take no time to make use of the situation through their filthy game of politics. But nobody can redeem for what the family of MK Gupta has lost. What will you do when any member of your family is brutally beaten to death and you watch everything helplessly?
to be continued.....

Memories down the lane

I'VE ALWAYS found friends as a greatest source of happiness. no matter how bad your day has been, if you meet a hand full of good friends, even a gloomy day turns out be a happy one. And after a boring day, you badly need your friends to be happy. But now when holidays have just begun i really miss my friends. Exhausted by the days work when i return home late at night, another source to enlighten my mood is remembering about sweet-sour memories of my school days, i don't know about others but my school days are the best days of my life. now i often think about the pranks and punnishments at schol and laugh. and i would love to share a few of them in my blog space.
the month of december reminds me of our annual events. one of th event was 'Tallents Day'. Tallents Day an annual event for many of the students to showcase their tallent. this event included a hostfull of events like singing, extempore, debate, essay writting, drawing, and many other competitions. for bringing out the hidden tallent from among the students our princi made it compulsory for every student to take part in atleast one event. And our class teacher selected singing as the compelsory event for students. During the auditions, that is class-level selection for the singing competition, the so called romeos of our class used this oppertunity to express their love to their girls. and amidst all this we had to bare the phata baases of our class. and if any member of this romeo group was selected for the finals the competition use to be unimaginable, when songs like Jaadu hai tera hi jadu... and pehla nasha... echoed in the auditorium everyone use to wonder for whom the love-lorn romeo was singing? everyone use to whisper the name of the girl, and the brats of the romeo gang use to houl and hoot from back. poor girl in the mid of coyness and shame looked at her boy with squinting eyes. Sometimes even girls din't hesisate to express their love. The romeos use to make every effort to ensure that their lady-love realised that they were singing for her, some times the lyrics hit the correct shot, but most of the time they were mishit, as not their love but some other girl was impressed by their song. and then whole year they had to explain her 'no it was not for you'.
everyone use to eagerly wait for the results eventhough everytime the results were premeditated and everyone knew that the lapdogs of the teachers were going to be the winners. then also people like me participated in the event for fun and excitement...