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Delhi, Bollywood actor Aamir Khan today expressed sadness over
the trend of political parties giving tickets to candidates with criminal
background considering their winnability, but expressed hope that people at
large would stop voting for criminals. "Political parties give
tickets to people with criminal background because they want one seat in the
Lok Sabha. The same people later sit in Parliament and decide laws of our
country," Khan said.
"Political
parties give tickets to criminals because we vote for them," Khan, who has
been taking up social issues through his television show 'Satyamev Jayate',
said."As a normal Indian I am sad about this. I hope the political parties
will rise above all this," the actor said, adding that parties are
catching the right signal."Ultimately, these things will change as people
at large will stop voting for criminals," Khan, who exercised his
franchise in Mumbai last week, said. Social activist Aruna Roy and Congress
leader and Union Minister Salman Khurshid also spoke on the occasion.
Roy said that to be a
part of the "power that decides for us", we have to actively
participate in the voting process"The power that decides for us is
contained in the system so it is always advisable that we become part of the
system. If don't push the system, then someone else will sit there and make
laws in the way they want," she said.Admitting to making mistakes under
stress, Khurshid said he has been witness to many amendments in criminal laws
that were ridiculous.
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