Our 13,563 messages last week helped the Gandhis realise they had to oppose the move. Click below to write to Singh and key Ministers now, then share this email with everyone to tell the government they should listen to Gandhi and the people, not criminal MPs:
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Mahatma Gandhi gave his life in service to the nation, but many of today’s politicians seem more interested in lining their pockets and supporting their cronies than governing for the good of the people. An incredible 30% of MPs in the Lok Sabha face criminal charges.
In July the Supreme Court took a brave stand and ruled that any MP or MLA convicted of a serious crime must lose their seat immediately. Politicians wanted criminals to stay in power and introduced a bill to overturn the decision. But public outcry left the bill on the table when the monsoon session ended.
Then two important MPs faced convictions for corruption. Ridiculously, this was deemed an emergency worthy of using crisis powers. But public demands for clean politics are becoming too loud to ignore. Opposition leaders and Congress bigshots are taking their distance and we can build on this uproar to push cabinet ministers to follow Rahulji’s suggestion to “tear up and throw away” the ordinance when they meet today.
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Together we have kept up the pressure and stopped politicians from letting criminal cronies stay in office. Over 114,000 of us took action and together with other voices we convinced Congress not to push the bill through. Our poll shows 98% of Indians backed the court and wanted criminals in prison, not parliament. Now we need to stop the threat for good!
With hope,
Meredith, Antonia, Aldine, Marie, Alex, Luca, Ricken and the whole Avaaz team
