{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:29:06.630Z","data":{"id":"nda-ls-1999-021","text":"Electoral reforms against defections, corruption and criminalisation","quote":"We will introduce necessary electoral reforms on the basis of the recommendations of the Goswami Committee, the Indrajit Gupta Committee and the Law Commission Report so as to deal with the malaise of defections, corruption and criminalisation of politics","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":null,"sector":"governance","measurability":"directional","importance":"major","deadline":"2004-05-22","deadlineType":"implied","status":"partial","rating":5,"ratingRule":"partial_yesno","provisional":false,"confidence":"medium","reason":"The 91st Amendment (2003) tightened the anti-defection law, and the Election and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003 made political donations tax-deductible. No law barring candidates with criminal charges or for state funding of polls was found.","evidence":[{"date":"2003-04-26","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Indian Kanoon","title":"The Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act, 2003","url":"https://indiankanoon.org/doc/121069574/","quote":"Demands have been made from time to time... for strengthening and amending the Anti-defection Law as contained in the Tenth Schedule","stance":"supports"},{"date":"2003-09-11","sourceType":"other","publisher":"CaseMine","title":"Election and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003 (Act 46 of 2003)","url":"https://www.casemine.com/act/in/5a979db64a93263ca60b72de","quote":"Election and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003 [Act 46 of 2003] [11th September, 2003]","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["electoral-reform","anti-defection"],"sensitive":false,"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-05","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"nda-ls-1999","partyId":"nda","electionId":"ls-1999"}}