The member of Tamil Nadu Lokayukta (vigilance and anti-corruption), V. Ramaraj, on Friday said that law students should bring out the corruption in the election process through their research.
The induction and orientation programme of the five-year and three-year law courses was held at Government Law College in Namakkal. Mr. Ramaraj was the chief guest for the programme.
Mr. Ramaraj said that the students should avoid hate speech on the basis of caste or religion that gives separatism thought. If students eradicate this thought only, there will be development. Students should know that the country’s development and their development are their two eyes. Through social development and social justice only a country can attain its development. When the country is safe, the people’s lives and their belongings will be protected.
Vote, voter, and elections are three equal dimensions of democratic institutions, and these values are required to determine the standard of a democratic institution. Voter’s ignorance, corruption, and authoritarianism are forces that pose a threat to the three dimensions of democratic institutions, Mr. Ramaraj added.
Stating that new courses should be started based on the changes in society, Mr. Ramaraj said that reading and researching votes, voters, and elections is called voterology. Political science and voterology are both sides of the coin, but political science is taught in more than 1,000 universities across the globe, while less than one percent of universities have courses on democracy and election administration, Mr. Ramaraj added.
