India's Criminal Lawmakers Resist Judicial Crackdown

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Published on Aug 16, 2013

 

According to a recent study, an astounding 30 percent of India's lawmakers are facing criminal charges raining from petty theft to rape and murder. Not surprisingly, the lawmakers themselves are resisting efforts to clean up parliament. LinkAsia's Ajoy Bose reports from New Delhi on the political maneuvering going on inside the world's largest democracy.

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