Raisina Hill is being used as a dumping ground. The delayed understanding of candidates on Presidential run on the matter is really surprising. The way candidates are slinging mud 'in public' on their rivals is totally condemnable. The constitution makers never seeked to take the battle to the streets. Neither them, nor the state aspired for it. The constitution of India explicitly states that the President of India is elected by indirect election, that is, by an electoral college; which consists of a) The elected members of both Houses of Parliament; b) the elected members of Legislative Assemblies of the states; and c) the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry [Art.54].
This constitutional segment is clearly violated when proposed candidates take the fight to the street in the name of campaigning which is severely undermining the office of President of India.The struggle to make it to the top of the warrant of precedence and to set a legacy should not come at a cost of violating the basic tenets of the Indian constitution. At least, the election to the topmost office in the country demands certain decency and genuinity from the opponents as per the rule of the law.
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