Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a citizen-led, a non-political and non-governmental organization which has been working for around 20 years with the objective of bringing electoral and political reforms, so as to improve democracy and governance in India. Our goal is to improve governance and strengthen democracy by continuous work in the area of Electoral and Political Reforms. The ambit and scope of work in this field is enormous, Hence, ADR has chosen to concentrate its efforts in the following areas pertaining to the political system of the country: Corruption and criminalization in the political process. Empowerment of the electorate through greater dissemination of information relating to the candidates and the parties, for a better and informed choice. Need for greater accountability of Political Parties. Need for inner-party democracy and transparency in party-functioning