Corruption as a menace to Democracy:

(a) Power politics: The common phenomenon all over the country is that “goodness politics” is replaced by power politics. Money power and muscle power has become dominant in the present election system. Politics has become a gainful profession to make money and to get publicity. It endangers the existence of democracy.

(b) Criminalisation of politics: The prevalence of large scale criminalization of politics has increased illegal and illegitimate expenditure on elections. As this scenario is rampant it has become menace to democracy.

(c) Demoralisation of Bureaucracy: Corruption takes the form of favouritism, redtapism, nepotism. Destabilisation of governments due to illegal political operations and administrative corruption by bureaucracy has become threat to democracy.

(d) Violation of social justice: Accumulation of wealth through corruption leads to the concentration of wealth in a few people which finally leads to the violation of socio¬economic justice. Some people enjoy luxurious life and majority suffer from poverty due to deprivation. It is against to democratic values.