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Message: <blockquote data-quote="netlife007" data-source="post: 17190028" data-attributes="member: 79514">Analysis: Andrew North, BBC News, Delhi           Many Indians will applaud the conviction of Tamil Nadu's chief  minister - after years of evading justice - in the hope it is another  move towards cleaning up the country's notoriously criminalised  political system.         India's Supreme Court has tightened the noose, disqualifying  from office any MP convicted of a serious crime and ordering fast-track  trials to prevent them using their influence to string things out.         But there is no bar to the many politicians who continue to  execute policy while facing charges that would see them immediately  suspended in most other democracies, until either their innocence or  guilt is proven.             New Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised cleaner  government, yet just under one-third of the ministers he appointed face  criminal charges, with one even accused of attempted murder.           India's Supreme Court recently ruled that while the  constitution allows Mr Modi to do this, he should set a better example  on who he appoints.</blockquote>

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