Recently i was going through an article which stated that The Indian Democracy is the largest in the world.
The Indian Democracy is said to be the largest one in the world, certainly due to the largest number of voters in the general elections, and this is due to the large number of population we have. But can it be said to be one of the best democracy?
If we look at the word Democracy across any book we can define it as - Democracy is a system of government in which the people have full participation in every sphere of it. Democratic governments are created by the people to work for their welfare and all round development.
Now look at the Indian democracy on these grounds, can we call it a good democracy? The answer lies in the way we perceive a democratic system. If democracy means only a system where people elect their representatives to form the government, then ours is really a glowing example of such a democracy.
But is it the real meaning of democracy? How far are the governments in India concerned about the problems of common people and sincerely and honestly do something to resolve them? Do the people of India have any control over the governments and its officials except to certain extent only during the general elections? Are the other democracies in the western world functioning like ours? Can an ordinary person in India dare to ask any government official about his duties and responsibilities and that why he is abusing his public powers? Do the political leaders genuinely take interest in listening common man’s complaint against public authorities?
The nexus between the politicians and bureaucrats has made the situation worse and the people helpless.
Wide spread corruption Moral decay of the masses, Growing communal schism, Degeneration of National level political parties to insignificance, Proliferation of disintegrative forces of regional/ethnic/casty political parties and they gaining decisive prominence, Hung parliaments, Instabilities & inefficiencies of governments, Intermittent elections, and most impotently … the Character-crisis in socio-political leadership and Loss of faith in institutions – including the judiciary. All these are symptoms of a decaying society.
But who is responsible for this state of affair.Absolutely we the people who are unable to bring forward the clean imaged, hardworking and honest individuals to represent them in the governments. We for electing criminals, dishonest and bad characters as our representatives. Its we who have to learn, to wake up. Is this what we are going to give to our coming generation? What if they point a finger directly at us for this sorry state? Do we have our answers ready?
If we look at the word Democracy across any book we can define it as - Democracy is a system of government in which the people have full participation in every sphere of it. Democratic governments are created by the people to work for their welfare and all round development.
Now look at the Indian democracy on these grounds, can we call it a good democracy? The answer lies in the way we perceive a democratic system. If democracy means only a system where people elect their representatives to form the government, then ours is really a glowing example of such a democracy.
But is it the real meaning of democracy? How far are the governments in India concerned about the problems of common people and sincerely and honestly do something to resolve them? Do the people of India have any control over the governments and its officials except to certain extent only during the general elections? Are the other democracies in the western world functioning like ours? Can an ordinary person in India dare to ask any government official about his duties and responsibilities and that why he is abusing his public powers? Do the political leaders genuinely take interest in listening common man’s complaint against public authorities?
The nexus between the politicians and bureaucrats has made the situation worse and the people helpless.
Wide spread corruption Moral decay of the masses, Growing communal schism, Degeneration of National level political parties to insignificance, Proliferation of disintegrative forces of regional/ethnic/casty political parties and they gaining decisive prominence, Hung parliaments, Instabilities & inefficiencies of governments, Intermittent elections, and most impotently … the Character-crisis in socio-political leadership and Loss of faith in institutions – including the judiciary. All these are symptoms of a decaying society.
But who is responsible for this state of affair.Absolutely we the people who are unable to bring forward the clean imaged, hardworking and honest individuals to represent them in the governments. We for electing criminals, dishonest and bad characters as our representatives. Its we who have to learn, to wake up. Is this what we are going to give to our coming generation? What if they point a finger directly at us for this sorry state? Do we have our answers ready?
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