DEMOCRACY

DEMOCRACY

The term ‘democracy’ enchants people. Democracy is primarily a political concept, but is has grealty influenced and shaped the ethical, social and economic concepts as well. Its ultimate goal is to establish ethical, social and economic democracy.

In recent years, democracy in India has come under heavy strains and stresses which are like dark dismal shadows over set-up. Nation is presently confronted with a series of paradoxes. Our Independence has brought partition. Human tragedy, caravans of refugees going from one side to another and much else. Despite these massive problems and misfortunes that our country has faced since independence, our society has remained a lawful society. But our leaders of today have forgotten that ultimately power is meant for people, and for the benefit of the people.

 Democracy ultimately ha to functions the way political parties are functioning. The people have become very cynical about the functioning of the political parties. Our political system ha also become corrupt. Criminal elements have entered in politics.

Democracy in India has been put in danger by a number of factors that are geo-political, social, economic and even anti-national. Formal democracy is too weak to functional properly in India. If these kinds of things continue people’s faith in whatever the nature and quality of democracy we have experienced will diminish.