I have always wanted to write something on the political system of our country but my lack of expertise on this issue has always hindered me. However today when I got up after spending around 5-6 hours with my father watching the fate of the political parties getting unveiled, the instincts got better of my apprehensions of this issue and I decided to pen down my own analysis.
As we all know the political system of our country divides the states and country among different constituencies according to the population for state elections and Lok Sabha elections respectively. And one has to win in more than half of the total no. of constituencies to form the govt. While it seems plausible in most of the states that individual party getting the majority and forming the government but at central level it seems to be a far cry.
To understand the reasons for it we have to open the pages of our history book. In the initial years, just after we got independence the congress party used to come in power with full majority. And even after having total control over the government continuously for 27 years the congress didn’t deliver. As the incompetence of Nehru dynasty got exposed so the demand for the alternative increased. India being the most diverse country in the world where regional, cultural, linguistical differences arise every 100 km., it made almost impossible to come up with a strong and integrated opposition but the demand for the alternative had to be satisfied which was fulfilled by the different regional parties in different regions.
These regional parties could not expand beyond their boundaries because of their inherent limitations of linguistic, regionalism etc. but they diluted the congress majority at the centre. The result was the birth of regional parties and coalition government which still haunts India whenever it decides for or even proposes a new reform.
The reason being that all the small parties which help the big party to attain the majority to form the government also earn their say in the decisions and when all these provincial parties hinders any reforms just for the sake of vote bank politics, the national interest takes the back seat.
The fear of losing the confidence of the small majority (which earned them a few seats in parliament) is what results in vote bank politics and in turn handcuffs even a good person to do any good to the country.
to be continued…..