Free sample essay on The Political Scene in India. India is a democracy. A democracy is a Government of the people, by the people and for the people. This is the description of a democracy by the former famous President of the US, Abraham Lincoln. It was he who abolished the slavery system in the U.S. Many persons were treated as slaves. It was a very pitiable condition. The credit goes to Lincoln for abolishing the slavery system. Lincoln was shot dead by a fanatic as Gandhiji was shot.
Though India is a democracy the democratic principles are not observed by the people. There are many political parties in India and there are many castes dividing Indian society. There are many languages in India which are another divisive force. The most essential thing, it is felt by the intellectuals and the social scientists are that the Constitution should be amended to give way to a two-party system. The leaders of the numerous political parties who have very little influence and who have a small following confuse the people by making false promises and misleading them. To whichever side you turn, a political leader, who became a leader only yesterday, addresses a gathering. He wants to have power. These political leaders are after power. They make promises after promises just to impress the people and draw towards them. In no other country there are so many political parties as in India.
In the U.S. there is the Republican Party and the Democratic Party and in the U.K. there is the Liberal Party and the Tory Party. In every other country there are only two major political parties, the ruling party and the opposition party. It is high time that the Constitution paved the way for a two-party system. Then casteism should be abolished. In no other country there are so many castes and languages. A social revolution should take place to abolish the many castes of India. Of course, this is asking for too much. But steps should be taken to do away with the numerous castes.
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