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A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life. Comment(250 words)
A political party is an association of people having a common perspective, principles and aims, concerning the political system. The party members work together to win elections and form the ruling government, by getting their candidates elected in the assembly. In order to do so, they nominate candidates before the election and campaign for them to win the election. India has a multi-party system, where there are three or more parties which have the capacity to form government separately or in a coalition.
Role
- The motive of political parties is to add people who hold similar points of view about the government. Even though many people are associated with the same party, they don’t exactly share the same beliefs but the core beliefs about how the government should run remain the same.
- The parties hold true to a core set of beliefs which enables the voters to understand the basic beliefs of one of the nominated candidates.
- Opposition parties are responsible for keeping an eye on the activities of the government. They spend much of their time investigating the ruling party’s policies and activities which help us, citizens, to be informed of both sides of an issue. Although voters tend to get tired of the debates and arguments, it helps to present balanced information.
- People in the same political party remain connected with each other through their party. A party can link its members at different levels of government- local, state or national. This plays a uniting role for all the members.
- Parties even offer access to government machinery and welfare schemes. Local party leaders act as a string between the citizens and government officials.
- Political parties shape public opinion. With the help of the government, they get to understand the ongoing issues in the nation.
- An average person can make a change-
- Growth of personal and professional networks-
- Makes the process faster-
- Encourages political participation-
- Ensures distribution of information-
- Encourages people to become politically active-
- Helps decisions be made quicker-
- Creates checks and balances-
- Might have selfish propaganda-
- Could create factionalism-
- Could ruin individuality-
- Could encourage corruption-
- Can become abusive-
- May prioritize themselves-