STATE OF INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY

STATE OF INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY

Democracy means “By the people, of the people and for the people”. This means only a political party which gets atleast 50% of the votes polled / win 50% seats should form the government.

However, the Election Commission on the contrary allows every possible manipulation which promotes horse trading, corruption etc. etc.

Following table describes the state of the Indian Parliamentary Democracy. Only top two political parties have been sampled for ease of understanding.

	2004		2009		2014
	Seats	% votes	Seats	% votes	Seats	% votes
INC	145	26.53	206	28.55	44	19.31
BJP	138	22.16	116	18.80	282	31.00

It is in the last election that the ruling party won more than 50% seats and has formed the government but with only 31.0% votes.

FLAWED election system forces parties to try every possible permutation of forming Govt. and this defeats definition of true democracy.

Election commission must put ban on POST POLL COALITIONS. Pre Poll Coalition must be taken as same philosophy & hence common election symbol and official MERGER. This practice will put an end to the exploitation and blackmailing tactics of those who practice community based vote bank politics.

Election Commission mustn't give license to usurp NATIONAL RESOURCES by allowing coalition. “COALITION DHARMA” in reality is legalizing corruption that leads to SCAMS. Democracy made to bleed.

In case no political party is able to win atleast 50 seats, then Election Commission MUST invite only top two political parties to go to polls again for the sake of respecting Democracy in true sense. The same procedure must be followed in any re-poll to avoid possibility of hung parliament / assembly. This will eliminate opportunistic politicians (small players who only know exploitation). This will also put an end to mushrooming of number of parties just before the elections. Valuable resource must be saved.

How can Election Commission allow any party to form government with less than 50% seats in the name of democracy?

In the present scenario only Election Commission can restore ETHICS and ensure to an extent corruption free Politics. All political parties must introspect and come forward for the sake of true democracy.