Democracy in IndiaSHEIKH ABIR AHMEDBIR-16ID: 16411028 BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF PROFESSIONALS

Indian democracy

Democracy # Comes from the Greek word (dēmokratía) “rule of the people“. # Cleisthenes, "father of Athenian democracy" # a system of govt. # rule of the majority

#  power ultimately comes from the people who are governed, whether through direct voting or through elected representatives. 

The best definition of democracy

Countries considered “electoral democracies”

Indian Democracy The largest democratic state It declare itself as a democratic federal republic

Bicameral legislature Election of parliament & Rajya Sabha held 5 & 6 years accordingly

Continued The population of India enjoy freedom of speech & expression

Have largest written constitution

Success of Democracy in INDIA Have a corruption free election commission "a secular miracle of the modern world and a model for other developing countries” – M.N. Srinivas

No military coup was happened in India since its birth as a free nation

Freedom of press & electronic media

Failure of Indian Democracy Educated people are kept out of govt. system

People can’t choice the right person Candidates influence voters based on religion, caste, even with money