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Introduction
Indian democracy derives its power from the will of the people .Indian citizens vote to elect their representatives and these elected representatives have the duty of forming the government. It is not a direct form of democracy as the citizens of India do not have the power to recall or reject an elected representative on basis of unsatisfactory performance. Many of the countries after getting freedom from the colonial role have succumbed to dictatorship. While we can feel proud that India has managed to remain a democracy in spite of its size and diversity, we also need to reflect on the challenges in front of us. Even though citizens are often unsatisfied with government because of recurring news of scam, scandals, inflations, policies etc, the constitution doesnt give power to its citizen to dissolve the government. This limitation of the citizens to just exercise their power once in five years has lead to the below par performance of the elected representatives. This problem is prevalent in most of the democratic countries. Switzerland had come up with a solution for the same as early as in 1848. They have a proper institutionalized channel for its citizens to voice their opinions if they feel that their elected representatives are not adequately representing them. But no such system exists in our country. In fact , India is one of the five democracies in the world which have never used this system It has been nearly six decades since India took the decision to be a democratic power. Now the time has come to analyze the pros and cons of our democratic system. Its not fair to just blame the politicians as they have been elected by us only. The major problems with our government today is the unethical power of money and muscle. Communalism and corruption have destroyed the moral foundations on which our democracy has been established. There was a time when corrupt people were looked at with disdain, but in the modern society , the most respected people are the people with money. The present electoral system has destroyed the moral, social and economic structure of our country.
Elections in India
India is divided into 28 States and seven union territories (Telangana has not become fully operational yet ). Each state is governed by its own legislative assembly. Members of legislative assembly and twelve members elected by the president together form the Rajya Sabha. India is also divided into various regions on the basis of population which are known as constituencies. One member from each of these constituencies form the Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha together make up the Parliament of India. The various aspects of each citizens life like law, electricity, education, health etc are taken care by eit her legislative assembly or the parliament. Each citizen of India has the right to cast two votes, one at the time of general elections and another at the time of state elections. The elected members then vote for deciding the President and Vice President of India. Election commission of India is the autonomous body responsible for holding free and fair elections in India. This body comprises of Chief election commissioner and two election commissioner appointed by the President of India. Currently the Chief election commission of India is Shri V.S Sampath
government. The current Prime minister of India is Shri Manmohan Singh . the next general elections are scheduled in May 2014.
India. Some of the significant ones were Goswami Committee on Electoral refoms 1990, Vohra Committee report 1993, Indrajit Gupta Committee on state funding of elections 1998 etc. . Electoral reforms are necessary to ensure free and fair elections in a democracy. India needs these reforms to enhance the election system and improve its efficiency. Election commission has been continuously working towards conducting free and fair elections. It is not the lack of laws that is hampering the election process but rather its lenient execution that has led to this state. Reform cant be achieved in a day and it needs continuous efforts of voters, electorates and the election commission of India