Final Chapter 6 - NCERT

1 political Parties71 Chapter 6 OverviewIn this tour of democracy, we have come across political parties severaltimes. In Class IX, we noticed the role of political parties in the rise ofdemocracies, in the formation of constitutional designs, in electoralpolitics and in the making and working of governments. In thistextbook, we have glanced at political parties as vehicles of federalsharing of political power and as negotiators of social divisions inthe arena of democratic politics. Before concluding this tour, let ustake a close look at the nature and working of political parties ,especially in our country. We begin by asking two common questions:Why do we need parties ? How many parties are good for a democracy?In the light of these, we introduce the national and regional politicalparties in today s India and then look at what is wrong with politicalparties and what can be done about Parties2022-2372 Democratic PoliticsWhy do we need political parties ?

2 Election Commission has officially banned wallwriting by parties during election times. Mostpolitical parties argue that was the cheapest way fortheir campaign. These election times used tocreate amazing graffiti on the walls. Here are someexamples from Tamil Nadu.(1)(2)(3)(4) (1) M Govarthan (2) A Muralidharan (3) M Moorthy (4) T Singaravelou, The Hindu2022-23 political Parties73 RK Laxman - Brushing up the years 2022-2374 Democratic Politics 2022-23 political Parties75 How many parties should we have?

3 1:Activists of BJP Mahila Morcha demonstrate against hike in prices of onions and LPG :Minister distributes Rs One lakh cheque to the families of hooch victims at their :Activists of CPI (M), CPI, OGP and JD (S) take out a rally in Bhubaneswar to protest againstPOSCO, the Korean steel company for being permitted by the State Government to export ironore from Orissa to feed steel plants in China and Korea. (1) C V Subrahmanyan (2) K Gopinathan(3) A Chakrabarty, The Hindu1322022-2376 Democratic Politics Zuban2022-23 political Parties77 2022-2378 Democratic Politics Source: SDSA Team, State of Democracy in South Asia, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 20072022-23 political Parties79 National parties Does the cartoon reflect the data graphics shown on theprevious page?

4 Tab - The Calgary Sun, Cagle Cartoons Inc. 2022-2380 Democratic Politics 2022-23 political Parties81 State parties 2022-2382 Democratic Politics 2022-23 political Parties83 Challenges to political parties Berlusconi was the PrimeMinister of Italy. He is alsoone of the top businessmenin Italy. He is the leader of theForza Italia founded in company owns TVchannels, the most importantpublishing company, a football club (AC Milan) and abank. This cartoon wasmade during the lastelections. Riber Hansson - Svenska Dagbladet, Cagle Cartoons Inc.

5 2022-2384 Democratic Politics Huffaker - Cagle Cartoons Inc., 16 June 2004 This cartoon was drawn during the Presidency of George Bush of the RepublicanParty in the USA. The party s symbol is elephant. The cartoon seems to suggestthat the Corporate America controls all major institutions of the Parties85 How can parties be reformed? Manjul - DNA2022-2386 Democratic Politics Do you agree that this form of reforming political parties will beacceptable to them? Keshav - The Hindu2022-23 political Parties87 Exercises 2022-2388 Democratic PoliticsExercises 2022-23