Volume : I, Issue : IV, September - 2012

Political Party Reforms In India: Some Issues

Dr. Pralhad Chengte

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The framers of India’s Constitution opted for the Westminster model of parliamentary democracy, the most difficult form of democracy practiced anywhere in the world in the last two centuries, to ensure continuing accountability of the government to the people through Parliament/ legislatures. Since there can be no healthy parliamentary system of democracy without a healthy political party system, radical reform in the functioning of political parties is a most urgent requirement, argues the author. Stricter registration criteria to check the proliferation of political parties, representation in the council of ministers based on the number of seats won by a political party in coalition governments, inner party democracy to do away with the nomination culture and dynastic rule, and above all political morality, form the author’s agenda for reform of political parties in IndiaPolitical party reforms are critical in the context of electoral reforms and need to be addressed urgently

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Dr.Pralhad Chengte Political Party Reforms In India: Some Issues International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.I, Issue.IV sep 2012

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