The Guardians of Democracy

In democracy, every political party is right in their own perception. Each party claims to have their own ideologies distinct from others. Logically, the necessity for having diverse parties rests with the difference in ideologies.

In Indian democracy, we have repeatedly seen instances of diverse parties with mutually conflicting and antagonistic ideologies joining to form a conglomerate and the damages done by them whenever they managed to form a government, apart from the ill effects of their inability to complete the full term of five years. Stability of any government resulting in its completion of full term or delivery of a government pre-supposes a strong unity inside it. That unity would become a reality only in the absence of conflicting ideologies within the government.

Voters are the guardians of a democracy. The vote they cast for a candidate during a poll is intended to be an invaluable mandate. Every vote is actually intended to serve as a building block for establishing a stable governance in the country. But is that happening in reality? Casting vote with the full knowledge that it would become instrumental in bringing instability in governance is a great misdeed on the part of a voter. A great majority of our voters have not been given awareness on this vital fact. We have earlier seen the nation paying a heavy price for this serious deficiency of the electorate.