Question

defects of Indian parliamentary system ?answer according 8 marks​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Democracy is a form of government understood to revolve around the consent of the governed. In a parliamentary democracy, this principle is enshrined by enabling citizens to elect legislators, who then go on to appoint the executive, consisting of a council of ministers headed by the Prime Minister or Chief Minister. This system essentially requires the executive to be accountable to the legislature which is presumed to reflect the will of the people.

While the framers of the Constitution in their wisdom felt that the parliamentary democracy model was the one best suited to India, I believe that on close examination the current system does not embody the consent of the governed even when this is calculated with a significantly low threshold.

When a political party enjoys a brute majority, the first casualty is the accountability of the executive to the legislature. This is because the opposition and other political parties have no way of keeping the executive in check by preventing the passing of bills, etc. The 'anti -defection law' in the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution has reduced legislators to mere numbers as they are bound by the whip issued by the party. In other words, a legislator is forced to toe the line of his or her party's leadership even though he or she holds a different opinion.

Voting against the wishes of the party puts him or her at risk of disqualification. This raises an important question: Is the legislator accountable to the electorate and obligated to represent their views or is the legislator just a party minion? Political parties have increasingly emerged as extra-constitutional authorities dictating terms to constitutional functionaries such as legislators.

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