Question

discuss the features and characteristics of India party system​

Answer 1

Answer:

The party system operating in India does not conform to the two party systems of Britain and the USA.

At the same time, it is basically different from the multi­party model of countries like France and Italy because one of India’s several parties has over­shadowed all others by having dominated the political scene ever since independence.

The Con­gress system emerged after the country had attained independence. From 1947 to 1967 and from 1971 to 1977 as well as from 1980 to 1989, this system was at the centre of Indian Politics, spanning three distinct stages in its post-independence development.

Thus, the Congress, which functioned as broad-based nationalist movement before independence, transformed itself into the dominant political party of the nation. That is why the observers of Indian politics like Morris Jones described the Indian Party system as a system of “one party dominance” While Rajni Kothari went to the extent of calling “One Party Dominance System” or “The Congress System