Question

distinguished between single party and multi party system be Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata party national party and regional party

Answer 1

This paper attempts to provide structural and functional aspects of the political parties in India and the United States that operate under their own peculiar democratic traditions, social mores and political ethos prevalent in two countries. India has a parliamentary form of government while US is a federal polity, hence these differences impact on the political parties of the two countries because in the United States there prevails a twoparty system and in india there is a multi-party system. Political parties in US have loose organizational structures while national political parties in India possess well knit organizational set-up from national to district and even village level. It also highlights the presence of special interest groups in the United States which seek to curry favours from political parties, while such groups have yet to make their presence felt in India. While asserting that there are more differences than commonalities between the Indian and Amehcal political parties, a plea is made for increased interaction between the political parties of the two countries for mutual advantage and strengthening the democratic institutions in other parts of the globe.