Explain the importance of 'Regional Political Parties
in India.
Answers
In the early years of Indian independence, the role of regional parties in our democratic political system was just nominal.
After some time, the regional parties in State politics started gaining more importance.
In the present political scenario of the country, the role of the regional parties has become all the more important.
Most regional political parties have grown in the last three decades as instruments to capture the space in their respective States and sometimes they play a crucial role in State politics.
The regional parties maintain that the problems of their regions are not being attended to by the Central Government.
Some major regional parties are working on issues like the lack of educational facilities, good roads, water, electricity and communications in their respective regions.
Due to coalition politics, the national political parties are depending on regional parties when no all-India party was in a position to secure absolute majority in the Lok Sabha.
Several regional parties become coalition partners of national parties in forming State Governments. Some regional parties however, remain stable and major political formations in few States.
In our parliamentary coalition political system, the national parties cannot afford to ignore the regional political parties.