Explain the term democratic in the context of the Indian constitution
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Answer:
Democratic Republic:
A republic is a country where the head of the state (the President in our case) is elected to a term of office and not appointed to life based on birthright. A democracy is a political system where power rests with the people. People vote for leaders, who in turn are responsible for framing of policies.
In India, we have two houses viz Lok Sabha or lower house, whose members directly get elected by the people and Rajya Sabha or upper house, whose members get elected by members of the Legislative Assembly of individual states. The institution of Rajya Sabha was created to ensure that states get enough representation and also to act as elders and make valuable suggestions to members of the Lok Sabha. In the recent years, we have witnessed many legislations getting stuck in the upper house due to petty politics. In other words, the members who are directly elected by the people are unable to pass a single bill in the parliament.
This has led to a lot of people (including me) questioning the relevance of the Rajya Sabha today. In the Lok Sabha, we have members belonging to various state specific parties like TMC, AIADMK, BJD and SP. So the states do get enough representation in the Lok Sabha. Also, the members of the Rajya Sabha certainly do not act like ‘elders’. The behavior of some of the members like rushing to the well of the house needlessly and raising slogans is absolutely disgusting, to put it mildly. A lot of the members of the upper house are the ones who fund political parties and in addition, we have people like Sachin Tendulkar and Rekha, people who have excelled in their respective fields but have not an iota of clue on important legislations like GST.
If India has to become a democracy in the real sense, the Rajya Sabha must be abolished or must be reformed to limit its powers (looking at the current state of things, this seems next to impossible).
Explanation:
Democratic is a form of government in which we the common people can elect it's leader by our own.