Question

Has the democracy taken backseat due to rise of populist and demagogue

Answer 1

In democracy, people can raise their voice by providing their votes in the general election.

In this stage, people can evaluate the ideology of political parties.

Read their manifestos and verify political as well as social background.

But in India, the election is candidate centric, and most of the elections are conducted by the public figures, not the country.

Demagogues along with populist measures can take the democracy backseat, because here people can concentrate on the election results, not on the well calculated rational arguments.