Question

How do pressure groups and movements exert influence on politics? Explain with examples.(Delhi - 2015)

Answer 1

Answer:

Pressure groups and movements exert influence on politics in a variety of ways.

 They try to gain public support and sympathy for their cause by carrying out information campaigns, organising meetings, filing petitions, etc.

 By organising strikes and disruptions, they seek to make the government take note of their demands.

 They also influence decision-making by lobbying.

 The issues raised by them often influence the policies of political parties.

Answer 2

Answer:

Pressure group and movement exert pressure on politics by many ways, which are as follow:

1. They organize public meetings to gain maximum supports.
2. They organize road shows, distributes papers.
3. They take help from media in order to reach a large number of people.
4. They do hunger strike to exert pressure on political parties.
5. To gain major support from public for a particular movement, they also put up advertisement and boards every where in the city.