Question

How do pressure groups and movements exert pressure on politics? Explain with an example.(All India - 2012)

Answer 1

Explanation:

A pressure group can be described as an organised group that does not put up candidates for election, but seeks to influence government policy or legislation. They can also be described as 'interest groups', 'lobby groups' or 'protest groups'.

Pressure groups are similar to political parties because their members share a political aim. ... A pressure group usually has a narrow program dealing only with its own particular interests, while a political party usually deals with a wide range of issues.

Answer 2

Answer:

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

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