Question

How opposition parties affect the working of ruling party

Answer 1

Answer:

Opposition Parties

Act as watchdogs

Decision making

Powers

Explanation:

1.      Opposition Parties: In every democracy all the parties cannot get majority seats all the time in the parliament. The parties which do not get majority seats are called opposition parties.

2.     Act as watchdogs: To check the government from becoming authoritarian and to restrict its powers, the opposition parties keep a watch over them.

3.     Decision making :The main duty of the opposition party is to criticize the policies of the government during the question hour,

4.     Powers: The powers mentioned in the constitution are exercised by the ruling party. The opposition party also functions in an effective manner, and their work is no less important than that of the ruling parties.

Answer 2

The concept of having a Opposition party in the Parliament came not from the Constitution but include in the Rules of Conduct of Houses.

Though India does not have a well developed structure of strong opposition which require atleast 45 seats in the Lok Sabha, but have an opposition for the following means:-

• Helps in decision making process- Having a strong opposition enhances the chances of taking an accurate decision in the Parliamnet which is beneficial for all the citizens of the country.
• Initiates Healthy debates- Debates on any topic is necessary so as to quote the positive and negatives related with that matter. Conducting a healthy debated in the Parliament is one of the major work of an opposition party so as to highlight the other side of every issue.
• Helps in keeping check on the ruling party- Having an opposition in the law making and implementing process, it became easy for the people to believe in the democratically elected government and opposition helps restrict the administrative government to overuse their powers.

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