"Lack of internal democracy within parties is the major challenge to political parties all over the world". Explain.
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Tendency in political parties towards the concentration of power in one or few leaders at the top.
- Parties do not keep membership registers.
- They do not hold organizational meetings.
- They do not conduct internal elections regularly.
- Ordinary members of the party do not get sufficient information about the happening of the party.
- Personal loyalty to the leader becomes more important.
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The political parties play an important role in democracy as: i Parties contest elections: In most democracies elections are fought mainly among the candidates put up by political parties.ii Parties put forward different policies and programmes and the voters choose from them.iii Parties play a decisive role in making laws for a country.iv Parties shape public opinions. They raise and highlight issues.v Form and run governments.vi Role of opposition. Opposition role is important in democracy as it voices different views and criticize government for its failures or wrong policies.vii Parties provide people access to government machinery and welfare schemes implemented by governments.
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