Question

Political parties play a major role in democracy. Explain any five points to justify this statements

Answer 1

Political parties do play a vital role in a democracy. A few of these are as follows:

1) Various interest groups in political parties pursue issues like women's upliftment, children's welfare, old age benefits etc.
2) The road map for the country's development is laid out by the respective parties according to their ideology.
3) Religious, ethnic, lingual and other group interests are espoused by different political parties based on the reasons for their formation.
4) Common interests like protection of democracy and the manner in which this is to be done is pursued by most major political parties.
5) Basic beliefs in socialism, communism and free enterprise determine the uniqueness of political parties' economic and social thinking and they are then either accepted or rejected by the voters. 

Answer 2

1) political parties form the ruling government

2) they try to convince the voters by making new policies

3) political parties help in making the laws for the country