Short notes on nehru on parliamentary democracy
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Democracy has been spoken of chiefly in the past, as political democracy, roughly represented by every person having a vote. But a vote by itself does not represent very much to a person who is down and out, to a person, let us say, who is starving or hungry. Political democracy, by itself, is not enough except that it may be used to obtain a gradually increasing measure of economic democracy, equality and the spread of good things of life to others and removal of gross inequalities.
This extension of political concept of democracy to social and economic aspects of people and the cultural ethos of Indian society was an innovation. Poor and oppressed people cannot operate a republic. It is good to hear an elected head so that military chiefs or political dictators or superiors may not subvert democratic institutions and their accountability to people, but mere elected republic should not be confused with democratic polity Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution had to intervene effectively in the Constituent Assembly.