Asish: Does India Need A Strong Opposition ?

    • Asish Singh, class XI, St. Augustine's Day School, Barrackpore, West Bengal
    • Publish Date: Sep 29 2019 7:03PM
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    • Updated Date: Sep 29 2019 7:03PM
Asish: Does India Need A Strong Opposition ?

A democracy without a firm and smart opposition is a dictatorship. Imagine a parliament whose proceedings are persistently thwarted by hecklers (who, in this case, are fellow MPs) and one which is dysfunctional for most of the year. This may be entertaining to watch, but is actually frustrating to you and me, as educated students, who know the value of freedom and republican doctrines. We should count ourselves lucky we are not citizens of a country whose people have the right to vote only on paper and not in reality.

The current ruling party, with its absolute majority, can pass any legislation it wants to go through the House. Political scientists have come to the conclusion that Parliament itself wasn't designed to be tremendously effective. The angst which should be expressed on the streets is expressed in Parliament while the disapproval which should be expressed in Parliament is expressed on Twitter, which isn't recorded.

This is probably for the first time in Indian political history that the common people are weeping over the vulnerability of the Opposition. Is there any solution to revive the Opposition, or has the Opposition become incapable of coming up with solutions?

Merely considering a 'grand coalition' isn't the way forward. This will suffer defeat because it doesn't move the masses. The problem is that the Opposition today has no positive agenda. 

Until the Opposition is fundamentally strong, it won't be able to hold its head high. Most of the opposition parties today have originated from a common party which failed to resolve its internal differences. Since then, they've all fought each other merely for dominance without having a common ieology.

The Opposition needs to be revived from within. A strong opposition will make sure the government doesn't turn autocratic and a sound one will ensure bills are debated upon with professionalism.

 


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Abhigyan Singh Radcliffe School

Strong opposition is surely an important the need for democracy.

Rahul Chukka FIITJEE International School

I guess it does not require as the present government is enough strong to withhold all the major decisions happening in the country. It was back with more majority, even than the previous one. And moreover Modi''s government is well and good doing in the country or else how it would be back

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