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DEMOCRACY IN INDIA
Democracy in its simple sense means government by the people, which means a form of government in which people have the supreme power and are exercised directly by them or by their elected agents. This is done under a free electoral system.
Democracy is also known as “rule of the majority”. In the case of democracy power can’t be inherited. Citizens themselves elect their leaders from the representatives wh stand in an election. The representative with the majority of votes gets elected.
India is the world’s largest democracy. After its independence in 1947, India became a democratic country. After the independence, the citizens of India were given the right to vote in order to elect their leaders. In India, it gives its citizens the right to vote without any discrmination based on caste, color, creed, religion, and gender.
India has five democratic principles –
There are two types of democracy:-
In India we follow indirect democracy. In the Central level, the peoples’ representatives are elected as members of Parliament who in turn elect the Prime Minister. In the State level, the members of legislative assembly are elected by the people who in turn elect the Chief Minister.
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