Revue des sciences politiques et des affaires publiques
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Changing Notion of Democracy in India

Juhi Singh

With India being a Democratic country where elections held over a regular period of time and where people participate in the working of Government through casting their valuable vote, is acting like an autocracy where a single person rules. India is a land of huge diversity, cultural variations, different languages, people belong to different religion, caste, sect and background, there are regional variations etc. Country like India requires only democratic form of Government in which every section has its representation, but due to repetitively winning the elections, lack of strong opposition government is not working in accordance with the notion of Democracy as it is ought to be though India has Multi- party election system. This paper will try to highlight some of the challenges faced by Indian Democracy. It tries to learn views of Aristotle, John Locke, John Stuart Mill, Jean Jacques Rousseau, James Madisonand Montesquieu Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, Ram Manohar Lohia, Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Ideas of Liberal democracy, socialist Democracies will also be advocated. It will try to present a brief history of Democracy in India. This paper will also try to present debate on Indian democracy. This paper will try to present brief description of concept of democracy, Democracy in context to India, challenges and restriction under which democracy is functioning; it will try to explain the Autocracy as form of government and try to highlight its influence over India.