Role of Opposition in Democracy
In a democracy, the party winning by the majority number of votes becomes the government and the rest become the opposition.
In a successfully running democracy, both the government and the opposition are of equal importance. A government without any opposition would soon become autocratic with no one to question its choices. Thus the task of the opposition is to consider itself as the voice of the common man and to constantly be aware of any bills and laws passed by the government that may not be in the best interest of the people.
At the same time, they must endeavor to keep the government at its toes by questioning them in case they do not fulfill the promises made at the time of elections. And to bring to notice issues that the ruling party might not have paid heed to.
It is, of course, possible in certain cases that the opposition instead of focusing on the betterment of people starts to focus only on deposing the ruling government through malpractices and then the governance becomes a game of cop and robbers. But both the parties must remember that their task is to work for the upliftment of the common people instead of their vested interests.
It has been almost 60 years since India gained freedom and a lot of progress has been made. It is only to be hoped that our governance system improves as we move forward.
In a successfully running democracy, both the government and the opposition are of equal importance. A government without any opposition would soon become autocratic with no one to question its choices. Thus the task of the opposition is to consider itself as the voice of the common man and to constantly be aware of any bills and laws passed by the government that may not be in the best interest of the people.
At the same time, they must endeavor to keep the government at its toes by questioning them in case they do not fulfill the promises made at the time of elections. And to bring to notice issues that the ruling party might not have paid heed to.
It is, of course, possible in certain cases that the opposition instead of focusing on the betterment of people starts to focus only on deposing the ruling government through malpractices and then the governance becomes a game of cop and robbers. But both the parties must remember that their task is to work for the upliftment of the common people instead of their vested interests.
It has been almost 60 years since India gained freedom and a lot of progress has been made. It is only to be hoped that our governance system improves as we move forward.
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