Question

Describe three major challenges faced by the political parties in India.

Explain the role of Political Parties in a democracy.

Which of the following statements are correct related to the role of political parties in India? I. Play a decisive role in making laws for the country. II. Making different interest groups in the country. III. Play a role for shaping public opinion in the country. IV. Pulling forward different policies and programmes before voters.

Read the following source and answer the questions that follow: The Need for Political Parties As we have seen, large societies need representative democracy. As societies became large and complex, they also needed some agency to gather different views on various issues and to present these to the government. They needed some ways, to bring various representatives together so that a responsible government could be formed. They needed a mechanism to support or restrain the government, make policies, justify or oppose them. Political parties fulfil these needs that every representative government has. We can say that parties are a necessary condition for a democracy.