3. Democracy
# Comes from the Greek word (dēmokratía)
“rule of the people“.
# Cleisthenes, "father of Athenian democracy"
# a system of govt.
# rule of the majority
# power ultimately comes from the people
who are governed, whether through direct
voting or through elected representatives.
6. Indian Democracy
The largest democratic state
It declare itself as a democratic federal
republic
Bicameral legislature
Election of parliament & Rajya Sabha held
5 & 6 years accordingly
7. Continued
The population of India enjoy freedom of
speech & expression
Have largest written constitution
8. Success of Democracy in INDIA
Have a corruption free election commission
"a secular miracle of the modern world and
a model for other developing countries” –
M.N. Srinivas
No military coup was happened in India
since its birth as a free nation
Freedom of press & electronic media
9. Failure of Indian Democracy
Educated people are kept out of govt.
system
People can’t choice the right person
Candidates influence voters based on
religion, caste, even with money