Abraham Lincoln stated about democracy as: “Democracy is the government of the people, for the people and by the people”. This quote is the perfect explanation of the democracy in which the people elect their representative and the representatives work for the welfare of the people. India is the second most populous country in the world and India is the seventh largest country by the area. The Indian democratic government was formed after the nation got independence in the year of 1947. The democracy is the system of the government that allow the citizens to cast their vote without any pressure and elect a government which they desire. In the Indian Democracy each and every citizen has his/ her right to vote irrespective of their caste, colour, creed, religion and of the gender which is quite a distinctive feature which India has. The democracy in India has five democratic principles which are as follows: sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic and the republic. Sovereign means that the country is free from the interference of any foreign power. Socialist means providing social and economic equality to all the citizens. Secular means freedom to practice any religion. Democratic means that the government of the India. Republic means that the head of the country is not a hereditary king or a hereditary queen. When the citizen of the country is above the age of 18 years, then he/she has the right to vote which cannot be taken away from that citizen. The government of the India is making continuous efforts to prod more and more people to cast their vote in order that the nation gets a well formed and structured government. The government which is being selected by the people is through their wisdom and awareness which determine the future. India has the federal form of the democracy .India is one of the largest democratic country in the world. In India there is democracy in which there are parliamentary elections being conducted every 5 years. The parliamentary elections make clear the general opinion of the common people and according to which the new government comes into the existence with some promising future which is meant for the citizen of the country. It can be seen that the foundations of the democracy in the country of the India is very much stable. The people in the country of the India have developed an extra ordinary matured judgement through which they elect their representatives. In today’s generation there are very much close shaves regarding the political parties, i.e. it is very much rare that we find that one political party ha ascendancy over the another political party and due to which the coalition governments are formed. The people have become sagacious regarding which government to elect for the nation.
The political parties are found most of the times criticising other political parties and the government which is in the government blatantly forgets working for the people and one this political parties form the government through the elections they misuse the power. These parties should not run after money and power but they should engage themselves by developing the country. The representatives who are being elected by the people should be highly educated and they should be morally conscious in order to become the models of the society. The representatives who are being elected should be young and dynamic and the reason behind selecting young representatives is that they understand the circumstances of the people properly. The democracy is recognized as one of the finest form of the government in which each and every individual has the right to participate in the formation of the government which is possible through the voting. In democracy the people are the source of the power where they can choose their desirable political party to run the country. The people elect their representatives and these representatives run the government. These representatives from the parliament legislate and they form the responsible government. The Indian Democracy is very much effective and India’s democracy has been proved to be successful and India’s Democracy is considered to be one the best democratic country in the world. There is no better form of the government than a democratic Government and this democratic government selflessly works for the betterment of the country. Democracy is better than Aristocracy, Dictatorship and the Monarch. The miseries of the people can only be resolved through a democratic government which the Indian country has. The Democracy is the form of the government in which the people will is undoubtedly supposed to be the supreme. Only democracy gives the people freedom of the thought, speech, expression and it also gives freedom of the action. The government i only carried by the elected representative of the people. The democracy is considered as the most cultured and civilized political institution. The elected representatives should show willingness to sincerely perform all their duties and these representatives should not take advantage of people’s votes and they should not harm the ociety by doing mischievous activities. There are four pillars of democracy which are as follows: “Parliament is the first pillar of the democracy, Judiciary is the second pillar of democracy, Bureaucracy is the third pillar of democracy and Journalism is the fourth pillar of democracy”. In democracy journalism plays a major role in the development of the country by analysing all the aspects of a particular topic and conveying it to the people. The journalism is considered as the heart of the democracy. In Democracy the people have the right to select their respected candidate in the elections and in Democracy there are Parliament elections being held every 5 years. Journalism plays a vital role in democracy because it acts as a communicator between government and people through newspapers, magazines, editorials etc. It can also be said that the journalism acts as a bridge between people and the government. In Democracy each and every person has the right to freedom to express his opinions through medium like newspapers, television and also through their respective candidates. Democracy has given each and every citizen the freedom of expression and also privacy which is a distinctive feature of it.
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