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in Democracy Participation of People is Nil
In democracies participation of people is nil.
Dalip Singh Wasan, Advocate.
It has been said that democracy is the best form of Government because it is government of the people, by the people and for the people and all rajas, maharajas, monarchs and imperialists are no more to govern them. But we shall have to accept that this concept of democracy has not be adopted fully in any of the countries claiming that they have established democracy in their country. If we go deep, we can find that all in politics are those who want to become rajas, maharajas, monarchs and the imperialists and they want to rule the people through one way or the other. All entries in the constitutions are paper transactions and the people in power could not change their habits and spirit. They do not want to become public servants and serve the people. They want to rule and till they are on chairs, they treat the people as subjects or as slaves and every citizen is not allowed to approach to them.
The people in each country are just voters and they are invited at the prescribed time to come, stand in lines before the poling booths and then caste their votes in favour of one of the candidate who is not known to them, whose character and antecedents are not known to the voter and who has got no approach upto that fellow. Therefore, this casting of votes is just a formality and when these people are elected and sit on seats of power, they could no turn people of the people. They were a separate class, they are a separate class and they shall remain a separate class. They have taken up this line as a profession, trade, calling and employment and therefore, they are investing money only to gain profits and get power. That is the reason they are taking all the eligible members of their families in this field and all these political parties are just co-operative societies where some people collect and distribute positions amongst themselves and they start inviting others to join this party as members and in most of the cases, they take money as admission fee and even portfolios are divided through auction and sale. We should not expect that such people shall follow some code of conduct.
The people always remain subjects or slaves and they cannot call themselves that they too have become masters of the country. Such entries are available in each constitution in the world, but it is strange that the people could not get such a position in any of the democracies in the world. The rulers are still functioning with the same spirit in their mind which was functioning in the hearts of rajas, maharajas, monarchs and the imperialists. They could not come from this spirit to rule and therefore, till this spirit is available in the ruling classes, no country shall become full fledged democracy.
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Democracy in India and in Pakistan
Democracy in India and in Pakistan.
Dalip Singh Wasan, Advocate.
The people of India adopted democracy in 1952-53 and they are proud of the fact that they are carrying on his democracy during he last six decades when their neighbour Pakistan couldnot maintain democracy and the people of Pakistan have to face military rule time and again The people of India could declare that they are the largest democracy in the world, when their counterpart Pakistan could no boast like this. Therefore, we the people of India can declare that we are better placed in democracy and the democracy established in Pakistan remains at stake and as and when some elected people rule the country, they too function under the military pressures. They are not independent and as and when there is some weakness, the military takes over the charge without any permission from the civil authorities.
In 1947 when Pakistan was being established so many Muslims living in India were not agreeing for the establishment of Pakistan because they were of the view that this small country would not progress. The people who were demanding Pakistan were not so competent people who could run the administration of a country. But the British who were leaving Hindustan thought it better to partition this Hindustan so that these two countries could never establish peace. The creation of Pakistan was a conspiracy and that conspiracy turned out successful because since this partition, both these countries could not live in peace and they are at war, sometime in direct war and sometime they are busy in indirect war. It is on record that they are fighting and out of these fights one other country Bangladesh came into being. There is a Kashmir problems and that problems could not be solved and this Kashmir had been divided into two parts, one is held by Pakistan and the other is with the government of India. What shall be the future of this Kashmir, none on earth can give a suitable reply and making this Kashmir as a base, he terrorists from Pakistan side are spreading throughout in the whole of India.
In spite of all these ill efforts from Pakistan side, the people of Pakistan could not shake the Indian democracy. The people of India are still carrying out with democracy and the people of Pakistan are not in a position to establish democracy in Pakistan. The military authorities are always having an eye on the civil administration and as and when they get an opportunity, they come forward and occupy all seats of power. Military rule is no equal to democracy, but here we see the people who did not opt for Pakistan in 1947 were feeling better and they are proud of the fact that they had been living in a democracy throughout since the partition. What is the future of Pakistan, none could answer this question. They got a military ruler once again and whether he would be allowing them to function as a civilian government, this is a question, which is not to be answered at this stage. The people of Pakistan could not establish a permanent constitution and they are at liberty to change this time and again. This is not a good process, but the military rulers would not like that the civil governments should function without their supervision, therefore, they have framed the constitution as per their own choice.
The people of India is a democracy and they shall be establishing governments of their own choice with people from amongst themselves. Presently some groups are on the throne, but a time is coming when the people of India shall be nominating their own people who shall be committed to work for their welfare and this country India shall become one of the most developed country in the world because it has got all the potentials which could take this country ahead.
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