DEMOCRACY INSIGHT

Email: khyati.khush@gmail.com  Home to over 133 crores of people (~18% of world population), and nearly 90 crores of which are eligible for universal suffrage, makes India indeed world’s largest democracy. An active proportion of this “90 crores” will participate in yet another dance of democracy during the summers of 2019. Republic of India will decide its fate for another 5years by choosing its leaders for the 17 th time after independence. Given to the wide scale of this festival of democracy celebrated every 5-years in the country, it is reasonable to thoroughly comprehend the over arching agenda on which the political parties are trying to woo the vast voters base in the country. Recap 2014 The last General Elections held in 2014 were indeed a landmark. The 2014 elections witnessed the people venting out their frustration against rampant political class corruption. This anger and frustration got seeded amongst the voters during the 3 preceding years of the electio...

Email: khyati.khush@gmail.com Seventy years of democracy – India successfully makes world’s largest and youngest democracy, and happens to be world’s fastest growing economy now. Uttar Pradesh – the ancient, resourceful and most populous state is  also nation’s highly politically active state. Lying across the Ganga-Yamuna fertile plains, UttarPradesh has been the centre of ancient civilisations from Ramrajya to Maurayan empire, from Kushan, Gupta empire to medieval age Mughal empire. UttarPradesh fought back imperalism under BritishRaj right from 1857 rebellion – Cawnpore Rebellion, Meerut Rebellion to active participation in Non-Cooperation, Quit India Movement, and majorly contributed to the nation’s freedom struggle. The land has nurtured Indian culture, and has been a vital centre for education, learning, prosperity, cultural exhange, integral unity, social and political activities. As known, most Prime Ministers of Sovereign India have come from Uttar Pradesh. Being ...