Alok thinks that a country needs an efficient government that looks after the welfare of the people. So, if we simply elected our Prime Minister and Ministers and left to them the task of government, we will not need a legislature. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer. 

Alok’s thinking is completely ignorant. Executive and legislature have quite two different domains of operation. The executive runs the administration of the country while legislature is concerned with the formation of laws and to check the executions of the executive and judiciary. If we simply elect our Prime Minister and minister and leave to them the task of government, it will give rise to dictatorship. The legislature helps people in holding the Council of Ministers accountable. Without the legislature, a true representative democracy cannot be materialised. Legislature is the most important organ of all the organs of government. Without the fetters of the legislature there would be all likelihood that the Council of Ministers would become unresponsive to the people’s hopes and aspirations.