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The Crisis of Democratic Order
Examine the conditions responsible for the growth of Naxalite Movement in India.
Suggest ways and means to crush it. Conditions responsible for the growth of Naxalite Movement :-
i) Social and economic injustice prevailing in the society.
ii) Forced labour.
iii) Expropriation of resources by outsiders.
Suggestions to crush Naxalite Movement:-
i) Government should provide the basic rights to the people of backward areas and Adivasis.
ii) Forced labour and exploitation by money-lenders must be stopped.
iii) The Government should follow constitutional norms while dealing with the Naxalites.
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• Effects on civil liberties for citizens.
• Impact on relationship between the Executive and Judiciary.
• Functioning of Mass Media.
• Working of the Police and Bureaucracy.
Indian democracy was never so close to a two-party system as it was during the 1977 elections. However, the next few years saw a complete change. Soon after its defeat, the Indian National Congress split into two groups ................ The Janata Party also went through major convulsions ........ David Butler, Ashok Lahiri and Prannoy Roy. –Partha Chatterjee
(a) What made the party system in India look like a two-party system in 1977 ?
(b) Many more than two parties existed in 1977. Why then are the authors describing this period as close to a two-party system ?
(c) What caused splits in Congress and the Janata parties ?
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