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The Crisis Of Democratic Order

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Read the cartoon given below and answer the questions that follow :

Look at the cartoon given below and answer the questions that follow : (i) What has been shown in the cartoon ? (ii) Which election was fought on the slogan of ‘save democracy’ and by which political party ? (iii) What do you understand by corruption, lawlessness and violence in the cartoon ?

(i) What does the cartoon show?

(ii) Which election was fought on the slogan of ‘save democracy’ and by which political party ?

(iii) What do corruption, lawlessness and violence imply in the cartoonn?

Solution
(i)The cartoon shows Jayaprakash Narayan sitting on dharna in order to save democracy.

(ii)1977 elections were fought by the Janata party on the slogan of  'save democracy’.

(iii) Corruption, lawlessness and violence imply that there was corruption in high places in the government. There was no law and order and violence was on the rise in the country.

Some More Questions From The Crisis of Democratic Order Chapter

The 1977 elections for the first time saw the Opposition coming into power at the Centre. What would you consider as the reasons for this development ?

Discuss the effects of Emergency on the following aspects of our polity :

• Effects on civil liberties for citizens.

• Impact on relationship between the Executive and Judiciary.

• Functioning of Mass Media.

• Working of the Police and Bureaucracy.

In what way did the imposition of Emergency affect the party system in India ? Elaborate your answer with examples.

Read the passage and answer the questions below :

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 ?

Describe the main causes for students unrest in Gujarat and Bihar in 1974.

Where did the Naxalite Movement begin is 1967 ?

Who formed CPI (Marxist-Leninist) ?

When did Jayaprakash Narayan lead the march to Parliament ?

What was the decision of the Supreme Court in the famous Kesavananda Bharati case?

Fill in the blanks :

‘In the background of the ruling of the ______ Court in the ________ case, an amendment was made declaring that elections of ________,________ and Vice President could not be challenged in the court’.