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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | India's Oligarchy Shuts the People Out – and the Constitution Is to Blame -Bhanu Dhamija

India's Oligarchy Shuts the People Out – and the Constitution Is to Blame -Bhanu Dhamija

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published Published on Dec 28, 2020   modified Modified on Dec 29, 2020

-TheWire.in

Only a serious overhaul can remedy the fundamental shortcomings in our constitution.

It is now clear that India, the world’s largest democracy, is being run by an oligarchy, a form of government where the real power lies with just a few individuals and families. This became tragically evident from the recent saga of India’s agricultural reforms. Three farm laws were enacted by a coterie in the Centre without even recognising that agriculture is a state subject under the constitution, and without any public debate in parliament or consultations with farmers’ organisations.

Most Indians can count on one hand the number of leaders who control our entire nation these days. They include two men at the Centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah, and a few independent-minded state chief ministers, like Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal. Most of us can also name three or four party dynasts, like the Gandhis from the Congress or Thackerays from Shiv Sena.

The blame for ceding all power to such a small group of people lies not with our citizens or politicians, but with our constitution. It centralises our government, fails to regulate our multitude of parties and creates an impotent federal structure.

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TheWire.in, 28 December, 2020, https://thewire.in/politics/india-oligarchy-constitution


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