‘Democracy’ a gift or a curse..

India is the biggest democracy in the world. Here I wish to list out some of the unseen and unanswered traps in our democracy. My major concern is with the political parties and their undying hungry jaws engulfing the whole political system, leading us to darkness.
I do agree to the plus points of having multiple parties under a single house. The main advantage being: opposition party scrutinizing each and every step taken by the ruling party, preventing the govt. from taking one sided decisions, and ultimately giving no scope for dictatorship of a single party. But a very gloomy and grave truth lies on the other side of the coin. Yes, the parties forgetting to serve its own people.
These political parties took birth to cater the needs of the common people. They came into existence to fulfill some or the other noble causes. It might be like, to fight against the discrimination of the lower class, to fight for the rights of the working class etc... Whatever it may be they were led by ideas and ethics. But we see, the sad plight, over time these groups relinquish the values that were once attached to them, and start to behave unlikely. Suddenly we see they are no more interested in doing good for the people, instead engage in buying votes from them, fool them for another 5 years, then again come asking for vote.
When elections near, the party associates are engrossed in campaigning for their party. They employ all means to bring the public to their favour. When some parties engender religious sentiments to get votes, others achieve this through criminalization. It is a very common sight these days we see politicians buying votes. They throw money on public and bribe their choice. These politicians are sure that once they arose in power they could easily get back, in many times, the money that they had spent. Alcohol is another medicine that they prescribe to borrow votes. Is this ‘Lok-thanthre’? Only when people start to think and choose right representatives will something good happen to them. The existing parties and politicians exploit the public by not allowing them to think and to choose between the right and the wrong.
What is the trap?
The trap in our present democracy is that a party has to ultimately emerge as the winner, only then a govt. could be formed at the centre. This same idea reinforces the need for political parties in India. Only when a party wins with majority will a stable govt. be formed at the centre. As a result the sick and weary PARTY system thrives and with full supremacy.
What could be done?
A rebirth is essential, rise again like the phoenix. Go 60 to 70 years back and carefully examine the situations that led to a Party’s birth, study the reasons why they came into existence and the ideas that helped them maintain their integrity. This should help the monopoly holders realize how deviated they are from reaching to the people, identify the bad essence alive and infesting the political structure. This is the time to retort against bad politics and efface it from the face of Democracy.