| Syllabus: GS II, Subject: Polity, Topic: Elections and RPA, Issue: Election Process |
Political process
- Democratic politics aims to foster constructive collaboration and consensus building.
- Public discourse is essential for the exchange of ideas and opinions necessary to reach consensus.
Impediments affecting public discourse:
- Institutional news media’s loss of credibility.
- Content creation on social media prioritizes virality over substance.
- Media proliferation fragments collective attention.
- Civil society increasingly relies on the state for legitimacy, shifting away from its role as an independent voice.
- Political parties prioritize internal affairs over policy discussion, limiting constructive dialogue.
- Uncertain electoral benefits deter representatives from influencing policy agendas, favoring direct interventions for constituent services.
Conclusion:
- These interconnected issues resist easy solutions, but efforts must be made to address them in the world’s largest democracy.
