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The Political Reality of India
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The Political Reality of India

Freebies at the cost of economic health, dynastic politics and appeasement of one or two sections of the society at the cost of all others are the bane and reality of Indian politics today. During election season, politicians have an extra incentive to promise freebies at the cost of the States’ economic well-being. Almost all of the parties in India today have become family-run coporations, BJP and Left parties notwithstanding. In the name of secularism, parties have time and again made decisions and statements to appease one section of society. Secularism rather than being the policy of Church-State division, has evolved to be appeasing the “minority” at the cost of justice. Being a democracy, politics plays a major part in the governance of India. It is as complicated as it i...