Read the passage and answer the questions below:
Party politics in India has confronted numerous challenges. Not only has the Congress system destroyed itself, but the fragmentation of the Congress coalition has triggered a new emphasis on self-representation which raises questions about the party system and its capacity to accommodate diverse interest,…. An important test facing the polity is to evolve a party system or political parties that can effectively articulate and aggregate a variety of interests. —Zoya Hasan
(a) Write a short note on what the author calls challenges of the party system in the light of what you have read in this chapter.
(b) Given an example from this chapter of the lack of accommodation and aggregation mentioned in this passage.
(c) Why is it necessary for parties to accommodate and aggregate variety of interests?
Solution
(a) To encourage a renewed focus on self-representation, the author challenges both the coalition government and the coalition party in Congress.
(b) To destroy a party system that was formed under Kanshi Ram's leadership for Dalits only but failed to account for a variety of interests.
(c) In order to preserve India's culture of "Unity in Diversity," parties must take into account and combine a variety of interests. This will prevent separatist movements in India from growing faster.
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