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Chandan Elucidating on the
theme 'Aberrations of Democracy', Bezboruah delved deep into the malpractices
and aberrations that have crept into Indian democratic machinery since
independence. He categorised the majority rule scenario in democracy under the
class of 'tyranny of majority' and wished for equal representation in Parliament
from all States, irrespective of the population. >If anything,
there is a strong motivation in the more populous states of India to go on
increasing their population because this gives the states a much better
representation in Parliament. And it is this overwhelming majority of heartland
states in Parliament that has marginalised the peripheral States like those of
the North East< This is DNB’s opinion
which can be looked at from different angles. It is doubtful whether the State
Governments are following it as a matter of policy to increase the population.
As far as I remember, population control has been one of the Government of
India’s active policy from the very beginning of India’s Independence.
If population increase
is the universal creed, the bigger state will continue to have more MPs in any
case. There are reasons to
believe that it could be desi-democracy which is being characterised by ‘tyranny
of the minority’ instead. Minorities are very powerful in present day politics
of India. Can the Prime Minister
or a Chief Minister form a cabinet without including Ministers from the
so-called minority communities? A minority leader’s threat tp Tarun Gogoi’s
Government is still fresh in our mind Bhuban
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