CBSE Class 10 Social Science Civics Political Parties Hindi Assignment

Political Parties Summary Class 10 Social Science

A Political party is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government.

A Political party has three components
1) The Leaders
2) The Active citizens
3) The Followers

FUNCTIONS OF POLITICAL PARTIES
1) Parties contest elections
2) Voters choose from different policies and programs put forward by parties.
3) Parties play a decisive role in making laws.
4) Parties form and run government.
5) Parties that loose elections play the role of opposition to the parties in power.
6) Parties shape public opinion.
7) Parties provide people access to government machinery and welfare schemes implemented by government.

➢ SITUATION WITHOUT POLITICAL PARTIES
• No one will be responsible for how the country will be run.
• The government will be formed but its utility will remain uncertain.

HOW MANY PARTIES SHOULD WE HAVE?

It will depend upon the social and geographical diversity of a country.
For e.g.:- India has a multiparty system in which more than 750 parties are registered with the election commission.

ONE PARTY SYSTEM is a system in which only one party is allowed to control and run the government
e.g.:- China

TWO PARTY SYSTEM is a system in which two parties compete to run the government.
e.g.:- USA, UK

MULTI-PARTY SYSTEM is a system in which various parties come together for running the government in a coalition.
e.g.:- India

NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES

There are country-wide parties called national parties.

Every party in the country has to register with the election commission- called registered political parties.

A party which secure at least 6% of the total votes in an election to the legislative assembly of a state and win at least 2 seats is recognized as a State party and a party which secure at least 6% of the total votes in Lok sabha elections or Assembly election in four states and wins at least 4 seats in the lok sabha is recognized as a National party.

There are 8 national recognized parties in the country in 2020. They are
1. Indian National Congress(INC)
2. Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)
3. Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)
4. Communist Party of India(CPI)
5. Communist Party of India- Marxist(CPI-M)
6. National Congress Party(NCP)
7. All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)
8. National people’s party(NPP)

STATE PARTIES
These are commonly referred to as regional parties. Since 1996, nearly every one of the state parties has got an opportunity to be a part of one or the other national level coalition government.

CHALLENGES TO POLITICAL PARTIES
➢ Lack of internal democracy
➢ Dynastic succession
➢ Money and muscle power
➢ No meaningful choice to the voters.

HOW CAN PARTIES BE REFORMED?

Efforts made in India to reform political parties and its leaders:

Constitution was amended to prevent defection, affidavits were implemented,political parties to hold their organisational elections and file their income tax returns.

SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE TO REFORM POLITICAL PARTIES:
Regulation of party’s internal affairs
State funding of election
Pressure of public opinion
Ensure women participation