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Mention some of the problems faced by the legislatures in India.
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Meghna Thapar 5 years ago

Challenges Faced by the Parliament
Criminalisation of Politics
According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), the proportion of legislators with criminal cases against them has continuously increased.It stood at 15% in the year 2009 moving to 19% in 2019.
This has impacted the standards of democratic discussions, debate and dissent.
Dominance of Archaic Laws
India is a young nation but it is still ruled by old laws.
For example, the police is governed by such colonial-era statutes as the Police Act of 1861, which predates independence by nearly a century.
The archaic laws are inadequate in addressing contemporary challenges.
Anti-Defection Law
The Anti-defection law (Tenth Schedule of the Constitution) states that the Speaker/Chairman of the legislature is the final authority to decide on the disqualification of a legislator.
However, the role of the presiding officers has become increasingly politicized. Thereby creating doubts over Speaker's role vis-à-vis anti-defection law being biased, as recently seen in the Karnataka political crisis.
Decline of Representative Democracy
As per Anti-defection law, the legislators have to vote as per party whip. Due to this, legislators are compelled to vote on party lines irrespective of their local or regional interest.
This has narrowed scope of democracy dissent and divergent views.
India has first past the post electoral system, which means that candidates winning the highest number of votes gets elected.
This leads to neglect of representation of voters who voted for another candidate.
Also, this system of voting is not suitable for the representation of minorities, raising questions on representation.
Only 14.3% (78) of the total members in the current parliament are women.
All these factors taken together defeat the intended purpose of representative democracy.

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