Democracy is a rule of the …

(i) Democracy is a rule of the majority means that rule by majority views.

(ii) Rule by majority does not mean rule by majority in terms of religion, race, linguistic groups, poors or rich.

(iii) It means that in case of every decision or in case of every election, different persons and groups may and can form majority.

• So, to say that democracy must be a rule of the poor will give rise to a further division of society on a different line and lead to conflict.

• Democracy remains democracy only as long as every citizen has a chance of being in majority at some point of time

(i)   Democracy is a rule of the majority means that rule by majority views.

(ii)  Rule by majority does not mean rule by majority in terms of religion, race, linguistic groups, poors or rich.

(iii) It means that in case of every decision or in case of every election, different  persons and groups may and can form majority.

•  So, to say that democracy must be a rule of the poor will give rise to a further division of society on a different line and lead to conflict.

• Democracy remains democracy only as long as every citizen has a chance of being in majority at some point of time.