By parliamentary democracy we mean ‘one man, one vote.’ We also mean that every Government shall be on the anvil, both in its daily affairs and also at the end of a certain period when the voters and the electorate will be given an opportunity to assess the work done by the Government… We do not want to instal by any means whatsoever a perpetual dictatorship of any particular body of people.
These words, by Dr B.R. Ambedkar, capture the essence of India’s democratic experiment. Elections and the right to vote are not mere administrative rituals; they are the unrivalled pillars of democracy, the foundation on which political equality rests.
In a vast and diverse country like India, electoral democracy is the only viable instrument to achieve social and economic equality. Universal adult suffrage armed every citizen—irrespective of caste, class, or gender—with the power to participate politically and to change the nation’s destiny through peaceful means.
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