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have more than two children from contesting the panchayat elections.This has resulted in
denying opportunity to many poor and women.
iii) The Right to Information Act is a good example of a law that empowers the people to
find out what is happening in the government and acts as watchdogs of democracy.Such
laws help to control corruption.
iv)The most important concern should be to increase and improve the quality of political
participation by ordinary citizens.
Q.5. What is democracy?(Redefining democracy)
i) The rulers elected by the people must take all the major decisions.
ii) Elections must offer a choice and opportunity to all the people to change the
current rulers.
iii) This choice and opportunity should be available to all the people on equal basis.
iv) Besides the right to vote,the citizens must be given social and economic rights.
v) The power sharing between the govt. and social groups is necessary in a
democracy.
vi) In a democracy,the ruling party must respect the minority views.
vii)Elimination of discrimination besad on caste,religion and gender is important in
democracy.