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What outcome can one reasonably expect of democracies?

Answer:

The following outcome one can reasonably expect of the democracy.

(i) In the Political Sphere: People should be given popular participation in politics like:

- Right to vote

- Right to contest election

- Right to participate in other political affairs:

(a) Regarding decentralisation of political democracy the local government of rural as well as urban areas should be given real economic and other powers.

(b) We can also expect that there should be age limit for the politicians and there should be ban on holding the post of PM, President, Governor, CM, etc. after two terms.

(ii) In the Economic Sphere: Economic inequality and disparity in society should be minimised as soon as possible.

- Problems of poverty and unemployment should be checked, In order to have political equality. We expect economic equality as well. Right to employment and to lead a reasonably good life should he guaranteed to every citizen.

(ii) In the Social Sphere: In the social sphere of life we expect social equality and justice to all.

- Equal protection should be given to every category of people in societies like woman, OBCs, SCs and STs.

- "Gender division" should be avoided and society should be free from any form of "untouchability" and discrimination.

(iv) Justice Arena: In the sphere of justice we can expect "cheap and quick judgment" from our democracy or democratic judiciary. It is very painful in free India that some cases are still pending in courts.

(v) Practical Expectation: besides, for electoral politics we expect that:

- The presidents and heads of every political party should be elected or appointed by the Election Commission.

- The influence of money and muscle power should be checked in order to have a free and fair elections.

- In order to have high literacy level we expect that our democracy should provide education for all and should ban child labour.

- Facilities for higher, professional and technical education should be provided at the grass-roots level also, e.g.. Decentralisation of Education.

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Above all, our expectation regarding the outcome of democracy is mainly to improve the quality of life of our country.