Answer:
It is a dilemma that while the political parties are seen as an effective instrument of democratic decentralisation, there is no democracy within the parties i.e. the lack of Internal Democracy.
- All over the world there is a tendency in political parties towards the concentration of power in one or a few leaders at the top.
- Political parties do not keep membership register.
- Parties do not hold organisational meetings and do not conduct internal elections regularly.
- Parties do not have the means or the connections needed to influence the decisions.
- Ordinary members of the party do not get sufficient information on what happens inside the party.
- As a result the leaders assume greater power to make decisions in the name of the party. Since one or few leaders enjoy extreme power in the party, those who disagree with the leadership find it difficult to continue in the party. However, more than loyalty to the party principles and policies, personal loyalty to the leaders becomes more important. For example, all the newly formed parties, including BSP and Jana Sangh, suffer from lack of internal democracy.
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