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Discuss the merits and demerits of Mono-party system.

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"One-party or mono-party system" is such a system in which only one party operates in the political system for various reasons. Merits:

(i) Less Expensive: The mono party is not an expensive system as there is only one party and mostly one candidate contests thus there is no or not much campaigning. People have no choice but to vote for him.

(ii) Stability: It provides a stable form of government as there is only one party which is not voted out of power and there is no opposition.

Demerits: But we cannot consider one party system as a good option because this is not a democratic option,

(i) Undemocratic: Mono party is an undemocratic system as in a democracy there has to be more than one party. One party can become dictatorial authoritarian and corrupt. Competition between parties gives practical meaning to democracy.

(iii) Encroachment of Rights: In the single party system there is a tendency for the rights of the people to be taken away as there is no other party to check the government. Thus the government becomes all powerful and encroaches on the rights of the people.