Nonsense: Constitutional democracy v. political democracy
- 2012
- p.89-107.
During last few decades, Indian democracy has witnessed critical polarisation along political democracy v. constitutional democracy. Political democracy attempted to produce its own text of governmentality by superseding some of the pronounced constitutional principles of democracy such as representation and accountability. It contested judicial attempt to rewrite the text on representation. Political democracy weaved strange unity of oppositions directed towards securing their best interests as a class distinct from and superior to 'demos'. In this paper, an attempt has been made to analyse critical developments in Indian democracy during recent past. - Reproduced.