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Do you think India is a democratic country?

Asked by Morocco (189points) October 16th, 2015

Why or why not?

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filmfann's avatar

Yes.
Their Prime Minister and representatives are elected, and elections are held every 5 years.
It is an unwieldy task, though. A huge, impoverished population, a caste system, and a failure of their education system makes it nearly impossible to advance.

elbanditoroso's avatar

Partly.

As I understand it, there is a semi-powerful elected national leader (Modi), but each of the states has its own powerful state president, and those guys are pretty much autocrats in their own state.

So I don’t think I would call it democratic to the level of the US or of England. But it’s better than Russia.

divinepk3r's avatar

Yes and it dosent help haha…problem with democraty is that it takes forever for politicians to take a decision

flutherother's avatar

It’s vast and diverse and corrupt but it is democratic.

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