Answer the following questions briefly:

Prove that “Political Parties are the link between elected representatives and people”.

The above assertion is true because:

1. Political parties field candidates in the elections. Each candidate owes allegiance to a party, its policies, agenda and its direction. Hence, political parties help the voters to know, what to expect from the working of a candidate.

2. Political parties connect the ideas and representatives at the local level, with a state-wide or nation-wide ideology or leader. They help the democracy climb through the geographical barriers and help to provide platform to all voices from the country.

3. Political representatives at the state and local level are the most accessible members of the government machinery. It is much easier for a person to go and talk to his MLA or his ward’s representative, than to a government official.