Mewat is one of the most backward areas in Haryana. It used to be a part of two districts, Gurgaon and Faridabad. The people of Mewat felt that the area will get better attention if it were to become a separate district. But political parties were indifferent to this sentiment. The demand for a separate district was raised by Mewat Educational and Social Organisation and Mewat Saksharta Samiti in 1996. Later, Mewat vikas sabha was founded in 200 and carried out a series of public awareness campaigns. This forced both the major parties, congress and the Indian National Lok Dal to announce their support for the new district before theassembly elections held in February 2005. The new district came into existence in july 2005.

In this example what is the relationship that observe among movement, political paties and the government? Can you think of an example that shows a relationship different from this one?


There are many movement which take up issues and are ignored by political parties and these all things can be easily concluded from the example of Mewat, The six- year ling Assam movement (1979-1985), led by the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), was aimed against the infiltration of foreigners from Bangladesh into Assam. At the end of this movement, the State Assembly was dissolved, the government was dismissed, and fresh elections were held. The Asom Gana Parishad, formed out of The AASU, contested and won the elections, forming the Government of Assam. This is the best example in which we can easily see that that how a pressure group came up to form government


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