The Great comedy circus of the Indian Democracy
“If Men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and the next place, oblige it to control itself.” ― James Madison The 16 th Century renaissance replaced autocracy with democracy in Europe. This tide of democracy spread to other parts of the world in the next 5 centuries. “Accountability” is the main difference between autocracy and democracy. In Democracy, the elected governments are accountable to the citizen. Question hour in parliament, no-confidence motion in Loksbha, Election after 5 years, etc. are the modes to make government accountable. But all these tools are in hands of the politicians and not in hands of citizens. The introduction of the Right to information act (RTI) was the infl...