Summary:
more-inNoted advocate and activist Prashant Bhushan on Saturday said that the country is witnessing an unprecedented crisis of democracy with many of the Constitutional institutions being allegedly undermined in a systematic manner. Mr.
Bhushan accused the BJP-led Union government of weakening the judiciary by attempting to impose its authority in its functioning. Mr.
Bhushan also lamented that the country’s electoral system was increasingly being driven by money power, which enabled the major political parties to gain greater visibility among the voters. Delivering the keynote address, economist Mary George said that none of the political parties, including the Congress and the CPI (M), maintained a secular stance, despite claiming to subscribe to secular ideals. Besides reforms, the country is in dire need of an engaged citizenry to tide over the crisis,” he said..