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What is a political party and its function |
| Answer» To contest elections:In most democracies, elections are fought mainly among the candidates put up by political parties.\xa0Making laws:When parties come to power, they make laws for the country. Formally, laws are debated and passed in the legislature.Parties form and run governments:Parties recruit leaders, train them and then make them ministers to run the government in the way they want.Role of opposition:Parties that lose in elections, play the role of opposition to the parties in power by criticising the government for its failures or wrong policies.\xa0Shaping public opinion:They raise and highlight issues. Parties have lakhs of members and activists spread all over country. | |