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International Journal of Political Science and Development Vol. 8(3), pp. 77-81, March, 2020. DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2020.025 ISSN: 2360-784X
Review IDEAS OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM IN INDIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM
Dr. Shiw Balak Prasad
Professor and Ex-Head, University Department of Political Science, B.N. Mandal University, Madhepura (Bihar), INDIA. E-mail: shivbalak85@gmail.com
Accepted 21 March 2020
Socialist thought in India, in the present century is the result of three streams of Socialist ideas. The first is the tradition of anarchistic Communitarian Socialism which was aspired by Gandhi and which is being carried forward by Vinobha Bhave in the form of Bhoodan movement and by J.P. Narain in the concept of Communitarian Society. Gandhian concept of a Ramrajya is a stateless Society, based on truth, love and non-violence. It literally means the rule of righteousness as Rama to Gandhi means ‘Truth’. This kind of Gandhian Socialism could not suit Indian conditions nor could it be found feasible for any programme of rapid economic growth. It was more utopian than practicable, more idealistic than actual. The failure of Gandhian Socialism to grapple with the needs of the country helped in the emergence of the Second Stream – that of Communism. The surging success of the Russian revolution of 1917, crossed the borders of Russia and its echoes reached India as well. The anti-imperialist aspect of Communism could well fit in the Indian freedom struggle. It captured the imagination of the people, and the leaders of the Congress. J.L. Nehru was infatuated by it. The struggling people of India saw it in the ready made pills for curing the disease of poverty and ignorance in this land. But during the course of time it was discovered that the Indian Communists had extra territorial loyalties and that the policy of the Communist Party of India was determined by events outside India. In 1942 they betrayed the nationalist forces. To-day, because of the debacle of USSR, all the Communist Parties of India are no where to influence the people. The Chinese aggression exposed the camouflage of the loyalty of C.P.I. (M) to India. The totalitarian Society and the monolithic structure of the State hardly appeals to a people who had fought the autocracy of an imperialist rule.
Keywords: Democracy, Government, Political, Rules, Society
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