Do we need a law to regulate the inner working of our parties? That is not the question perhaps. What we need is a more questioning and less complacent political culture that shines a light on the insides of institutions. If we treat parties like black boxes, there are incentives for them to continue to behave in opaque ways. We need to be less tolerant about the culture of the “unanimous election”, be it in the Congress or the BJP version of the same. We need to hold the newer caste- and region-based parties to account. If it is to hold and develop, the narrative of the deepening of India’s democracy needs some crucial caveats.
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