CBSE 2025 · Region 2 · Set 3 · Q27 · 3 marks
Why is power sharing essential for the success of democracy ? Explain.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) Power sharing helps to reduce the possibility of conflict between social groups.
(ii) It is a good way to ensure the stability of political order.
(iii) Imposing the will of majority community over others may look like an attractive option in the short run, but in the long run it undermines the unity of the nation.
(iv) It is the very spirit of democracy.
(v) A democratic rule involves sharing power with those affected by its exercise, and who have to live with its effects.
(vi) People have a right to be consulted on how they are to be governed.
(vii) A legitimate government is one where citizens, through participation, acquire a stake in the system.
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