Question

The real success of federalism in India can be attributed to the nature of ______ in our country.
A. Religious politics
B. Politics based on casteism
C. Money politics
D. Democratic politics

Answer 1

Hint: The creation of states based on language was the first step towards democratic politics. Many old states vanished and many new states were created.

Complete answer:
The democratic politics ensured the concept of federalism, respect for diversity, and desire for living together. The concept behind the formation of states based on language was that people who speak the same language will live in the same state. The second step taken towards the formation of federalism was that Hindi was identified as the official language. Except for Hindi 21 more languages are scheduled in the Indian Constitution. Center-state relations were also reconstructed to strengthen federalism in India. Before 1990, only a single party was ruling India but after 1990 a phrase of coalition government began and no single party got to succeed in getting a majority. Hence, they allied with the local or regional parties to form the government at the center. This practice of the new culture of power-sharing strengthens the base of federalism in India. Though the Constitution of India has distributed the power of union and state government separately, the union government still influences the state in many ways. In the past time, the central government has misused its power to control the state. This undermined the spirit of federalism and democracy too.
The judiciary has also played a major role in improving and securing the power of autonomy of a state.

Thus, option (D) is correct.

Note: Federalism is a mixed government that combines a general government with the regional government. U. S. A., India, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Germany are some examples of federal country.