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He says that wherever due to laxity, I commit mistake, my opponents make me alert. So let my opponents parties remain healthy and have a long life. Such a blessing can emanate only from the one believing in anekāntic perspective. The existence of opposition is essential for the survival and effective functioning of democracy. To deny opposition, therefore,would mean to deny democracy. In the absence of opposition, democracy certainly loses its lustere, grandeur,credibility and utility. This is our experience and to deny its due place and importance would be suicidal. 5.8 Change in Politics And Anekānta
In the present day political atmosphere, the country is facing problems in various states. The country is being badly affected by LTTE, Naxalities, Maoists and attack on Parliament of India, terrorists who plan serial bomb blast based on violence and so forth. We are also witnessing, excessive centralization of political powers in the hands of a few and a large number of able and efficient people are deprived of it, resulting into an allround deterioration of society. Politics, which is meant to give a good system and order in society, in the present days has unfortunately become the center of creating disorder. In other words, politics has been completely criminalized. Booth capturing, vote rigging and ‘might is right this saying, is playing a free role during elections. If government is not ready to remove such corrupt practices for a better order of society, then people, especially, anekāntavādīs will have to take lead and not to participate in voting. The violence pattern then will be automatically corrected. The participation and selection of man of anekāntic perspective in the political field is the need of the hour to cope up with the present day problems and for planning better destiny of the nation. Basically the political field is the good application of anekānta where opposing parties sit together and try to arrive at fruitful solutions.
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