Function Of Political Parties

a. Functions of Public Character:

The Political Parties are the most important part of any democratic country. The Political Parties mobilize public opinion around their ideologies and contests elections to form a government. Generally an ordinary citizen does not have direct access to the government he can be reached only by his elected representative. Thus it is righty said that government represents will of people. It will, therefore, not be an exaggeration to say that no Political Party, no democracy. Political Parties are responsible for the growth and development of the society and that of the nation. Political Parties are continuously engaged in performing public duty. It is, therefore, important that they became accountable to the
The people of this country have a right to know every public Act, everything that is done in a public way, by their public functionaries. “It is the Political Parties that form the Government, man the Parliament and run the governance of the country. It is therefore, necessary to introduce internal democracy, financial transparency and accountability in the working of the Political Parties. A political party which does not respect democratic principles in its internal working cannot be expected to respect those principles in the governance of the country. The public belief in the prevalence of corruption at high political levels has been strengthened by the manner in which funds are collected by political parties, especially at the time of elections. Such suspicions attach not only to the ruling party but to all parties, as often the opposition can also support private vested interests as well members of the Government party. It is, therefore, essential that the conduct of political parties should be regulated in this matter by strict principles in relation to collection of funds and electioneering. It has to be frankly recognized that political parties cannot be run and elections be fought without large funds. But these funds should come openly from the supporters or sympathizers of the parties