| India is one of the largest democracies in the world. Political parties play an important role in a democratic system. They are indispensable for the successful working of democracy. One without the other cannot exist and they are two sides of the same coin. Political parties in any democratic polity are supposed to be vital links between the State and Civil Society. The role of the political parties in the political system is almost the same as that of nerves and arteries in the biological system because they are the supply lines of the political process in a democratic polity. In the words of Finer “Democracy rests in its hopes and doubts upon the party system. |