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| Article Name : | | | PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY IN INDIA: ELEMENTS IN CRISIS | | Author Name : | | | S. N. Salawade | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-5024 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The Socratic insistence on definition of terms could profitably be applied to the tide itself, for it accepts as a basic premise, a concept which is itself open to doubt. Should India be a Parliamentary Democracy? If the Constitution itself is carefully studied, it seems obvious that its founding fathers envisaged a Presidential system. Clause 53, in the Constitution clearly says: "The Executive power of the Union shall be vested in the President, *and shall be exercised by him, direcdy, or through officers subordinate to him in accordance with the Constitution". This is reinforced by Article 74, which says: "There shall be a Council of Ministers, with the Prime Minister at the head, to aid and advise the President, in the exercise of his functions." Why the British Parliamentary system was superimposed on what is virtually a verbatim copy of Presidential powers enunciated in the American Constitution, is an enigma of Indian history. | | Keywords : | | |
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