This was translated for a gujarati publication
Ever since the opposing party concept in democracy was
implemented, their function was to keep a check on the actions of the ruling
party. It was to assist to bring the ruling party to the map of the world. The opposing party was not envisioned to
detriment the positive economic benefit being brought by the ruling party but
highlight and amend the wrong steps taken by the ruling party. However,
opposite parties have taken upon themselves to malign the ruling party on every
occasion and it appears that the power to raise their voice is only used to put
forth their own agenda rather than change the course of the country towards
betterment. Local leaders of the opposite party are the most active in
demeaning the efforts of the ruling party’s initiatives. This brings about the
negative impact of living in a democratic environment where right of freedom of
speech is being a tool of abuse. Most
prevalent form of this abuse of freedom of speech is through newspapers. While
newspapers exist to highlight current events there is no maturity in publishing
the news. Today’s newspapers exist to
sell themselves. In this opinionated world filled with various media platforms
such as twitter, facebook and message forwards, controversial news are the best
selling news and media thrives on such news without validating their meaning.
While in the US, newspapers are only one of the various tools of gaining
information apart from social media online, most of India still uses newspapers
as their primary source of getting information. Hence, instead of highlighting
the efforts and initiatives of the ruling party, newspapers end up showcasing
only the controversial part often ignoring the development which is seen. Where
the founders of constitution envisioned the opposite party’s role to correct
the ruling party as it governed our country, what is being created is a ruckus
with parties trying to highlight only their voices instead of moving towards a
common goal of reforming India through constructive criticism.
