SOCIETAL JUSTICE AND DEMOCRATISM IN INDIA: WITH REFERENCE TO 2019 GENERAL ELECTIONS

Abstract

Programs for Social Justice make political institutions lively and vice versa. If it is recognized that the democratic process is a political mobilization for involvement in electoral exercise to select members and the successful running of public institutions, so the influence of social justice policies is primarily beneficial for the government and target population, all social sector reform programs enable the target population to engage in democratic reforms. In the other hand, successful social sector interventions can also lead to the return to power of the ruling dispensation. A review of some of the social sector services at union level between 2014 and 2019 and in the state of Bihar since 2005 is an example. Under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), social sector initiatives such as Aushman Bharat, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana were launched and implemented at the union level, among others.

Since 2005, social sector reforms have been targeted by policies such as freecycle and schoolwear for school-going girls, the quota for women in local representative institutions and state government work, hostel s for students from the socially and economically backward groups in Bihar. The paper claims that the NDA's high-performance rate in the state of Bihar in the 2019 general election was primarily attributed to union-level social sector reforms. As the coalition head, BJP preferred to support its coalition partners such as Janata Dal-United (JDU) and Lok Janashakti Party (LJP), the coalition partners acquired in the state. However, it is possible to apply a disclaimer that the role of leadership will prove to be the catalyst in the whole process.