NL Cheatsheet: India is a multi-party democracy. But does it have too many parties?
There are over 2,300 registered parties. No, really.
Home Minister Amit Shah has sparked a controversy by asking whether the multi-party system has failed India. Has it?
To answer that question, we need to first grasp what multi-party democracy means in the context of Indian electoral politics and how it plays out on the ground. Meghnad S is at hand to explain.