Political parties are an organised forum in which a group of individuals hope to contest for government. They are responsible for the organisation of government by linking different breaches of public offices. They generally have deigned goals and interests on which they base their party ideology.
However, the core goal of political parties in to establish government. In order to do this, political parties need to gain popular support and work on multiple levels to achieve this. In Pakistan, for example, political parties cannot form government if they go not gain he votes of the majority of the population- they have to keep in mind different classes and their interests. Parties have to ensure that they cater to the demands of the top people in the power hierarchy in the society e.g Pir networks, biradri alliances and the zamindars but they cannot form government on the support of these alone. Therefore they also need to cater to the demands of the lower classes at the same time.
Parties that have been successful in forming government have often adopted multi-tiered policies to ensure the political support of different interest groups in the society.
However, the core goal of political parties in to establish government. In order to do this, political parties need to gain popular support and work on multiple levels to achieve this. In Pakistan, for example, political parties cannot form government if they go not gain he votes of the majority of the population- they have to keep in mind different classes and their interests. Parties have to ensure that they cater to the demands of the top people in the power hierarchy in the society e.g Pir networks, biradri alliances and the zamindars but they cannot form government on the support of these alone. Therefore they also need to cater to the demands of the lower classes at the same time.
Parties that have been successful in forming government have often adopted multi-tiered policies to ensure the political support of different interest groups in the society.
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I would agree that a political party is an organised group of people with at least roughly similar political aims and opinions, that seeks to influence public policy by getting its candidates elected to public office. Parties tend to be deeply and durably entrenched in specific substructures of society in a sustainable and well functioning democracy. They can link the governmental institutions to the elements of the civil society in a free and fair society and are regarded as necessary for the functioning of any modern democratic political system.
I believe that the parties base their manifesto keep in view the demands of people where they promise them things like 'roti, kapra and makaan.' But, the question arises after the party gets elected, the extent to which these promises are fulfilled is something to ponder upon. Who gains the most ? The feudal, pirs, biradiries or the normal people ? I think the answer is clear in the case of pakistan, people's patriotic sentiments are exploited, they are moblized sometimes in the name of religion and sometimes in the name of emotion for instance the PPP gathered massive support after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, but, at the end the people do not benefit, they are merely tools for gaining power.
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