Context: Right from the inception of parliamentary democracy in our country, every party has appointed a whip tasked with disciplining the elected representatives, which has failed to perform its duty. Analysing a case on voters replacing the functioning of a whip.
Working of the current whip system:
Need for a voter’s whip:
The idea of voter’s whip: Under this, voters bypass the parties and instruct their representatives on how to conduct themselves in Parliament. For e.g.
Conclusion: We must recognise that in post-colonial democracies, such innovations do not merely supplement the existing and functional democratic institutions. They also fill a deeper gap.