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Can a Prime Minister belonging to a party that has absolute majority turn into a dictator?

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Post by confuzzled dude Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:09 pm

Can a Prime Minister belonging to a party that has absolute majority of its Members in the Lok Sabha and also in the Rajya Sabha turn into a dictator?

The answer is both Yes and No.

There are a number of built in checks. Any Prime Minister attempting to turn into a dictator would need to over ride ail the checks. There is the opposition which shall have to be locked up. There is the party that may have to be silenced. Then there is the judiciary which could be made ineffective through constitutional amendments.

The President has to be docile and incapable of asserting. The press and the media would need to be put under strict censorship. Honest bureaucrats will have to be terrorized.
http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/constitution/prime-minister-of-india-position-and-powers-of-the-prime-minister-of-india/32173/

I think this govt. has already shown its modus operandi, terrorizing bureaucrats, denying access to the press  & media and meddling with justice system (Gopal Subramanium case)

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Post by smArtha Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:55 pm

With all the checks and balances you mentioned we did have Indira Gandhi run the country as a Dictator for a decade plus almost and for about 2 years absolutely. Even the President of the country meekly surrendered to her.

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