No democracy in major parties: VIT Chancellor

CHENNAI: Democracy does not prevail in any major political party in a country which was one of the major democratic countries across the globe, said G Viswanathan, founder-chancellor, Vellore Institute of Technology, here on Saturday.Speaking at Kannadasan Vizha, the former MP recalled the political visions of Poet Laureate Kannadasan through a poem.“In any developed democracy, members representing respective parties can express their views in the respective houses even if it was against their party’s stand. This would become virtually impossible in Indian politics,” Viswanathan said.“The general body meetings and executive committee meetings of parties will be conducted for namesake as none would be allowed to speak their view points and whatever said and done will solely be the wish of the party’s top leader,” Viswanathan he said and added ”dictatorships prevail within the party in the largest democracy in the globe”.