(i) The Parliament of India has two Houses:
(a)The Lok Sabha
(b) The Rajya Sabha.
(ii) The Parliament which is made up of all representatives, controls and guides the government.
(iii) The question hour is an important mechanism through which MPs can elicit information about the working of the government.
(iv) The Parliament also has a significant role in lawmaking.
(v) The Rajya Sabha functions primarily as the representative of the states of India in the Parliament.
(vi) The Rajya Sabha can also initiate legislation and a bill has to be passed in the Rajya Sabha in order to become a law. It, therefore, has an important role of reviewing and altering the laws initiated by the Lok Sabha.

(i) Representative Democracy does not produce a perfect reflection of society, as the interests and experiences separate the communities who have been given adequate representation.
(ii) Representative democracy does not allow reservation in Parliament, as even after sixty years of independence, one-third reservation of women is still pending and only nine per cent women are members of Parliament, even when half of the population is that of women.

(i) The Opposition party asks questions from the ruling party regarding the working and management of the country in the Parliament. By asking questions, the government is alerted towards its short-comings, and also comes to know about the opinion of the people through their representatives in the Parliament.
(ii) They highlight drawbacks in various policies and programmes of the government and mobilize popular support for their own policies. Thus, the opposition parties play a critical role in the healthy functioning of a democracy.

With independence, Indians became free citizens of a free country. This did not meant the government could do what it felt like; it meant that the government had to be sensitive to people's needs and demands. The dreams and aspirations of the freedom struggle were made concrete in the Constitution of independent India that laid down the principle Universal Adult Franchise, i.e. all adult citizens of the country have the Right to Vote.

During the Freedom Movement, people from various. backgrounds joined the struggle to break the power of the British rule. Under colonial rule, people lived in fear of the British Government, they were made to follow repressive rules even if they did not agree with it. The Freedom Movement changed this situation. Inspired by the ideas of freedom, equality, and participation in decision-making, they openly criticised the government and made demands

The Rajya Sabha functions primarily as the representative of the states of India in the Parliament. The Rajya Sabha can also initiate legislation. A bill is required to pass through Rajya Sabha in order to become a law.
Although the Lok Sabha is more powerful vis-a-vis the Rajya Sabha because of its large strength (545) and powers of legislation in matters of finances etc, the Rajya Sabha is important in its own right. It plays the critical of reviewing and altering the laws if required, initiated by the Lok Sabha.

The Indian Executive is comprised of the President, Vice-President and Prime Minister at the helm and other ministers appointed by President with the advice and references of the Prime Minister. These ministers are accountable to the Prime Minister, who himself is answerable in the Lok Sabha. The President is the nominal head of the state.

The basic premise of democracy is the idea of consent, i.e. the desire, approval and participation of the people of the country in the formation of the government and its functioning. The individual or the citizen is the most important person and all government institutions need to have the trust of the citizens.

People's participation has more or less stabilized with slight fluctuation in the last 50 years after initial increase.

If I were a Member of Parliament (MPs), I would ask the following two questions:
(i) What has the government done to ensure education for all?
(ii) What steps has the government taken for women's upliftment?

The elected Members of Parliament (MPs) will be present for discussions in the Lok Sabha.

Central Government 

1. The State Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) its representative get elected as MLA of that constituency is the Lower House of the law-making body at the State level. It consists of MLAs (Members of Legislative Assembly). It can make laws on subjects mentioned in the State list.
2. The Parliament is the highest law-making body of the country. It has the Upper House (called Rajya Sabha) and Lower House (Lok Sabha). The members of Parliament are called MPs. Parliament can make laws on the subjects in Union List, Concurrent List and also Residuary subjects.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan represents the Chandni Chowk constituency as an MLA of Delhi Vidhan Sabha. The candidate who gets the highest number of votes from a constituency.

There would be a difference between the two situations. If the class monitor was elected by the students, he/she would be democratically elected. Also, a class monitor elected by the class is a true representative of the class and not the one who is nominated by the teacher.