Citizens must have access to more ways of influencing what happens in parliament

India’s representative democracy has a problem – it isn’t representative enough. The day after election day, members of parliament or legislative assemblies become part of an opaque system of law- and policy-making rooted in New Delhi which is practically inaccessible to the rest of the country. Parliamentary democracy in India finds itself confronting the challenges of the 21st century with almost no access to its most powerful asset – the experience and expertise of its citizens.

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