INDIAN ‘YOUTH’ AND POLITICS

Abstract

This independent project assessed the attention, awareness, and participation of the Indian youth through examining and analysing their behaviour towards political matters on social media platforms, voting patterns of the country and Government-level politics itself. The purpose of this research paper is to dismantle the two-fold effect of puzzlement that the Indian youth possesses being its concept and beliefs. As part of the same, a google form was created and sent to various students on May 2, 2020. The data collected in this research was primary (through the E-questionnaire) and secondary through internet news sources. The name of the google form was ‘Are You An Aware Citizen?’ and comprised 17 questions besides the names of the respondents. The name filling was kept optional for the sake of privacy. The form was limited to teenagers in Indian society. The questions did not involve any political party in particular to respect the sensitivity of politics as a whole. The conclusion made was that the youth was more aware presumably owing to better education access, development and facilities in recent times. While some consider such patterns aping the western cultures, others consider it as a victory for the turning face of India. Moreover, researched articles from other prominent faces all over the internet were brought together to decipher the puzzling youth of India along the same lines. It incorporated voter behaviour analysis from the Indian General Election of 2019 as well. The methodology for further research was so, that arguments towards the perception of the youth were presented and An Open Access Publication from The Law Brigade Publishers 115 INDIAN POLITICS & LAW REVIEW JOURNAL ISSN 2581 7086 VOLUME 5 – 2020 © All Rights Reserved, The Law Brigade Publishers elaborated on. The current situation’s analysis also followed along with the emergence of the Indian youth in politics. Later, the Indian General Election of 2019 was briefly assessed. Additionally, current events from 2019 and 2020 were also interpreted to bring out the meaning behind the intentions of the Indian youth. 2 Case studies were created, studied and critically analysed, one of the majority party and the other to the opposition party. This paper takes a politically neutral stand to show both the positives and the negatives of each of the case studies to let the reader create his/ her understanding out of what happened in India. According to the paradigm, History is regarded as the foundation of politics. Hence, the history of the parties did play an important role to determine the efficacy, effects and outreach of each of them. With varying definitions and technicalities of ‘youth’, this research paper progresses from assessing teenagers right till political youth in their older ages just like nature takes its course with one’s life. The former group of interest is discussed in the findings of the survey while the latter is discussed in the two case studies. Both groups come under the purview of the so-called ‘youth’. The voter behaviour analysis of the 2019 Election acts as the transition phase between the two not in terms of the chronology of events but that of life itself to bring equilibrium to the purpose of this research.