Class 7 -Political Science-Chapter 3-part 1-How the State Government Works

Class 7 -Political Science-Chapter 3-part 1-How the State Government Works

1. Chapter 3
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2. Topics to be covered
•Inthischapter,wewillseeaboutthework
ofthegovernmentatthestatelevel.
•Howdoesthistakeplaceinademocracy?
•WhatistheroleofaMemberofthe
LegislativeAssembly (MLA) and
Ministers?
•Howdopeopleexpresstheirviewsor
demandactionfromgovernment?
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3. Some events in Patalpuram.
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7. Who is an MLA?
•MLAstandsforMemberoftheLegislative
Assembly.
•Theyareelectedbythepeople.
•Theythenbecomemembersofthe
legislativeassemblyandalsoformthe
government.Inthiswaywesaythatthe
MLAsrepresentpeople.
•EverystateinIndiahasaLegislative
Assembly.
•Eachstateisdividedintodifferentareas
orconstituencies
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8. Forexample,lookatthemapbelow.
•ItshowsthatthestateofHimachal
Pradeshisdividedinto68assembly
constituencies.
•Fromeachconstituency,thepeopleelect
onerepresentativewhothenbecomesa
MemberoftheLegislativeAssembly
(MLA).
•Youwouldhavenoticedthatpeoplestand
forelectionsinthenameofdifferent
parties.
•TheseMLAs,therefore,belongtodifferent
politicalparties.
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10. How do people who are MLAs become
ministers or chief minister?
•ApoliticalpartywhoseMLAshavewon
morethanhalfthenumberof
constituenciesinastatecanbesaidtobe
inamajority.
•Thepoliticalpartythathasthemajorityis
calledtherulingpartyandallother
membersarecalledtheopposition.
•Forexample,theLegislativeAssemblyof
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11. •Candidatesfromvariouspoliticalparties
wonthe2017assemblyelectionsand
becameMLAs.
•SincethetotalnumberofMLAsinthe
LegislativeAssemblyis68,apoliticalparty
wouldhaveneededtohavemorethan34
MLAsinordertogainamajority.
•TheBharatiyaJanataParty(BJP)with
44MLAshadthemajorityanditbecame
therulingparty.
•TheIndianNationalCongress(INC)was
themajoroppositionparty,sinceithad
thelargestnumberofMLAsaftertheBJP.
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13. •Aftertheelections,theMLAsbelongingto
therulingpartywillelecttheirleaderwho
willbecomethechiefminister.
•Inthiscase,theBJPMLAschooseShri
JairamThakurastheirleaderandhe
becamethechiefminister.
•Thechiefministerthenselectsother
peopleasministers.
•Aftertheelections,itistheGovernorof
thestatewhoappointsthechiefminister
andotherministers.
•Thechiefministerandotherministers
havetheresponsibilityofrunningvarious
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14. •TheHeadoftheStateistheGovernor.
She/HeisappointedbytheCentral
GovernmenttoensurethattheState
Governmentworkswithintherulesand
regulationsoftheConstitution
•ALegislativeAssemblyisaplacewhere
alltheMLAs,whetherfromtherulingparty
orfromtheoppositionmeettodiscuss
variousthings.
•Hence,some MLAs havedual
responsibilities:oneasanMLAandthe
otherasaminister.
•Attimes,therulingpartymaynotbea
singlepartybutagroupofpartiesworking
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