The ideal of democracy is a form of government which is by the people, for the people, of the people. But these days democratic values are being kept aside and the people's representatives are behaving like some middle age feudal lords.
One of the most important aspects of democracy is a powerful opposition. But I am seeing (generally in the whole world and particularly in India) that people are becoming confused after witnessing the behavior of the opposition parties. Apparently these days there remain no difference between the ruling party and the opposition party because their policies are the same, their thinking is the same and even the leaders are the same. Father is in ruling party while son is in the opposition party. Only a few families are running the country. One person changes parties as we change our clothes. Hence, opposition has remained just for the sake of continuity. Governments all over the world are just letting the opposition to survive so that they may not be called tyrants.
Governments are steps that are benefiting elite class only. They formed their policies which suit corporate sector only. People are being forced to evacuate their land which ultimately goes to the rich.
Montesquieu had proposed the system of separation of power between the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. But our modern democracy has made it impossible for a poor person to get justice because whole judicial system is run by powerful advocates and lawyers whose fee cannot be afford by the poor. I have seen many examples in my own country that poor persons were jailed just for petty things for many years just because no one was there to get the bail for them, while rich were untouched by the law even after committing big crimes.
Is this the real form of a democratic system? I think it is not democracy. It is something malicious in the name of democracy.