Are political parties relevant today?

They are losing their political space to non-political individuals and business tycoons.

Lately, there has been a surge in rightist nationalistic trends goaded by non-political dealers such as business tycoons, the mafia and ‘ bichauliya ’ (middlemen). Can the conventional parties face this? Answers to such questions can be attributed to the use and misuse of parties in the name of democracy. Generally, people see parties in liberal democracies with disdain due to manipulation by a small group of elites with dubious distinction. Parties, for them, are mere instruments for pandering to their vested interests as if they have overtaken democracy.