While explaining the dimensions of formalism, Riggs also mentions about the constitutional formalism which refers to the gap between the constitutional principles and their actual implementation. This can to be found in India. For instance, according to the Constitution, the chief ministers are to be elected to by the members of majority party in practice, in most cases the central party leadership plays a decisive role in these matters.²³ The Constitution legally vests the governance in the hands of elected representatives but in practice the real Parliament. The Constitution entrusts law-making responsibility to legislators but in reality they spend only a little time in law making. They concentrate more in power politics, ignoring their legislative responsibility. This facilitates the bureaucracy, in the prismatic societies, to play a major role in law making The bureaucrats even form groups or align themselves with various political leaders, due to the factions within the ruling party or within the Council of Ministers. Thus formalism exists in all aspect of social life in a prismatic society.