Given below are two statements:

Assertion (A): Political parties are the life blood of democracy.
Reason (R): People generally curse political parties for poor governance.

In the context of the above, which one of the following is correct?

A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

This MCQ is part of the UP PSC Previous Year Questions (PYQs) series, focusing on UPPSC Prelims 2009 (GS Paper I)