Why the Indian president is elected by the political parties and not by the people of India?

Answer:
In India we follow the Parliamentary form of government where the members of the lower house (Lok sabha) are elected by the people of India, who form the Government in the Centre or federal government, similarly for various states we have legislative form of government where the members of the lower house or Vidhan Sabha are elected by the people of the state %26 these members form the state government. These very members even elect members for the Upper house (Rajya Sabha) of the Parliament in the centre. Now as far the election of the President of India is concerned the Constitution of India has given a procedure for his/her election according to Article 54 The President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of-
(a) The elected members of both Houses of Parliament; and
(b) The elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States.
[Explanation. In this article and in article 55, State includes the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union territory of Pondicherry.]
Thus we see that the elected members of the Parliament as well of the State legislature do this job for the people of India as they are the representatives of the People of India, in other words we can say the people of India are only electing the President indirectly through their representatives.

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it's the parlimentary system that exists in almost all democratic nations except the usa

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Good question...; ruling political party is acting like a government... unlike a democracy鈥?

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I don't know but they poop on the street .

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The President of india is elected by the electoral college which consists of all the Members of Parliament and Members of state legislative assemblies. however as these elected members invariably belong to some political party ; the party leaders have a big say in who should be elected as President.

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father of our constitution assembly - fully knows the tendency of our people. I f we give power to one person, he may give all post to his wives, sons, daughter etc.
we must worship our father of our cons. assembly for the
present method of election.

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The President of India is not having any executive powers. The Cabinet is the Government, in a parliamentary democracy, and according to rules of business framed by the Cabinet, every deputy minister, minister of state and cabinet minister takes decision, as per delegation of power and any matter beyond delegation and all matters of policy are approved either by the cabinet sub-committee or by full cabinet. All work is done in the name of the President of India but very few files are required to be signed by him and even here, the concerned minister only is responsible for the decision.
If direct election of the President is allowed, then there will be two rival centres of power, the President claiming his legitimacy by popular vote and the Prime Minister enjoying the confidence of the House of the People composed of elected members. This will be most unhealthy governance and will hamper government work. On the other hand, Executive Presidential system, was debated in the Constituent Assembly, and discarded as unfeasible. It is not wise to vest in one person near-plenary powers. The example of USA is before us, where even one declared elected by a negation of democratic process, by a crazy system of electoral votes, can run berserk and threaten everyone on this earth. Democracy has to have system of checks and balances and the Indian system comparatively is by far the best one.