Congress has allied with Mamta Banerjee’s TCP in Bengal. Bhartiya Janta Party is in ally with Nitish’s party in Bihar. Indian politics today is experiencing a strange situation, where the national parties are coming on the backfoot and regional parties are emerging. Today, national political parties can not think of making their government without support from the regional parties. This paradigm shift in politics has transcended BJP to National Democratic Alliance and Congress to United Progressive Alliance.
This form of government first came in India in 1989 with the defeat of Rajiv Gandhi and emergence of BJP along with the left parties. Later in the year 1998, Atal Bihari Bajpayi led Government came to power in the form of NDA and since then we have continued with similar coalition government.
Today, the criteria for coalition is not ideological match, its more of personal interest of politicians in lead roles. Last year the Left parties put up a bad show within UPA during the nuclear deal between India and America. Several such withdrawal and coming together cases have lessened the faith in such government formation.
Amidst, the tussle between the two national allied parties, another such coalition the Third Front has jumped into the tug of war. The front consists of people who have been either rejected or in a position of conflict with the national alliances. This condition of Indian politics is a cause for concern. The more fragmented the alliance will be, the more corruption will increase.
This form of government first came in India in 1989 with the defeat of Rajiv Gandhi and emergence of BJP along with the left parties. Later in the year 1998, Atal Bihari Bajpayi led Government came to power in the form of NDA and since then we have continued with similar coalition government.
Today, the criteria for coalition is not ideological match, its more of personal interest of politicians in lead roles. Last year the Left parties put up a bad show within UPA during the nuclear deal between India and America. Several such withdrawal and coming together cases have lessened the faith in such government formation.
Amidst, the tussle between the two national allied parties, another such coalition the Third Front has jumped into the tug of war. The front consists of people who have been either rejected or in a position of conflict with the national alliances. This condition of Indian politics is a cause for concern. The more fragmented the alliance will be, the more corruption will increase.
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