Appearance of Coalition Politics after a Decade at the Centre: A Political Expediency

After emergency and decline of congress party laid the foundation of coalition politics in 1977 with the formation of Janata Government at the centre under the leadership of Morarji Desai.Since then, people of India in the most of 1980's, 90's and first decade of this century have delivering fragmented mandates to form coalition politics has been the norm.This norm was broken by Narendra Modi in 2014 and 2019 with brute majority.After a decade break the coalition norm in the Indian politics has now returned once again as a result in the recent Lok Sabha general elections.The allies of the coalition may use the pressure techniques to the central executive to act on their lines and they could also play blame games for the administrative responsibilities of its failure and lapses.Moreover, this government has to accommodate diverse interests in the functioning of the government to stabilize it and to protect the interest of the nation.