Alliance Politics

Recent Developments in Indian Politics

Recent developments in Indian politics started after the assassination of Srimati Indira Gandhi. After her death, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi became the Prime Minister of India with a massive victory in the Lok Sabha elections in 1984. During this time, the country experienced five major developments which had a long-lasting impact on our politics....

Era Of Coalition

The Era Of Coalition started after the 1989 Lok Sabha when the Congress party was totally defeated. At this time, no party did not receive the majority in the election process. The Congress was the largest party in Lok Sabha but they do not have that majority also. But they were strong enough to be eligible for the main opposition party. The National Front at last formed the coalition government....

Decline Of Congress

The defeat of the Congress already flagged the end of the Congress System. It ended the dominance of the Congress party and started the multi-party system in Indian politics. After the Lok Sabha election in 1989, the alliance politics and coalition government started in a fluent manner....

Alliance Politics

The year of the nineties saw the evolvement of so many powerful parties. These parties belonged to the Dalit and OBC classes. The parties played major roles in the United Front which ruled the country in 1996. Janata Dal and so many regional parties also joined the United Front later. After that, there were so many governments that came into Indian politics those created coalition governments to run the country. At this time, most of the alliances were formed through the regional parties....

Mandal Commission and Its Implementation

The Mandal Commission was also known as the SEBC or the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Commission. It was first established in 1979 under the Morarji Desai government....

Communalism, Secularism, Democracy

Communalism is an economy based and political ideology that only supports resources and wealth. This type of ideology is majorly found in small communities. The believers only affiliate only one group and neglect the whole society. Secularism is a principle that is skeptical, critical, or indifferent to all religious beliefs. It is a commitment that maintains the state by ensuring neutrality on different religious matters. The secularism principle neither favors nor promotes any religious belief nor discourages it at all. Democracy is a form of government where the state power is totally vested in the population. Democracy ensures that to participate in the voting system and elect their political leaders in free and fair ways through election....

Emergence Of A New Consensus

The Emergence of a New Consensus describes the political period after 1989. It was a transition time in Indian politics. It denotes the decline of the oldest party of India aka congress and the rise of a new one the BJP. In the 2004 Lok Sabha or General Election, the congress formed its alliances with so many South Indian Parties like DMK, PMK, and AIADMK. The NDA alliance was defeated in the 2004 Lok Sabha Election and Congress formed a coalition government. But the major problem was, that the different ideologies and the thinking of competition divided the people or the coalition at this time....

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