Coalition politics in India and its effect
Literally when no clear majority appears through a general election, more than one likeminded political parties enter in to alliance to form a parliamentary majority to form a government, while individually they remains a minority. Because each decision making will require a common consensus which is counter-productive.
Legally a "family" denotes a group of individual members, where every member is subordinate to one another in the heirarchy.The senior most member is called the 'karta'.But when more than one 'karta'exists the institution get reduced to a "club" which is otherwise called a 'coalition' in politics. Because it reduces the dominance of any individual partner inside the joint venture.
A coalition government usually works on a consensus based politics. Very often the component parties hold divergent ideologies which bend the government to disharmony tendency of factious. The parties may look probable mathematically but would be ideologically infeasible. A minor party may likely play the role of 'king maker' to gain far more for their support than their votes would otherwise indicates. To forge a consensus the leader of the ruling coalition may have to resort to silence in spite of their individual ideology of disagreement on a particular issue to get the coalition partners unified. In a decision making process there may be rift between the allies leading to tiffs among the ministers while carrying out the same due to existence of philosophical divergences in between.
In some cases the coalition partners may collude to make a parliamentary discussion irrelevant by voting against the proposal. The V.P Singh ministry had to get dissolved when the congress party withdrew their support midway on Mandal Commission recommendation issue. Speaking on the issues of Labor reforms and disinvestment in 2005 the Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh has exhorted that the extreme rigidities of the labor market have no doubt affected the country`s economic growth potentials. It was the limitation of the coalition government which he was leading had prevented him to carry out reforms in a big way. He conceded that there have been limitations in getting a broad based consensus in his coalition ministry to assert his agendas to move in a big way.
At the national level the first ever coalition ministry was formed by the Janata party alliance under the Prime Minister ship of LateMorarji Bhai Desaion 24th March 1977 after the emergency rule, which lasted till 15th July 1979.There after the Indian Parliament has not seen a single party majority government. One has to agree that in India laws are being formulated according to the whims and fancies of powerful individuals while the administration remains bias. In a coalition ministry such unholy practices become the unwritten rule for works in government offices. A coalition government always breeds corruption, because the political partners in the government are encouraged to adopt corrupt means in fulfilling their hopes and aspirations.
There may be internal bickerings, lack of coordination among the ruling partners within the government in the pursuit of power struggle and would tend the governance weak. The government usually fails in delivering good governance to its citizens.
Corruption can automatically contain in a single party led government. If the nation really in need of a cleaner governance it can only be available from a single party government. The citizens should understand the truth before franchising their voting rights. The media as well as the intellectual mass should guide the society for these societal transformations. A government generally runs by the executives. The elected representatives only make the rules and drive the government machinery. In India the administration in the single party ruled states have already proven success. The actual credit does not lye with the particular party but with the singular leadership within the governance.
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a conglomerate of 13 divergent parties. It is a mountainous task on the ruling party leader to harmonise them and provide clean governance to the citizens. Scams will happen. The ruling leadership cannot be made absolutely accountable. Detoriation in politics reflects detoriation in societal structure in the nation. If public continue to vote on the basis of region, religion and caste basis it will be difficult for the honest people to win in an election. The citizens should vote a party which will have absolute majority in the house. If a regional party is expected to achieve majority at the state assembly there will be no harm in voting them. But if they were going to be reduced to a coalition partner at the national level, it will be counterproductive in voting in their favour.
The Delhi election mandate is a burning example.None of the parties has a clear majority to form a government and incidentally none of them has any compatibility with each other. The voters should have been more sensitive in voting any single party to get good governance if their pre-election manifesto have ever pleased them.
Literally when no clear majority appears through a general election, more than one likeminded political parties enter in to alliance to form a parliamentary majority to form a government, while individually they remains a minority. Because each decision making will require a common consensus which is counter-productive.
Legally a "family" denotes a group of individual members, where every member is subordinate to one another in the heirarchy.The senior most member is called the 'karta'.But when more than one 'karta'exists the institution get reduced to a "club" which is otherwise called a 'coalition' in politics. Because it reduces the dominance of any individual partner inside the joint venture.
A coalition government usually works on a consensus based politics. Very often the component parties hold divergent ideologies which bend the government to disharmony tendency of factious. The parties may look probable mathematically but would be ideologically infeasible. A minor party may likely play the role of 'king maker' to gain far more for their support than their votes would otherwise indicates. To forge a consensus the leader of the ruling coalition may have to resort to silence in spite of their individual ideology of disagreement on a particular issue to get the coalition partners unified. In a decision making process there may be rift between the allies leading to tiffs among the ministers while carrying out the same due to existence of philosophical divergences in between.
In some cases the coalition partners may collude to make a parliamentary discussion irrelevant by voting against the proposal. The V.P Singh ministry had to get dissolved when the congress party withdrew their support midway on Mandal Commission recommendation issue. Speaking on the issues of Labor reforms and disinvestment in 2005 the Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh has exhorted that the extreme rigidities of the labor market have no doubt affected the country`s economic growth potentials. It was the limitation of the coalition government which he was leading had prevented him to carry out reforms in a big way. He conceded that there have been limitations in getting a broad based consensus in his coalition ministry to assert his agendas to move in a big way.
At the national level the first ever coalition ministry was formed by the Janata party alliance under the Prime Minister ship of LateMorarji Bhai Desaion 24th March 1977 after the emergency rule, which lasted till 15th July 1979.There after the Indian Parliament has not seen a single party majority government. One has to agree that in India laws are being formulated according to the whims and fancies of powerful individuals while the administration remains bias. In a coalition ministry such unholy practices become the unwritten rule for works in government offices. A coalition government always breeds corruption, because the political partners in the government are encouraged to adopt corrupt means in fulfilling their hopes and aspirations.
There may be internal bickerings, lack of coordination among the ruling partners within the government in the pursuit of power struggle and would tend the governance weak. The government usually fails in delivering good governance to its citizens.
Corruption can automatically contain in a single party led government. If the nation really in need of a cleaner governance it can only be available from a single party government. The citizens should understand the truth before franchising their voting rights. The media as well as the intellectual mass should guide the society for these societal transformations. A government generally runs by the executives. The elected representatives only make the rules and drive the government machinery. In India the administration in the single party ruled states have already proven success. The actual credit does not lye with the particular party but with the singular leadership within the governance.
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a conglomerate of 13 divergent parties. It is a mountainous task on the ruling party leader to harmonise them and provide clean governance to the citizens. Scams will happen. The ruling leadership cannot be made absolutely accountable. Detoriation in politics reflects detoriation in societal structure in the nation. If public continue to vote on the basis of region, religion and caste basis it will be difficult for the honest people to win in an election. The citizens should vote a party which will have absolute majority in the house. If a regional party is expected to achieve majority at the state assembly there will be no harm in voting them. But if they were going to be reduced to a coalition partner at the national level, it will be counterproductive in voting in their favour.
The Delhi election mandate is a burning example.None of the parties has a clear majority to form a government and incidentally none of them has any compatibility with each other. The voters should have been more sensitive in voting any single party to get good governance if their pre-election manifesto have ever pleased them.
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