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Discuss the pattern of Political Parties from one dominant party system to coalition politics in national politics.

  • UPSC 2016
  • 15 marks
  • Party System

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W. H. Morris-Jones called the early Indian party system one of one-party dominance. Rajni Kothari, in "The Congress 'System' in India" (1964), showed that competition then took place inside the Congress, a party of consensus, while other parties acted as parties of pressure. The move to coalition politics was gradual and happened in phases. Each…

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