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Examine the impact of coalition-politics on Indian political system.

  • UPSC 2012
  • Party System

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Between 1989 and 2014 no party won a Lok Sabha majority, and every government was a coalition or a minority. Rajni Kothari had described a Congress "system" in which bargaining happened inside one party. Coalition politics moved that bargaining into the open, between parties. The claim to examine is that this reshaped India's institutions more…

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  • Impact on institutions
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