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Majority in legislatures does not necessarily contribute to the stability of the state Government in India. Discuss.

  • UPSC 1992
  • Salient Features of the Indian Constitution

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A ministry survives only while it commands the House, so a majority looks like a guarantee of tenure. Indian state politics has repeatedly broken that inference. Majorities have been eroded by factions, bought by rivals and overridden by the Union. Stability turns less on arithmetic than on party cohesion, the conduct of the Governor and…

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  • Factionalism inside the majority
  • High-command culture
  • Defection and the market in legislators
  • The Union and the Governor
  • Counter-view
  • Conclusion
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