“The verdict has interestingly left no scope for the ruling and opposition alliances to differ on contentious issues like reservations for women and OBCs (Other Backward Classes) Government jobs in the country.”
The just announced results of the parliamentary elections show that coalition politics has not only revived at the Centre but has got a major boost this time. While the ruling BJP is finding itself well below the majority mark of 272 in the house of 543 Parliament Members , the two regional parties Telegudesam Party (TDP) headed by Chanderbabu Naidu and Janta Dal (United) led by Nitesh Kumar presently part of BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) have virtually got the role of king makers. Interestingly both BJP led NDA and as well as Congress led INDIA Bloc haven’t the nos to enforce their own agenda but interestingly would be forced to work on a common agenda that suits people of the country irrespective of their regional and religious affiliations. The new political arithmetic in the parliament would probably force both the ruling and the opposition alliance to reach a common meeting ground on law making, public rights and public welfare. The verdict has interestingly left no scope for the ruling and opposition alliances to differ on contentious issues like reservations for women and OBCs (Other Backward Classes) Government jobs in the country. In such a situation both the ruling and opposition alliances find a compulsion in maintaining the status quo on contentious issues and move forward with the spirits of consensus on reforms required for institutional and administrative restructuring for the purposes of overall improvement of the governance system which revolves around the economy of the country. For BJP running a coalition Government is not a new experiment as the party has already a good track record in running a coalition Government under the leadership of Attal Bihari Vajpayee at the Centre.
“Greatly influenced by the leadership of Attal Bihari Vajpayee the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi would most probably find it easy to run a coalition Government despite BJP falling short of the simple majority mark of 272 by a slim margin of 32 Parliament Members. The success of the new phase of coalition politics would by driven by regional aspirations of the people of different regions of the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has been talking about “ Sab Ka Saath, Sab Ka Vikas” ( “ Support Of All, Development For All) since last ten years.”
A new role designed for Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the people of the country is similar to the one articulated by Attal Bihari Vajpayee in running a coalition Government at the centre way back in the year 1999. Greatly influenced by the leadership of Attal Bihari Vajpayee the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi would most probably find it easy to run a coalition Government despite BJP falling short of the simple majority mark of 272 by a slim margin of 32 Parliament Members. The success of the new phase of coalition politics would by driven by regional aspirations of the people of different regions of the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has been talking about “ Sab Ka Saath, Sab Ka Vikas” ( “ Support Of All, Development For All) since last ten years.
