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Recent Developments in Indian politics
When and why did a long phase of coalition politics begin in India?
It began in 1989 because after the emergence of several parties in such a way that one or two parties did not get most of the seats or votes. This also meant that no single party secured a clear majority of the seats in the Lok Sabha election held since 1989. This development initiated an era of coalition governments at the centre, in which regional parties played a crucial role in forming ruling alliances.
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Party politics in India has confronted numerous challenges. Not only has the Congress system destroyed itself, but the fragmentation of the Congress coalition has triggered a new emphasis on self-representation which raises questions about the pary system and its capacity to accommodate diverse interests.....An important test facing the polity is to evolve a party system or political parties that can effectively articulate and aggregate a variety of interests. —Zoya Hasan
(a) Write a short note on what the author calls challenges of the party system in the light of what you have read in this chapter.
(b) Give an example from this chapter of the lack of accommodation and aggrigation mentioned in this passage.
(c) Why is it necessary for parties to accommodate and aggregate variety of interests ?
‘1989 elections marked the end of what the political scientists have called the ________.”
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