Coalition Politics and Federalism in India
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Coalition Politics is an essential feature of a multiparty government where several political parties join hands to run the government. It is a fact that today Coalition Politics has become a reality of the Indian Political System. Though the Indian Constitution has declared India as ‘a union of states’, instead of using the term ‘federation’ and the supremacy of the central government is noticed in different spheres of the Indian Federal System, in spite of that, the issue of liberty and autonomy of the states is also very important within the federal structure of India. From this viewpoint it can’t be denied that, a coalition system of government is more participatory in nature and it is also more responsive to regional concerns. In the sphere of centre-state relations within the federal structure of India, coalition politics can produce a cooperative-competitive approach which may increase the socio-economic and political growth and development of the nation. On the other hand, the main drawback of coalition government is its instability. In many cases, narrow personal interests hamper great national and regional interests in most of coalitions. Coalition politics may also bring about tension in the centre-state relations. Because on a few occasions, central directions are ignored by the coalition ministries in some of the states. This paper attempts to evaluate the impact of coalition politics or coalition government on Indian Federalism and to examine whether the coalition politics has strengthened the Indian federal system or it has weakened the Indian federal structure. In fact, the two main pillars on which the success of a coalition depends are cooperative attitude and collective responsibility and certainly a particular type of coalition government, which is based on these two pillars, may play an important role in strengthening the Indian Federal System.
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Saswati Banerjee
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