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Indian Politics: Trends and Developments ]

• Agreement on new economic policies.
• Acceptance of the political and social claims of
the backward castes
• Parties that are in coalition with the Congress. • Acceptance of the role of State level parties in • Took place through an incident at a station called Godhra in 2002.
• Large scale violence against Muslims began in many parts of
• Parties that are in alliance with the BJP. governance of the country. Gujarat from the next day.
• Left front parties • Emphasis on pragmatic considerations rather • The National Human Rights commission criticised the Gujarat
• Other parties who are not part of any of these than ideological positions and political alliances government's role in failing to control violence, provide relief to
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the victims and prosecute the perpetrators of this violence.

Changing Electoral performance

of Congress and the BJP

Jobs in Central Government
should be reserved for other Emergence of New • It started with the demolition of the Babri
backward classes leading Communalism Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992.
to violent protest across the Consensus Secularism, Democracy • Lead to rise of BJP & Politics of 'Hindutva' Os
country. wa
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Political Rise of Other Indian Politics:
Backward Classes (OBC)
(Communities other Trends and CB
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than SC and ST) Developments • Defeat of the Congress party in the elections held in
1989. Ch
• The rise of the 'Mandal issue' in national politics.
Era of • The economics policy followed by the various apt
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Coalitions governments took a radically different turn. This is ise
• In 1978, the backward and minority communities known as the initiation of the structural adjustment
employees federation (BAMCEF) was formed. programme or the new economic reforms.
• It took a strong position in favour of political power to • A number of events culminated in the demolition of
the 'bahujan' –the SC, ST, OBC and minorities. the disputed structure at Ayodhya (known as Babri Mind
• The subsequent Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti Masjid) in December 1992.
and later the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) emerged under • The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in May 1991 led Maps,
the leadership of Kanshi Ram. to a change in leadership of the Congress party.
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• Era of multiparty system begins. • With the elections of 1989, a long phase of coalition politics began in India. lit
• Several Parties emerged after 1989 and no single party secured a clear majority • Since than, there have been 11 govt. at the centre all of which have either been coalition ic
of seats in any Lok sabha election held since 1989 till 2014. governments or minority governments supported by other parties which did not seen al
• An era of coalition governments at the centre in which regional parties played the government.
a crucial role in forming ruling alliances

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