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showed that government machinery also becomes susceptible to passion and alert

us to dangers involved in using religious sentiments for political purposes.

14. In the midst of severe competition and many conflicts, a consensus appears to

have emerged among most parties consisting of main four elements, i.e.

Agreement or new economic policies, acceptance of political and social claims of

backward classes, acceptance of role of state level Parties in governance of country

and emphasis on pragmatic considerations rather than ideological positions and

political alliances without ideological agreement.

15. In coalition government, several political parties cooperate reducing the

dominance of any one party within that coalition. In it, government is formed on

the basis of common minimum programme. The main reason behind this

arrangement is that no party gets majority on its own in the Parliament. Coalition

government is also created in the time of national crisis such as war time or

economic crisis. If a coalition collapses, confidence vote is held or a motion of no-

confidence is taken.

16. Coalition government in context of India from 2004-2009 and 2009-2014

respectively: After the parliamentary elections in May 2014, National Democratic

Alliance (NDA) came into power with Mr. Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister.

Although the BJP had got full majority on its own. At the national level, the first

coalition government of lndia was formed under the Prime Ministership of Morarji

Desai that existed from 24 March, 1977 to 15 July 1979 headed by the Janta party.

This government could not complete its tenure. The first coalition government in

India which successfully completed its 5 year term was the Bharatiya Janata Party
led National Democratic Alliance with Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee as Prime

Minister from 1999-2004. The other coalition, the United Progressive
Alliance (UPA) consisted of thirteen separate parties from all over the country

ruled for two terms successfully.