A look at Coalition Politics and the Making of Indian Foreign Policy
C. Subramanian
Professor, Dept. of Political Science & Public Administration, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, India
Aadil Ahmad Shairgojri
Research Scholar, Dept. of Political Science & Public Admn, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, India.
The decline of congress began after the emergency. The formation of a coalition government in India in 1977 laid the foundation for the era of coalition politics. Hence the new trend changed the scenario of foreign policy in India. India’s relation with the world has been seen a fundamental change over the last decade and half. The internal political structure of a country has an important impact upon the countries international affairs. Alliances of convenience between disparate political parties, such as the Congress, BJP and the Communist are often formed with selfish motives and hidden agendas such coalition based on political expediency may be in the interest of the parties that come together to form the government, but they are definitely not in the interest of the nation. In the past many coalition governments both at the centre and the state, have collapsed before the end of their terms due to the inherent weakness of any coalition set up. But phenomenon of coalition government, now an inescapable reality in India’s political life, has given small regional parties a greater in governance including foreign policy. The aim of the study is to analyse the Coalition Politics and the Making of Indian Foreign Policy.
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