RATIONALLY THINK

RATIONALLY THINK 

When the NDA was originally forged, it was on the basis of cooperative understanding and sympathy and the collective need to resist the Congress-led coalition by way of ideological necessity as also practical need. In a Parliamentary democracy coalition governments are the norm and if BJP could on its own win the absolute majority in two successive Lok Sabha Elections, it was out of the ordinary run of things. That the BJP has emerged with a massive mandate in its favour a third time despite not managing absolute majority on its own takes nothing away from its performance as it was sharing seats with its allies and not contesting all of the 543 Parliamentary seats itself. As such it is but natural that it should as a coalition only form the government. So, what is so wrong about it or shameful as the Opposition is making it out to be?

Written by Sugata Bose