The Indian electorate has always given a clear mandate, if not majority to any one party/alliance, in Lok Sabha elections. In 1989, it was a mandate for non-Congress parties to form and run the government. But power-hungry Advani and RSS brigade forced the mid-term election on the country. As a result, Congress returned to power in 1991. RSS dreamed of installing Advani as Indias first Hindutvavadi PM in 1991 but was asked by the electorate to sit in the opposition for another 7 years. In 1996, the mandate was for non-Congress, non-BJP parties but Congress unnecessarily brought down Deve Gowda and Gujaral governments, which resulted into BJP coming to power in 1998. The Congress had to sit in the opposition for another 8 long years. When there was a mandate for BJP, no matter how slender it was, Jaylalitha pulled the plug but BJP returned with a bigger and clear mandate in 1999. Since then Jaylalitha was pushed to the margins in the national politics and DMK acquired that space in NDA, UPA-1 and UPA-2 governments. In 2004, the mandate was clearly against the BJP and for the secular government under Congress leadership. However, BJP cried the foul by opposing Sonia Gandhi on PMs post. As a result, BJP had to sit in the opposition for another 10 years. Whatever may be the outcome on 16th May 2014, the morale of Indian democracy is that do not disrespect the mandate.
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 06:41:19 +0000
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