Question

Discuss the salient features of indian party system






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Then another feature is that in the country even now there was single party dominant system. In spite of the fact that in the country there are many political parties, yet Congress dominates both at the center as well as in many of the states. Some states of course have non Congress governments but hold of the Congress Party over the country is very strong.

Except the period 1977-1979 before its defeat in 1989 general elections to the Lok Sabha this party had remained in power at the Center all along. But now B.J.P. forms government with the help of other parties called N.D.A. and Congress in alliance with others as U.P.A. Another feature is that members of political parties do not observe strict discipline.

There are always cases of taking disciplinary actions and expelling rebel members from the party. In disciplined members of one party are happily accepted by the other. It was because of this indiscipline that defections became quite common and Anti-Defection Act had to be passed.