Coalition dharma and karma

Ironically, the author has dedicated the book "to the Indian voters, whose political acumen has failed the best poll pundits in the country"

A book on the history of coalition governments at the Centre and in states, their contradictions, failures and successes, may seem incongruous, even anachronistic, when the Indian electorate has delivered a single-party majority for a second successive Lok Sabha election. The last time this happened was in 1980 and 1984.

Senior journalist Sunita Aron may have written the book on the assumption that Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would struggle to attain a majority in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and that India would return to the era of coalition politics.

Ironically, the author has dedicated the book “to