Fragile coalition can't undertake reforms, says FM Arun Jaitley

Jaitley said a coalition government would lead to a situation where the country probably would have a helpless Centre dependent on these kinds of players

Amid speculation about opposition unity after the Congress snatched three states from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday defended the strong leadership of the Narendra Modi government and said “fragile coalitions” could not take stable policy decisions and pursue reforms.

“...You need a decisive leadership, you can’t have fragile coalitions because at the end of the day if one partner says I can pull down the government if you don't declare my state as special status, then those worse off can even say, why not me? And you would have half a dozen wanting special