BJP’s rightful king

A democracy without a viable Opposition degenerates into one-party rule, subverting the polity. Initially, we had one-party rule for long. Jawaharlal Nehru, a true democrat in letter and spirit, also played the role of the Leader of Opposition. Under his daughter, Indira Gandhi, democracy became an autocracy and also hereditary. During the Emergency, democracy got totally eclipsed. Thereafter, four short-lived coalitions came to power. The V.P. Singh government of squabbling leaders fell in less than a year.

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