* Professor, Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
** Research Scholar, Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Online published on 25 October, 2016.
Indian federal polity has got changed during the last four and half decades with the coming of coalition trend into the forefront. The phenomenon of Coalition Government has brought significant changes in Indian federalism. It has led to the federalization of the regional political parties which have become central to the making or unmaking of the government at the union level. In this paper, I try to analyze the current relationship between political parties and democracy in India. The paper tries to answer the vital question: How do India‘s political parties currently facilitate or impede the work of democratic politics? The objective of the paper is to discuss the impact of coalition politics on the federal system in India. Relevance of the present study lies in the fact that it highlights the emerging trends of coalition politics in Indian federal polity and the changes in the Indian political system from the last decades of the present century.
Federalism, Co-operative, Political Parties, Coalition, Centre-State Relations, Autonomy and Democracy
