Pre Poll Alliances v/s Post Poll Alliances

Now that the elections are in the phase where all parties have sounded the war cry, one needs to see how alliances are shaping up and how it impacts Indian polity.

Cut to 1998 when NDA formed the government. Since they did not have the requisite numbers they dto build post pall alliances with AIADMK, TDP and TMC. This resulted in governance taking a backstage and survival became the key. Similar thing happened with the last UPA government. Since UPA was a post poll alliance, opportunism was more rampant than policies and governance. The result is for all to see. India wasted the momentum built by NDA government between 1999-2004. No major reforms could be pushed and government was always under threat from Left, DMK, JMM etc. One of the biggest calamities of this post poll alliance was that India for time in history had so many tainted ministers.

But now remember the period 1999-2004. NDA had come to power as a pre-poll alliance and this helped in smooth functioning of the govt and passage of most bills and policies. India for the first time in history saw an impressive infrastructure building and economic reforms.

This time the 2 major alliances are UPA (Congress + NCP + DMK + TC) and NDA (BJP +INLD + Akali Dal + Shiv Sena + JDU + RLD + AGP). Rest all the 3rd and 4th fronts are a bunch of opportunists. If they have a say in next government, corrupton and nepotism will increase. So in view of betterment of the country, one should vote only for pre poll alliance which have been together and are powerful even today.