Today the Congress — a belated convert to the cult of coalitions, having at first ridden the Pachmari high horse of ‘going it alone’ — is trudging the same slippery path that the BJP trod before. To cut a long and painful story short, India, the land of endless paradoxes, is now caught in the worst paradox. As far as one can foresee, coalitions in New Delhi are unavoidable. But, alas, there is no coalition culture to make them durable and effective. Let us at least stop this lofty talk of ‘coalition dharma’.
The writer is a political commentator
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