From 1951 to 2019, Congress and the BJP have seen highs and lows in India’s parliamentary elections. Nehru became the first prime minister of the country Seats won: The Congress won 364 out of 489 seats The Congress won 364 out of 489 seats Vote percentage of winner: About 45 percent of the vote About 45 percent of the vote …
There are several differences in the election manifestos of India’s two largest parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress. The only time Indian voters were offered a real economic alternative was in the early years of the Republic when Chakravarti Rajagopalachari walked out of the Congress to form the Swatantra Party. Even in Delhi, a prosperous city …
Aditya Balasubramanian’s book Toward a Free Economy is a meticulously researched documentation of a very special, albeit short, period of India’s political history, in which a viable opposition to the then all-pervading Congress rule was envisaged and given shape to. The Swatantra Party has been described in various platforms as a party of rajas and maharajas, supported by big businesses, …
