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- Title
Akali Dal-BJP Coalitions as Marriages of Convenience: A Historical Perspective on the 2017 Election.
- Authors
Kaur, Harminder
- Abstract
The 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election results assertively demonstrate that Punjab is its own political stage. Just like the 2014 general elections, it bucked Modi's Wave that led to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) spectacular win in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. For the first time in 2017, the state saw a triangular contest among the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and BJP alliance, the Indian National Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The electorate seeking a change stayed with the traditional alternative of the Congress led by Amarinder Singh which won 77 out of 117 seats. AAP gained momentum in the run-up to the elections but ended up with mere 20 seats, finishing a poor second. The governing Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance was decimated, winning only 18 seats, SAD with 15 seats and BJP just 3, finishing a disastrous third. In defeat, both the alliance partners were up in arms accusing each other of their dismal performance. In that sense, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party coalitions can be termed the most unholy alliances - marriages of convenience. This paper provides a historical analysis of past coalitions as well as on the recent government.
- Subjects
INDIA; MARRIAGES of convenience; BHARATIYA Janata Party; ELECTIONS; LEGISLATIVE bodies; AAM Aadmi Party (Political party : India)
- Publication
Journal of Punjab Studies, 2018, Vol 25, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
0971-5223
- Publication type
Article