Across the Aisle
Financial Express Chandigarh|December 29, 2024
Commentators described the BJP-led government as a 'minority' government that will force Mr Modi to be more circumspect and restrained. I did not share that view. They thought that Mr Modi will be more deferent to Parliament, but that too was belied by the Winter session. Apparently, on Mr Modi's instructions, the ministers and MPs carried on in the usual aggressive way, showed scant respect to Parliamentary rules and conventions, and rode roughshod over the Opposition
P Chidambaram

SHORTLY AFTER THE Lok Sabha elections in 2024, I predicted that the BJP-led government will continue to run the country as it had in the two earlier terms. The BJP's reduced strength of 240 seats (below the simple majority mark) was no deterrent because crucial support was provided by the TDP (16 seats) and the JD-U (12 seats).

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