Earlier, Narendra Modi had formed government twice in a row and became the Prime Minister of India. However, he has to form a coalition government this time. Earlier, he did not have to rely on any party other than his own party BJP to qualify for forming the government based on the number of seats.
In the past 10 years in India, the use of power in the management of the central government was entirely in the hands of the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. But, if the coalition government is formed, they will have to listen to the other parties in the coalition. The issue will be quite challenging for Modi due to the tendency of alliance partners to switch sides. The stability of this government depends on how much he can accept this new way of working.
Influence of coalition parties
This time Modi’s party BJP did not win the minimum 272 seats to form a single government. The BJP as a party did not get a single majority, but the NDA alliance led by it, won 293 seats. Therefore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi can become the Prime Minister for the third consecutive term as a result of the seats won by the alliance. However, he has to form the government by relying on his NDA alliance partners.
Satisfaction of senior leaders
The BJP will need the organizational support of the NDA as an alliance to form and run the central government. Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar, the two big leaders of the NDA alliance, got 16 and 12 seats respectively. They have now become vital allies for the BJP to form and continue government at the Centre. Then there are other allies like Chirag Paswan who bagged four-five seats taking the NDA alliance tally to 295 seats. So, BJP has to keep the alliance partners happy, and that will be quite a challenge.
Politics
BJP spokesperson Gopal Krishna Agarwal said, “We have discussed internally how our work, economic development, will retain India’s global image. Politics is a subject that refers to many other subjects. So, BJP has to respond accordingly. PM is the best communicator for us to work.”
Creating employment
Spokesperson Agarwal said, “Creation of employment is a challenge that we have also taken up. Doing the best that can be done. India’s unemployment rate rose to 8.1 percent in April from 7.4 percent in March. According to the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy, a private think-tank, it was around 6 percent before the Covid pandemic. Modi first came to power in 2014 promising to create 20 million jobs a year but failed to deliver.”
Economic growth
The wealthiest of India’s population is concentrated in just 1 percent. Although the country’s inflation is hovering around 5 percent. Vegetable and food grain prices in India have risen by double digits for most of the past year. Most opinion polls conducted ahead of the start of polls pegged Modi on his personal popularity with free food grains for the poor, new roads and bridges, and predictions of a landslide victory for him. Due to inflation, meeting this promise can be quite a challenge.
Narendra Modi is going to take oath as Prime Minister on Saturday, June 8. The day before that, i.e. June 7, Friday, he will hold a meeting with the NDA parliamentary party and the leaders. His main goal now is to keep the NDA coalition together in running the government.
