01368pab a2200229 454500 180718b2006 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Poonia, R.K. Indian party system towards coalition governance: Need for introspection 2006 p.183-189. Apr-Jun The party system and the parties are by-product of the social system of any society. As a social group it represents diverse interests of the society. Extreme pluralism in parties resulted in opportunistic and unprincipled alliances at the Centre and at the level of states. India is passing through a transitional period of political stability. Political instability, irresponsible opposition, criminalisation of politics and proliferation of parties are the major problem areas of extreme pluralism. The political culture of the country got fragmented. The loyality structure is very weak and loyality towards the party ideology instead of the leader has yet to take deep roots in the political system of our country. Reproduced. India - Politics and government Coalition governments - India Political parties - India Political parties Malik, Saroj Malik, P.S. Indian Journal of Public Administration N 70623 70623 70623 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 52, Issue no: 2 AR71083 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR