This presentation gives a brief idea on how coalition politics is major driving force behind corruption.It contains facts,graphics,history,etc about the same.Most of the aspects are presented in context of India.

1. CODE-03I03 NIRMIT SHAH
BATCH-AAO3 DARSHAN SABALPARA
VIVEK PATEL
JAY UDERNANI
JAYDEEP SONI

3. Dictionary Definitions
 Coalition Government
 Reducing the dominance of any one party within that coalition.
 No party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament.
 Corruption
 Dishonesty for personal gain.
 Immoral and Impure.
IRONY
 Increasing dominance through bribery.
 Majority achieved through unfair means.

4. Expectation vs Reality

6. THEY SAID IT
 “It is impossible to eradicate corruption in coalition government.”
– Omar Abdullah
 “ I believe coalition politics undermines effective and decisive governance.
Would prefer 1-party majority or Presidential system. “
– Shashi Tharoor
 “Compromises are made in coalition politics.” – Former PM Manmohan Singh
 “In the name of coalition dharma , for the last 10 years we have politicised &
corrupted all institutions of criminal justice. Now we are suffering its
consequences. “
– Kiran Bedi

7. What’s Wrong?
 In a bid for power, the main concept is forgotten.
 Parties with different ideologies.
 Internal politics.
- Distribution of Portfolios
- Passing of important Bills
 Unstable Government
 Role of Opposition.
 Trade Offs between governance and exerting majority.

8. CRUX OF THE ISSUE

9. A GENERAL IDEA
 The bane of the coalition arises when the national interest is deliberately
substituted by the party interests. An idea of the inception of corruption in
coalition and its pervading influence is given here.
 1. Suppose a party A which is a minor member of coalition is susceptible to
bribes. And they resort to corruption.
 2. Now, the major party B of the coalition cannot take any steps against them
since they are dependent on the minor party for maintaining the majority.
 3. The party B will give them a warning and rebuke them but they will hesitate
to take a strong action even when it is within the law.

10.  4. Because of this, the other smaller parties will also start making demands
instead of providing insights for progress of the country.
 5. The majority party’s main concern than shifts to maintaining power and
dominance rather than providing good governance.
 6. Thus begins the chain reaction of mutual corruptions and the parties stand
together in bribery rather than supporting for a good reform.

11. CASE STUDY 1–
1999 LOKSABHA VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

12.  On 17 April 1999, the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) coalition government led
by prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee failed a to win a confidence vote in
the Lok Sabha (India's lower house), falling short a single vote due to the
withdrawal of one of the government's coalition partners – the All India Anna
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).
 The leader of the AIADMK, J. Jayalalitha, had consistently threatened to
withdraw support from the ruling coalition if certain demands were not met, in
particular the sacking of the Tamil Nadu government, control of which she had
lost three years prior.
 The BJP accused Jayalalitha of making the demands in order to avoid standing
trial for a series of corruption charges, and no agreement between the parties
could be reached leading to the government's defeat.

13. CASE STUDY 2
2G SPECTRUM

14.  2G Spectrum Scam – 2008 – 1.76 L Crore
At the heart of this Rs.1.76-lakh crore worth of scam is the former
Telecom minister A Raja – who according to the CAG, has evaded
norms at every level as he carried out the dubious 2G license
awards in 2008 at a throw-away price which were pegged at 2001
prices.

15. SCAMS IN COALITION
GOVERNMENTS

17. Commonwealth Games Scam
– 2010 – 70,000 Crore
 It is estimated that out of Rs. 70000 crore spent on the
Games, only half the said amount was spent on Indian
sportspersons.

18. The Hawala Scandal – 1990-91 – 100 Crore
The Hawala scam to the tune of $18 million bribery scandal, which came in the open in
1996, involved payments allegedly received by country’s leading politicians through
hawala brokers. From the list of those accused also included Lal Krishna Advani who
was then the Leader of Opposition.
 Indian Coal Allocation Scam – 2012 – Size 1.86L Crore
This scam is in regards to Indian Government’s allocation of nation’s coal
deposit to PSU’s and private companies. The scam happened under
Manmohan Singh government and came out in 2012.

19. WHAT CAN BE DONE?

20.  In1952, 74 parties contested elections whilst in recent years this
number has swollen to more than 177, and has been consistently
increasing since 1989.
 An appropriate filter that reduces excessive players in a single
coalition.
 Stricter laws and effective judicial system to indict the people
convicted of corruption irrespective of their stature.

21.  The role of the press is the most profound and it should exert its abilities
in exposing more and more scams and increase the awareness.
 In a Democracy as large as India, it is going to be a very difficult task to
pin down all the corrupt activities.
 But transparent politics and strong leaders can lay the foundations and
envision a corruption free India.
 The people of India should invoke their inner conscience and should
realize that the progress of the country is of paramount importance and
corruption only hinders that.