Which one of the following statements is correct about the coalition governments formed in 1989 and 1996?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → The National Front of 1989 was supported by the Left and the BJP.
Option (1) The United Front of 1996 was not similar to the National Front of 1989. False. The United Front was similar to the National Front, for it included Janata Dal and several regional parties.
Option (2) The United Front government of 1996 was supported by the Congress for Democracy Party only. False. The 1996 government was supported by the Congress, and the Left also continued to support it. The Congress for Democracy has nothing to do with 1996: it was the party Jagjivan Ram and some other Congress leaders formed in 1977, and it later merged with the Janata Party.
Option (3) The National Front of 1989 was supported by the Left and the BJP. True.
Option (4) The Left and the BJP in the National Front did not want to keep the Congress and its allies out of power False. They supported the National Front because they wanted to keep the Congress out of power.
NCERT (2025-26): “Alliance politics … These parties played an important role in the United Front government that came to power in 1996. The United Front was similar to the National Front of 1989 for it included Janata Dal and several regional parties. This time the BJP did not support the government. The United Front government was supported by the Congress. This shows how unstable the political equations were. In 1989, both the Left and the BJP supported the National Front Government because they wanted to keep the Congress out of power. In 1996, the Left continued to support the non-Congress government but this time the Congress, supported it, as both the Congress and the Left wanted to keep the BJP out of power.…” |