Which among the following statements are correct about coalitions after 1967?
A. Largely, coalition partners were ideologically incongruent.
B. No single party had got majority.
C. Various non-Congress parties came together to form joint legislative parties.
D. The joint legislative parties formed were known as Samyukt Vidhayak Dal.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A, B, C and D
A. Largely, coalition partners were ideologically incongruent. Correct. The SVD government in Bihar, for instance, had the two socialist parties, the CPI on the left and the Jana Sangh on the right.
B. No single party had got majority. Correct. This is why coalitions came up after the 1967 elections.
C. Various non-Congress parties came together to form joint legislative parties. Correct. These parties supported non-Congress governments in several States.
D. The joint legislative parties formed were known as Samyukt Vidhayak Dal. Correct. That is why these governments were called SVD governments.
NCERT (2025-26): “Coalitions … The elections of 1967 brought into picture the phenomenon of coalitions. Since no single party had got majority, various non-Congress parties came together to form joint legislative parties (called Samyukt Vidhayak Dal in Hindi) that supported non-Congress governments. That is why these governments came to be described as SVD governments. In most of these cases the coalition partners were ideologically incongruent. The SVD government in Bihar, for instance, included the two socialist parties – SSP and the PSP – along with the CPI on the left and Jana Sangh on the right.…” |