Emerging Confrontation

Mohit Sen OUTWARDLY it does appear as if the Indian polity is in a state of confusion and disarray as never before, The ruling party of two decades is irrevocably split. And within the two Congresses group-rivalries and factional differences have far from ceased. The Swatantra party faces a revolt from its Gujarat unit while Balraj Madhok has not reconciled himself to the seemingly solo political line of the majority of the Jan Sangh led by Atal Behari Vajpayee. In the "pure" centrist parties, also, acute tussles proceed