Rise in coalition politics new challenge for governance: PM

New Delhi, Jan 5 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh Tuesday said the growing number of regional and
sub-regional parties and a subsequent rise in coalition
politics has presented a challenge for governance.

"The aspirations of the smaller parties may often be
anchored in narrower considerations but they carry great
weight for their constituents," he told a Conference of
Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth.
He said democracy must respond to these everyday concerns
of the common man and Parliament should be the forum to
articulate and address them.
The growth of the regional and sub-regional parties and
rise in coalition politics was the manifestation of deepening
of democratic representation with more and more sections of
the electorate gaining a political voice, he said.
"This has not only presented a challenge for governance
but also for the conduct of the system of parliamentary
democracy as the voices of the smaller parties have found
greater resonance within the political structure," the Indian
Prime Minister said. (More) PTI SPG
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