India is a land full of diversities. People in different states of the country have their own ways of life their languages and political views. Every state contributes a limited number of representatives to the Lok Sabha. This has led to a growth of regionalism in the country where every region thinks it number of regional political parties in different parts of the country. These regional parties have a special appeal for the peoples of their areas. They are thus able to send a sizeable chunk of their representatives to the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. As a results no single party in the country is able to win an absolute majority in the 540-member Lok Sabha. As soon as the elections are over different parties with their respective strengths start closed door meetings to form a group that constitutes a majority. This gives rise to a coalition government at the Centre. The days of a single party bagging such a large number of seats as constitute an absolute majority are gone. The era of coalition has come to stay as a reality. In such a situation the coalition parties. Having divergent views on various issues have to agree to a common minimum programmed acceptable to all the parties in the coalition. They have to steer clear of the controversial issues and agree to a common minimum programme in the interest of stability of the government. The country cannot afford elections every year. Experience has now shown that a coalition government can run as smoothly as any single party government. The only requirement is that the coalition partners have to stick to a code of conduct. Every coalition party has to own the responsibility for all government policies or actions. No partner is expected to air the views of