Coalition is a misnomer for what we see in India. It is just another term for ganging up, to prevent/circumvent a popular mandate. New alignments formed to get richer and make the country poorer and vulnerable. Sorry, there is no ideology or any other purpose.

A coalition government is a Cabinet of parliamentary government where several parties cooperate. But though they cooperate in joint action, each strive for his own self interest. So national issues are put on hold.

The problem is not with the mechanism but with the its participants -- the politicians, their moral standards and their integrity.

Coalition politics is an inevitable block in the progress of a democratic country like India. But, the coalition partners should unify themselves on policies for country's progress and not divide on ideological differences.

Whether it's coalition or not, present politics is holding India back. Many politicians do not deserve the position which they are holding.

Politicians have already taken India to a point of no return and the coalition and divisive politics have added fuel to the fire.

Yes, the coalition governments are a hindrance to the country along with politicians. We saw the classic example of it in Rajasthan where an illerate woman bacame the minister. She didn't know what a minister do and due to different parties and different ideologies they keep pulling legs of each other in the coalition.

UPA is an example where the Left stayed on for 4 years and once the elections neared they parted company on a pretext of Civil Nuclear Deal which is absolutely un-acceptable.

The other issue is the way the political class has farmed out the country into its personal fiefdoms, this ensures re-election, and this leads to an arrogant and abrasive behavior from our elected representatives.

The other most important aspect is that once elected these representative start to behave as rulers. Which they are not and cannot be in the present setup.

Politics is a profession and is no longer pursued with an urge to serve the nation. The lip service is surely there, the aim to rake in as much money as possible. This automatically leads to creating situations when in the governing setup where the larger partners wants something and the bargaining starts for farming out favors for personal or friends and family businesses.

The nation suffers without doubt, the credibility of the political class also takes a beating every time there is controversy. No wonder today it is at its lowest.

This nation is not the personal property of these politicians and sooner they realize and accept it the better it would be for them.

Because of coalition politics,many a times,reforms
are put on hold.The dis-investment policy of the congress,Insurance reforms,labour reforms etc.etc.,
the list is long.It should be mandatry to announce any coalition or even outside support before the election process begins and parties should be forced to announce thier major policies and be forced to act on the same.

Collation governments are a result of regionalism, concentrating on a particular region. They never strive hard for national importance issues. Its high time that we vote only on issues based on the nation.