Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has accomplished eight years in workplace, lately hinted that he was prepared for a 3rd time period, Speaking nearly at a gathering in Bharuch the place beneficiaries of varied central authorities schemes have been assembled, he mentioned a “very senior” Opposition chief had as soon as requested him what else was left for him to perform after turning into the PM twice. Modi mentioned he wouldn’t relaxation until “100 per cent” protection of presidency schemes was achieved within the nation.
Modi, 71, is the primary PM thus far to be born after Independence. In the course of over seven many years, the nation has seen 15 Prime Ministers, over a journey marked with social, political and financial adjustments. The Indian Express appears at India’s parliamentary democracy via the tenures of its PMs.
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Jawaharlal Nehru, the primary Prime Minister of India, remained in workplace constantly for a complete interval of practically 17 years after Independence. His prime ministerial tenure spanning 6,130 days – the longest premiership within the nation thus far – over a number of phrases ended along with his demise on May 27, 1964 on the age of 74.
After heading the interim authorities in pre-Independence India, Nehru turned the PM when the nation obtained Independence on August 15, 1947, and headed the federal government within the run-up to the primary basic elections held in 1951–52.
In the elections to the primary Lok Sabha, 14 nationwide events participated, which included the Indian National Congress (INC), All India Bharatiya Jan Sangh (BJS), Bolshevik Party of India, Communist Party of India (CPI), Forward Bloc (Marxist) Group), Forward Bloc (Ruikar Group), Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha, Krishikar Lok Party, Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party, Revolutionary Communist Party of India, Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad, Revolutionary Socialist Party, All India Scheduled Caste Federation and Socialist Party. Besides, 39 state events and 533 Independents had additionally contested the polls.
Jawaharlal Nehru. (Express archive photo_
Led by Nehru, the Congress celebration swept the elections, profitable 364 of the overall 489 seats for which elections have been held. In reality, 3 of each 4 seats within the elections went to the Congress.
Of the 14 nationwide events, 11 entered the House. The three events which couldn’t win any seat within the first basic elections have been the Bolshevik Party of India, Forward Bloc (Ruikar Group) and Revolutionary Communist Party of India.
The BJS – whose offshoot just like the BJP would ultimately trounce the Congress in later many years – secured solely 3 seats, together with 2 from West Bengal and 1 from Rajasthan, with its founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee managing to win his Calcutta South East seat.
In the primary Lok Sabha, the Nehru-headed Congress loved an entire majority as there was nearly no opposition. Independents constituted the second largest group within the House, whose vote share (7 per cent) and seats (37), barring the Congress, outnumbered every of the remaining 13 nationwide in addition to 39 state events. In reality, aside from the Congress, solely two nationwide events – the CPI (16 seats) and Socialist Party (12) – might attain a double-digit determine.
Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr. S Radhakrishnan, Chou En Lai and Dr. Rajendra Prasad at Rashtrapati Bhawan in June 1954. (Express Archives)
In the second basic elections in 1957, 4 nationwide events – the INS, BJS, CPI and Praja Socialist Party (PSP) – and 11 state events have been within the fray. Nehru once more led the Congress to a landslide victory, with the celebration bagging 371 of the overall 494 Lok Sabha seats. The different three nationwide events additionally improved their tally – the CPI gained 27, the PSP 19 and the BJS 4. The mixed variety of seats gained by the state events stood at 31. However, like the primary Lok Sabha, this time too the Independent candidates’ tally of 42 seats as a bloc was second after the Congress. In the second Lok Sabha, Nehru once more didn’t must face a powerful opposition.
The elections to the third Lok Sabha in 1962 was Nehru’s final nationwide election earlier than his dying. In this election, 6 nationwide events – the INC, CPI, BJS, PSP, Socialist (SOC) and Swatantra (SWA) – 11 acknowledged events and 10 unrecognized events fielded their candidates.
The Congress swept the third Lok Sabha polls too, profitable 361 of the overall 494 seats, though the celebration’s tally dipped marginally from its determine within the earlier election. Other nationwide events, together with the CPI (29 seats), BJS (14), PSP (12), SOC (6) and SWA (18), additionally improved their tallies. In this election, the variety of Independent winners additionally got here down to twenty from 42 within the earlier House.
In the primary basic elections, Nehru contested and gained from the Allahabad district (east) cum Jaunpur district (west) constituency. In the second and third Lok Sabha polls, he gained from Phulpur seat. In the 1962 election, Nehru trounced Ram Manohar Lohia, a socialist stalwart, with a margin of 64,571 votes.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
