Morarji Desai is credited for forming the first non-Congress Government at the Centre following a massive defeat to the Congress Party after the infamous emergency period. He became the 6th Prime Minister of India. Despite getting a huge majority, Morarji Desai couldn’t keep his flock together to provide a strong governance and his tenture was cut short to just over two years. (more…)
The Prime Minister of India is the most powerful person in the country in practice although it is the President in theory. It is the Prime Minister who calls the shots in India. The Prime Minister or in short the P.M heads the Council of Ministers to exercise the authority of the Government of India. The P.M. is appointed by the President after it is proved that he/she is the leader of the majority party in the Parliament. Currently the Prime Minister of India is Dr.Manmohan Singh, who is the 17th P.M. of India. (more…)