{"id":1382,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-role-of-the-president-of-india-becomes-more-upsc-psir-2021-2507\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:23","slug":"the-role-of-the-president-of-india-becomes-more-upsc-psir-2021-2507","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-role-of-the-president-of-india-becomes-more-upsc-psir-2021-2507\/","title":{"rendered":"The role of the President of India becomes more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> clear majority <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> formation settled <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> President\u2019s part largely formal<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> coalition era since 1989 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> no clear mandates <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> President\u2019s discretion moves from formal to decisive<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>no clear majority <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> role expands <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <i>formation<\/i>: whom to invite <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> assess support letters <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> proof of majority within fixed time <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> floor test settles it <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> judicial insistence curbs arbitrary discretion <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> role revives at government collapse \/ withdrawal of support <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> caretaker arrangements + fresh judgment on who commands the House <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Chakrabarty<\/b>: coalitions by political calculation, not design <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fluid support, frequent bargaining <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> President drawn in repeatedly<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>expanded role is bounded, not political <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> must act constitutionally, not politically <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> discretion only to protect the parliamentary majority principle <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> floor test + judicial oversight as the checks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> significance is conditional <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> formal under a clear majority, active guardian when the numbers are uncertain<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> President becomes custodian of the majority principle precisely when the party system cannot deliver one<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[40],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[66],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1382","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-40","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-party-system","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4794,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1382\/revisions\/4794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1382"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1382"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1382"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}