PRIME MINISTER
Introduction
- Captain of the ship of the state
- He is appointed by the president but other ministers are appointed by him
- Two relationship between PM and CoM
- Primus Inter Pares
- First among equal
- When PM relatively weak.
- When Sardar Patel was home minister
- Inter Stellas Luna minores
- Moon among stars
- After death of sardar Patel
- During Shastri, power shifted from PM to CoM
- During Indra Gandhi, complete breakdown of cabinet form
- Coalition govt weakens PM
- Prof MP Singh: in coalition govt, there is not one PM but many PM
- Institution is shaped by no. of factors like
- Personality factor
- Political environment
- Political culture
- Position of PM not strong when not majority but this does not mean weakening of institution
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