Fragmentação

Em poucas linhas, o pensador Ashgar Ali Engineer (ver este post sobre as origens destes nomes anglófonos) narra de forma sucinta e elegante o que se entende por fragmentação do sistema partidário indiano:

Since the late 1980s, the Indian population has been polarised like never before. During all those years Congress was ruling, it was a sort of umbrella organisation trying to carry certain castes and communities with it. But not all castes and communities were getting justice, so other parties came into existence. You see it’s 60 years of our democracy and each election brings more and more political awareness among the people … All politicians make promises to Christians, to Dalits, etc. When the promises are not fulfilled, then some regional parties come into existence. (entrevista completa)