Sonia in Power UPA Government: 2004-2006

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Sonia\'s Congress and Manmohan\'s UPA government. 3. Supporting parties, left and politics. 4. Bharatiya Janata party, Hindutva and allied parties. 5. Caste politics and reservation. 6. Political parties and issues before the nation. 7. The foreign policy of India and us. 8. India, Pakistan and Kashmir. Index.

The author has discussed and analysed complex problems faced by the United Progressive Alliance government at the centre. Sonia Gandhi-led Congress party has not only managed a coalition government at the centre, it has also been engaged in tackling complex domestic and foreign policy issues while in government. It is an analytical-cum-evaluative study of UPA-in-government around the issues of party politics, centre-state relations, domestic and foreign policies." (jacket)