India after the 2014 general elections:BJP dominance and the crisis of the third party system

This article critically assesses claims that India has entered a new party system after the 2014 general elections, marked by renationalisation with the BJP as the new 'dominant' party.' To assess these claims, we examine the electoral rise of the BJP in the build-up to and since the 2014 general elections until the state assembly elections in December 2018. Overall, we argue that despite the emerging dominance of the BJP, a core feature of the third party system -a system of binodal interactions- has remained largely intact albeit in a somewhat weaker form. Furthermore, by comparing the post 2014 Indian party system with key electoral features of the first three party systems, we conclude that the rise of the BJP has thrown the third-party system into crisis, but does not yet define the consolidation of a new party system

Influence of temperature on the dielectric behaviour of Co²⁺ substituted Li-Ni-Mn ferrites

199-202Li-Ni-Mn ferrites substituted with Co²⁺ having compositional formula Li₀․₄₅₋x/₂Ni₀․₁Mn₀․₁CoxFe₂․₃₅₋x/₂O₄ with x ranging from 0 to 0.1 in steps of 0.02 were prepared by the conventional ceramic technique. The temperature dependence of the dielectric constant and loss tangent have been investigated. The dielectric constant increased with the increase of temperature, the increase being more pronounced at lower frequencies indicating the dominant role played by the interfacial polarisation. Dielectric constant studied as a function of temperature showed peaks, which gets shifted to higher temperature as the frequency increased. The dielectric loss tangent was observed to increase with temperature. The results obtained are explained on the basis of Debye’s equation