This is the First well-documented account of Opposition politics in India written by a person who has been an active participant in the events described here. The author unravels the complex and tangled story of India's struggle to create a united Indian state with the consent of the governed. In a gripping way the book describes the Interaction of the Political forces in the country: the ruling party and the Opposition, Right and Left, Socialists and Communists and the gradual decline of institutions that set in after 1962.