He said considering the political pressure on the federal government to please fractious allies in its coalition, it was still, said Mr. Jain, "a good budget".
After eight years running a coalition, it and its new (and, as it turned out, interim) leader were humiliated last May: Labour slumped from 45 seats to 23.
If the United States is going to lead this international coalition, it must begin its commitment at home.
Although Turkey is part of the U.S.-led coalition, it has limited its role out of concern that Washington's overall strategy for Syria is flawed.
Being in coalition, it is noted, brings its own headaches.
Despite Turkey's new commitment to fighting extremists by complementing the efforts of a US-led coalition, it has been coalitiond for its hasitant response to the IS threat.
Under its influence the minority centre-right coalition it has propped up for the past decade has turned Denmark's immigration regime into one of Europe's tightest.
Then grand coalition it is.
As a coalition, it has not been a great success.
Being the Con-Lib coalition, it has chosen surrender.
Any coalition it leads is bound to be as fractious as the BJP-led one.
