Is there a better way?

The arrest of the Shankaracharya of Kanchi on charges of conspiracy to murder a former mutt accountant led to the BJP peremptorily snapping its ties with J Jayalalithaa's AIADMK. Likewise, the meaningless boycott of Parliament by the NDA in late-2004 led to an exasperated Telugu Desam Party breaking off its alliance with the BJP.

Power plays 2006:
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