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- noun A
government in whichpoliticians have a tendency to switchloyalties frequently for personalgain .
Etymologies
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From Urdu لوٹاکریسی, from لوٹا ("lota") (in its Hindi form, लोटा), meaning the (lota), a water pot with a shape such that it falls over very easily. The term was coined in Pakistan in the early 1990s.
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Independent judiciary should play its role for end to menace of lotacracy: PML-Q
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