The Prime Minister's post is not described in length in the Indian Constitution. As a result, stating the Prime Minister's specific viewpoint is difficult. According to popular belief, the Prime Minister is similar to "primus inter pares" or "first among equals." In a parliamentary system, this is the phrase used to define the office of Prime Minister ship.

The Prime Minister is to take the support of his Cabinet colleagues and thus among the Cabinet colleagues the Prime Minister is first among equals.

However, this phrase is too modest to describe a great office of a parliamentary system.

To quote Ramsay Muir, a leading constitutional authority of England, “the phrase primus inter-pares is nonsense as applied to a potentate who appoints and can dismiss his colleagues. He (Prime Minister) is in fact, though not in law, the working head of the State, endowed with such a plenitude of power as no other constitutional ruler possesses, not even the President of the United States”.

William Harcourt calls him as “Inter Stella Lunar Minores” or ‘A Moon among lesser Stars”. Jennings, another notable authority of the British Constitution, describes Prime Minister as “Sun around which other planets revolve”.

Regarding the office of the Prime Minister, it is said “nowhere in the wide world does so great a substance cast so small a shadow”. Thus, the office of the Prime Minister is an important one in a parliamentary system of Government. The Prime Minister of India possesses more or less same powers as claimed by his British counterpart.

T. Shah observed in the Constituent Assembly, “This Constitution concentrates so much power and influence in the hands of the Prime Minister that there is every danger to apprehend that the Prime Minister may become a dictator if he chooses to do so”.

In this context, Dr. Ambedkar stated in the Constituent Assembly, “The Prime Minister is really the keystone of the arch of the Cabinet and unless and until we create that office and endow that office with statutory authority to nominate any dismiss Ministers there can be no collective responsibility”.

Thus, the Prime Minister is a national leader and he is the defacto ruler of the nation. The pertinent question is can the President flout the advice of the Prime Minister? There is a little scope to do so. When the President thinks of disregarding the advice of the Prime Minister, he should not overlook the following factors:

• The Prime Minister is the leader of the Majority Party.
• He commands confidence of the Legislature.
• His removal may create difficulty for the President.

The President is now bound to act according to the advice of the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister.

For the reasons stated above, it is expected that the President is normally bound by the Prime Minister's suggestion. The Prime Minister's Office is without a doubt a powerful and dignified position.

His authority, however, is a matter of influence in the context of his personality. Defined powers lawfully bestowed; do not always determine an office's position. The incumbent's personality is more significant. It is difficult for his colleagues to challenge the Prime Minister if he is active, efficient, and strong, and exhibits unique skills. Because of his charisma, he has enormous power.

As a result, we can conclude that the Prime Minister's office is "necessarily what the bearer chooses to make it." It is without a doubt the most significant position in the parliamentary system of governance. That is why, in recent years, detractors have referred to this system of administration as the "Prime Ministerial form."