Description
Indian polity has multiparty system, where political parties are categorised as national, state or regional level parties. All parties are registered with the election commission of india. and are given a unique election symbol. The status of the parties accorded by the election commission ofindia
Concepts
There are six recognised national parties are Bharatiya Janata Party, the congress, the communist party of india(CPI), the (CPI)M, the Bahujan samaj party (BSP), the nationalist congress party. the state parties are 36 and regional parties are 657.
Below are the leading national parties of India.
Bharatiya janata Party:
Indian National Congress:
Communist Party of India(CPI):
Communist Party of India(Marxist):
Nationalist Congress Party:
Bahujan Samaj Party:
| Founded | December 1980 |
| Founders | Atal Bihari vajpayee, LK Advani |
| Prominent Leaders of BJP | Narendra Modi,Atal Bihari vajpayee, LK Advani, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Sushma Swaraj |
| Parliamentary Board Chairperson | Amit Shah |
| President of BJP | Amit Shah |
| Leader of BJP in Loksabha | Narendra Modi |
| Leader of BJP in Rajya sabha | Arun jaitley |
| Political Position | Right Wing |
| Philosophy | Cultural Nationalism, Integral Humanism, Social Traditionalism |
| Alliance | NDA(National Democratic Alliance) |
| BJP Youth Wing | Bharatiya Janata Youth Wing(BJYM) |
| BJP Women Wing | BJP Mahila Morcha(BJPMM) |
| Student Wing | Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP) |
| Peasant's Wing | BJP Kisan Morcha |
| Founded | 1885, 129 years ago |
| Founders | British Civil Civil Servant Allan Octavian Hume |
| Present Prominent Leaders of INC | Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Dr Manmohan Singh |
| Parliamentary Board Chairperson | Sonia Gandhi |
| President of INC | Sonia Gandhi |
| Leader of INC in the 16th Lok sabha | Mallikarjun Kharge |
| Vice President | Rahul Gandhi |
| Political Position | Center Left |
| Philosophy | Indian Nationalism (Liberal), Social Democracy, Democratic Socialism, Gandhian Socialism, Progressivism |
| Alliance | United Progressive Alliance (UPA) |
| Student Wing | National Students Union of India (NSUI) |
| Labour Wing | Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) |
| Founded | December 1925 |
| Prominent Leaders | A.B. Bardhan, Dr. M. Nara Singh, Gurudas, D.Raja |
| Political Position | Left Wing |
| General Secretary | SS Reddy |
| Founded | December 1925 |
| Founder | M.N.Roy, Abani Mukherjee, Evelyn Trent Roy who was M.N.Roy's wife, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Siddiqui |
| Prominent Leaders | EMS Namboodiripad, EK Nayanar, Jyoti Basu, M Prakash Karat, Biman Basu, Manik Sarkar, V.S.Achutanandan, Pinarayi Vijayan, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, K. Vardharajan, B.V.Raghavulu, Brinda Karat, Nirupam Sen, Surja Kanta Mishra |
| Political Position | Left Wing |
| General Secretary | Sitaram Yechury |
| Founded | 25th May 1999 |
| Founder | Sharad Pawar, P.A.Sangma and Tariq Anwar |
| Present Prominent Leaders | Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar, Praful Patel |
| President | Sharad Pawar |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Founder | kanshi Ram |
| President | Mayawati |
Model Questions
1. What is the Political position of BJP?
A. Right Wing
B. Center Left
C. Center Right
D. None of the Above
Answer-A
2. When the BJP Party founded?
A. December 1970
B. December 1980
C. December 1990
D. December 2000
Answer-B
3. Who is the founder of BJP?
A. Narendra Modi
B. Sushma Swaraj
C. Atal Bihar Vajpayee
D. Amit Shah
Answer-C
4. When the Indian National Congress founded?
A. 1880
B. 1882
C. 1884
D. 1885
Answer-D
5. Who was the founder of Indian National Congress Party?
A. British Civil Servant Allan Octavian Hume
B. Indira Gandhi
C. Rajiv Gandhi
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer-A
6. Who is the president of Indian National Congress?
A. Rahul Gandhi
B. Sonia Gandhi
C. Manmohan Singh
D. Arun Jaitley
Answer-B
7. When the Communist Party of India founded?
A. 1920
B. 1922
C. 1925
D. 1930
Answer-C
8. When the Nationalist Congress Party founded?
A. 1992
B. 1994
C. 1996
D. 1999
Answer-D
9. Who is the founder of nationalist Congress Party?
A. Sharad Pawar
B. Dr Manmohan Singh
C. Sonia Gandhi
D. Rahul Gandhi
Answer-A
10. Who is the president of Bahujan Samaj Party?
A. Kanshi Ram
B. Mayawati
C. Sharad Pawar
D. Tariq Anwar
Answer-B