Bharatiya
Janata Party  Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) founded by Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee is today the most prominent
member of the family of organisations 'Sangh Parivar'. BJP is the successor party
of the BJS (Bharatiya Jana Sangh), which merged itself into the Janata Party in
1977. The BJP was formed as a separate party in 1980 after internal differences
in the Janata Party resulted in the collapse of its government in 1979. Emerged
as the single-largest party in the September 1999 Lok Sabha elections. Shri Rajnath
Singh is the president of the BJP Party.
The party
holds power in the states of Gujarat, Jharkand, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Haryana. Popularly viewed as the party
of the northern upper caste and trading communities, the BJP has made strong inroads
into the lower caste vote bank in recent national and state assembly elections.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is forging ahead because of its excellent organisation,
superb leadership and patriotic people's policies. Indian
National Congress
 The
Indian National Congress also called the Congress Party is the oldest and one
of the largest political parties in India. Founded in 1885, it was the most powerful
force behind the country's struggle for independence. Its main leaders were Gandhi,
Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi etc.
Also known as Congress -I where I stands for Indira. Many
groups broke away from the Congress. It is currently the main opposition party
at the Center and also has formed the government in a majority of Indian states.
Its current leader is Sonia Gandhi, a political new comer and wife of the former
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. It has firmed up tie-ups with parties in Tamil Nadu
(DMK), Maharashtra (NCP), Bihar (RJD), and others in Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh
and Kerala.
The Bahujan Samaj Party
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founded by Kanshi Ram, who has remained
party leader ever since, is a relatively new entrant in the field of politics.
Formed in 1984, BSP aim at taking up the rights of the oppressed sections of Dalit
society. Mayawati is the General Secretary of the party. The party is more effective
in the northern states of Punjab, Uttar Pardesh, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh. BSP
joined hands with Samajwadi Party (SP) representing the backward castes to make
it a 'bahujan samaj'. Despite its diminutive size,
the party played a pivotal role in the downfall of the Congress government in
1995. BSP is recognised as a national party by the Election Commission but claims
only a handful of seats in Parliament. As a party, BSP's weakness lies in its
caste's credentials, in its strict adherence to only Dalit causes, which limit
its scope of growth. Top Communist
Party of India  Communist
Party of India was founded by a few young patriots inspired by the Great October
Socialist Revolution on December 26, 1925 and started functioning legally from
1942 when the ban on the party was lifted. Differs from the CPM in its policy
matters the CPI traditionally has strongholds in West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura.
The party prefers to stick to its ideologies, which is evident from its anti-BJP
stand despite shift in relations vis-à-vis other parties.
Communist
Party of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] was formed in 1964 after a split
in the Communist Party of India. The Party is guided by the philosophy and principles
of Marxism-Leninism and keeps high the banner of proletarian internationalism. CPI(M)
is the revolutionary vanguard of the working class of India. Jyoti Basu
has proved himself as the most popular leader of the CPM.
As the leading Left party, CPI(M) is committed to build a Left and democratic
front which can present a real alternative to the existing bourgeois-landlord
policies. Prakash Karat the general secretary of the party. CPM has stronghold
in Kerala, West Bengal, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh and Assam. The
Nationalist Congress Party  Shri
Sharad Pawar the present president of the National Congress party,
PA Sangma and Tariq Anwar broke away from their own party Indian National Congress
and formed The Nationalist Congress party in May 1999. They were expelled from
the Congress (I) Party when they questioned the leadership of the party president
Sonia Gandhi and her foreign origins. Now NCP has formed an alliance with the
Indian National congress after a poor performance in the last parliamentary elections.
The party has a strong presence in Maharashtra.
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