Political parties of India CBSE Grade X

1. NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES @ A GLANCE
SNO PARTY NAME FOUNDED & GUIDED BY ESPOUSES GOVT. FORMED PRESENCE
1. CONGRESS  Foundedin1885;
 Under Jawaharlal Nehru’s
leadershipsoughttobuilda
modern,secularand
democraticrepublic.
 CentristParty
 Secularismandwelfare of
weakersection
 Supportseconomic
reformswitha human
face
 Since the independence to
1977.
 1980-1989.
 Supportdeclinedafter1989
 Come to poweras a coalition
govt. the UnitedProgressive
Alliance in2004
 Pan India
presence
2. BJP  Foundedin1980 on the
principalsof erstwhile
BharatiyaJana Sangh;
 Wants to buildastrong
and modernnationbased
on India’sancient
traditionsandcultures.
 Uniformcivil code forall
people livinginthe
country.
 Full territorial andpolitical
integrationof J&Kwith
India.
 Ban on religious
conversions.
 Formedcoalitiongovtin1998
as National Democratic
Alliance.
 Pan India
presence
 Have improved
on theirsupport
base and
expandedfrom
northernand
westernIndiato
southernand
easternIndia.
3. BAHUJAN
SAMAJ PARTY
 Foundedin1984
 Under Kanshi Ram
 Seekstorepresent
Bahujansamaj (Dalits,
adivasis,religious
minoritiesandOBCs)
 Basedon the idealsof
leaderslike Babasaheb
Ambedkar,Phule,Periyar
etc.
 Formedgovtmany timesin
the state of UP whichis the
mainbase.
 Presence inMP,
Chhattisgarh,
Uttrakhand,
Delhi &Punjab.

2. 4. COMMUNIST
PARTY OF INDIA
(M)
 Foundedin1964  BelievesMarxism-
Leninism.
 Supportssocialism,
secularismand
democracy.
 OpposesImperialismand
communalism.
 Critical of neweconomic
policiesthatallowfree
flowof foreigngoodsand
capital.
 BeeninpowerinWB
continuouslyfor30 yrs.
 Supportedthe UPA govt from
outside withoutjoiningthe
govt.
 Strongsupport
inWB, Kerala
and Tripura.
5. COMMUNIST
PARTY OF INDIA
 Foundedin1925  BelievesMarxism-
Leninism.
 Supportssecularismand
democracy.
 Promotesthe interest
farmers,workingclassand
the poor.
 Opposessecessionismand
communalism.
  Presence inWB
and Kerala
6. NATIONALIST
CONGRESS
PARTY
 Foundedin1999 aftersplit
fromCongress
 Promotesdemocracy,
Gandhiansecularism,
equity,social justiceand
federalism.
 Wants highofficesingovt
to be confinedtonatural
born citizensof India.
 Memberof the UPA coalition
govt
 Memberof the Congressled
coalitiongovtin
Maharashtra.

Presence in
Maharashtra,
Meghalaya,Manipur
and Assam.