all the political parties in india

1. POLITICES OF INDIA
(POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS & PARTIES)

2. Republic of India
 A federal republic with a parliamentary system of
government .
 capital: New Delhi

3. A federal system
 26 states and 6 centrally administered
Union Territories.
 2 states are partially claimed by
Pakistan and China.

4. Federal system
 Relatively centralized
 Federal government controls the most
essential government functions
 Defense
 Foreign policy
 Taxation
 Public expenditures
 Economic (industrial) planning

5. The legislature
 Parliamentary system of government
 the executive authority is responsible to the
Parliament
INDIAN PRIME MINISTER
MR. NARENDRA MODI

6. The legislature
 bicameral Parliament
 Rajya Sabha (Council of States)
 Lok Sabha (House of the People)

7. Rajya Sabha (Council of States)
The Upper House

8.  Rajya Sabha (Council of States)
 not more than 250 members
 12 are nominated by the President of
India
 the rest are indirectly elected
by state Legislative Assemblies
 The Council of States can not be
dissolved
 members have terms of 6 years
 1/3 members retire at end of every
Upper House

9.  House of the
People
Lok Sabha

10. Lower House
 Lok Sabha (House of the People)
 545 members
 2 are appointed by the President
of India
 The rest are directly elected from
single-member districts.
 5-year terms unless dissolved
 Lok Sabha elects its presiding
officer

11. INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
 Indira Gandhi
 created a top-down structure
 party leaders appoint party officials
 some limited party elections
 left-of-center, pro-poor political platform

12.  INC moved ward the ideological center
 Beginning in 1984
 INC today tilts right-of-center
economic efficiency
business interests
limited government spending
Indian National Congress

13. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
 The major political party in India today
 right-leaning, Hindu-nationalist party
 first major party to mobilize explicitly on the
basis of religious identity

14. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
 Traditional supporters
 urban, lower-middle-class
groups
 base of support widened since
mid-1980s
 Hindu nationalism
 north-central India
 decline of Indian National
Congress
 Muslims as convenient

15. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
 economic liberalization and stability
 privilege the interests of the Hindu
majority

16. Prime Minister
 Leader of the majority party leader in
Lok Sabha becomes the prime minister
 prime minister nominates a cabinet
 members of Parliament in the ruling
coalition
 Council of Ministers
 effective power is concentrated in the
office of the prime minister
 where most of the important policies
originate

17. Prime Ministers of India