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Political Parties

A political party is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the
government.

Read the descriptions and write the names of the national political parties. You may use the Help
Box.

1 It is the world’s largest and oldest political party of its kind.
It was founded by British civil servant A.O. Hume on 28
December 1885.
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2 It is the third largest national political party. It was founded
by Kanshi Ram in 1984.
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3 It is a communist political party in India that adheres to
Marxist-Leninist theory.
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4 It was founded in 1980 by Bharatiya Jana Sangh. It has
been the ruling political party of India since 2014.
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5 It was formed in 1999 following a split in the National
Congress. The party believes in democracy, equality, and
Gandhi’s principles.
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Help Box Fact File

Nationalist Congress Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, The AAP is an Indian political party which
Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, came into existence following the 2011 Indian
Bahujan Samaj Party
anti-corruption movement known as Anna Andolan.

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