Election Commission grants national party status to Aam Aadmi Party ЁЯз╣
The AamAadmiParty (#AAP) is a Most Popular political party in India. It was founded in few Years Before at November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions, following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement. AAP is currently the governing party in the Indian states of Delhi and Punjab. On 10 April 2023, AAP was officially granted the status of national party by ECI (The Election Commission of India). The party’s election symbol is a broomЁЯз╣. Besides, Delhi and Punjab, AAP was also accorded the status of state party in the Indian states of Goa and Gujarat.
The party came into existence following a difference of opinion between Arvind Kejriwal and activist Anna Hazare regarding the incorporation of electoral politics into the popular 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, which had been demanding a Jan Lokpal Bill since 2011. Hazare preferred the movement should remain politically unaligned, whereas Kejriwal felt the failure of the agitation route necessitated changes in government’s representation itself.
On 3 December 2015, Jan Lokpal Bill was passed by AAP government with majority in Delhi legislative assembly.
Making its electoral debut in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, the AAP emerged as the second largest party and managed to form the government with support from INC members of assembly. Kejriwal became the Chief Minister of Delhi, but his government resigned in 49 days after he could not pass the Jan Lokpal Bill in the assembly, because of the lack of support from the INC. After President’s rule in Delhi, in the following 2015 elections, the AAP won 67 of the 70 seats in the assembly and Kejriwal was again sworn in as the Chief Minister of Delhi. In the subsequent 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, AAP was re-elected as the governing party after winning 62 seats out of 70.
Outside Delhi, the AAP cemented its popularity when it emerged as the principal opposition party in the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election after securing 20 seats. Later, in the subsequent 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, AAP was elected as the main governing party after winning 92 seats. Following which, its member Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab.
In a significant development, the Election Commission has granted national party status to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) …
In a significant development, the Election Commission has granted national party status to the AamAadmiParty (#AAP). The partyтАЩs recognition as a national party is based on its electoral performance in four states- Delhi, Goa, Punjab, and Gujarat….
Current National Parties of India: Here is the complete:
With this recognition, the AAP joins the list of national parties in India such as the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party, and Communist Party of India (Marxist). The recognition also means that the party can contest elections in all states and union territories of India.
With the recent rejig, here is the complete list of national parties in India.
- Aam Aadmi Party
- Bahujan Samaj Party
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- Indian National Congress
- National PeopleтАЩs Party (NPP)
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On the other hand, the national party status of the All India Trinamool Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and Communist Party of India (CPI) has been withdrawn by the Election Commission. Additionally, the state party status of RLD in Uttar Pradesh, BRS in Andhra Pradesh, PDA in Manipur, PMK in Puducherry, RSP in West Bengal, and MPC in Mizoram has been revoked.
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