Political Parties Test - 8

• Indian National Congress was established in the year 1885
  
• Bharatiya Janata Party was established in the year 1980
  
• Communist Party of India was established in the year 1964
  
• Nationalist Congress Party was established in the year 1999
  

1. E.M.S. Namboodiripad was an Indian politician and theorist. He was the leader of Communist Party of India. He also served as the first Chief Minister of Kerala state.
   
2. Sheikh Abdullah was an Indian politician who played a central role in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir. He was the founding leader of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference. He served thrice as the head of government in Kashmir.
   
3. N.T. Rama Rao was an Indian actor, filmmaker, director, editor and politician. He founded the Telugu Desam Party.  He served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for seven years over three terms.
   
4. Kanshi Ram was an Indian politician and social reformer who worked for the upliftment and political mobilisation of the untouchable groups at the bottom of the caste system in India. He founded Bahujan Samaj Party in 1984.
   

• Maharashtra Navnirman Sena is the Maharashtra based regional party founded on 9 March 2006 in Mumbai by Raj Thackeray after he left the Shiv Sena party.
  
• Shivsena party was founded on 19 June 1966 by political cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Hindu nationalism is the main ideology behind this party.
  
• The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is the national political party in India mainly formed to represent Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes (OBC).  It was founded by Kanshi Ram in 1984.
  
• The NCP was formed on 25 May 1999, by Sharad Pawar, P. A. Sangma, and Tariq Anwar after they were expelled from the Indian National Congress (INC) on 20 May 1999.
  

Among the given options Shivsena is the oldest party formed. It was founded on 19 June 1966 by political cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Hindu nationalism is the main ideology behind this party.

The Tenth Schedule — popularly known as the Anti-Defection Act — was included in the Constitution in 1985 by the Rajiv Gandhi ministry. It sets the provisions for disqualification of elected members on the grounds of defection to another political party. The decision on questions as to disqualification on ground of defection are referred to the Chairman or the Speaker of such House, and his decision is final.

Popularly known as the Congress Party, the Indian National Congress was founded in 1885. It played a dominant role in Indian politics for several decades after India’s Independence.

Indian democracy works on multi-party system. A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national election. All have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in coalition.

Parties mobilise people in mass struggles in order to win political power. 

In politics, a partisan is a dedicated, loyal and committed member of a political party or political coalitions. In multi-party systems, the term denotes politicians strongly supporting their party's policies, without compromising to their political opponents.