NATIONAL PARTY

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Context: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is recognised as a national party by the Election Commission of India.

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• The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was recognised as a national party by the Election Commission.
• The Commission suspended the national party status of the All India Trinamool Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and the Communist Party of India (CPI).
• The Commission cancelled the state party status granted to the RLD in Uttar Pradesh, the BRS in Andhra Pradesh, the PDA in Manipur, the PMK in Puducherry, the RSP in West Bengal, and the MPC in Mizoram.

Number of National Party at Present

• With the Updated list of the National Parties by the Election Commission of India, now there are 6 National Parties in India;
  • Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
  • Communist Party of India (CPI-Marxist)
  • Indian National Congress (INC)
  • National People’s Party (NPP)
  • Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
  • Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

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