Politics of India works within the framework of the country's Constitution. India is a parliamentary democratic republic in which the president of India is the head of state and the prime minister of India is the head of government. It is based on the federal structure of government,although the word is not used in the Constitution itself. India follows the dual polity system,i.e. federal in nature,that consists of the central authority at the centre and states at the periphery. The Constitution defines the organisational powers and limitations of both central and state governments;it is well recognised,fluid and considered supreme,i.e. the laws of the nation must conform to it.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is a communist political party in India. It is one of the national parties of India. The party emerged from a split from the Communist Party of India (CPI) on 7 November,1964.
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is an Indian big tent political alliance led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded in 1998 and currently controls the government of India as well as the government of 17 Indian states,and 3 Union Territories.
The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen is an Indian political party based primarily in the city of Hyderabad. It's aim is to promote the social,economical,and educational development and effective representation of Muslims in India.
Rashtriya Lok Dal is a political party in India founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh. He was carrying on the political legacy of his father and former Prime Minister of India,Chaudhary Charan Singh and the original Lok Dal. Chaudhary Ajit Singh was infected with Covid-19 and died during treatment at Medanta Hospital,Gurgaon.
India has a parliamentary system as defined by its constitution,with power distributed between the central government and the states.
Bhagwant Singh Mann is an Indian politician and Member of parliament from Punjab. He is a former actor and satirist. Since May 2014,he is the Member of parliament,Lok Sabha for Sangrur constituency,Punjab. On 18 January 2022 he was chosen as the Chief Minister of Punjab candidate from the Aam Aadmi Party for the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election based on a public poll in which Aam Aadmi Party claims 93% wanted Bhagwant Maan as the chief ministerial candidate.
The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an examination conducted in India that primarily tests the comprehensive understanding of various undergraduate subjects in engineering and science for admission into the Masters Program and Job in Public Sector Companies. GATE is conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technologies at Roorkee,Delhi,Guwahati,Kanpur,Kharagpur,Chennai (Madras) and Mumbai (Bombay) on behalf of the National Coordination Board –GATE,Department of Higher Education,Ministry of Education (MoE),Government of India.
The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a nationwide competitive examination in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to higher Civil Services of the Government of India,including the Indian Administrative Service,Indian Foreign Service,and Indian Police Service. Also simply referred to as the UPSC examination,it is conducted in three phases - a preliminary examination consisting of two objective-type papers,and a main examination consisting of nine papers of conventional (essay) type,in which two papers are qualifying and only marks of seven are counted followed by a personality test (interview). A successful candidate sits for 32 hours of examination during the complete process.
General elections were held in India in five phases between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009 to elect the members of the 15th Lok Sabha. With an electorate of 716 million,it was the largest democratic election in the world until being surpassed by the 2014 general election.
General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters,they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 elections. Around 23.1 million or 2.7% of the total eligible voters were aged 18–19 years. A total of 8,251 candidates contested the 543 elected Lok Sabha seats. The average election turnout over all nine phases was around 66.40%,the highest ever in the history of Indian general elections.
Dimple Yadav is an Indian politician. she has served for two terms as the Member of the Indian Parliament from the Samajwadi Party representing Kannauj. She is the wife of Samajwadi Party president and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,Akhilesh Yadav,and the daughter in law of Mulayam Singh Yadav,former Defence Minister of India,former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and founder-patron of the Samajwadi Party.
Aam Aadmi Party is a political party in India,founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and companions. It styles itself as an alternative to the two predominant,mainstream parties of India—the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Indian National Congress (INC). It wants to establish itself as the principal opposition,replacing mainstream INC. AAP currently runs the government of Delhi,the capital territory of India,headed by Kejriwal as Chief Minister. It has held the majority in the Delhi Legislative Assembly since the 2015 election,limiting BJP to a few seats and pushing INC out entirely out of the legislature.
Harsh Vardhan is an Indian otorhinolaryngologist. He had served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare,Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences in the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from 30 May 2019 to 7 July 2021. He represents Chandni Chowk in Delhi as a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was elected to the office of Chairperson of Executive Board of the World Health Organization from May 22,2020. Vardhan has been prominent in the Indian government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He later resigned from his cabinet post ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021.
Attabira is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bargarh district,Odisha. This constituency include Attabira,Attabira block and Bheden block. This constituency was created in 2009 in place of Melchhamunda constituency.
The 2014 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state on 24 April 2014.
Basudevpur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district,Odisha.
Bhadrak is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district,Odisha. The constituency includes Bhadrak and Bhadrak block.
Harish Dwivedi is an Indian politician and a member of 16th and 17th Lok Sabha from the Basti as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently the National Secretary of Bharatiya Janta Party.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is an autonomous body under the ownership of Ministry of Law and Justice,Government of India. It is established by the Constitution of India directly to ensure free and fair elections in the country. Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of superintendence,direction,and control of elections to parliament,state legislatures,the office of the president of India,and the office of vice-president of India shall be vested in the election commission. Thus,the Election Commission is an all-India body in the sense that it is common to both the Central government and the state governments.
