Abstract
In this chapter, I shall do five things:
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Look briefly at what a political party is supposed to be.
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Discuss in some detail the Congress Party of India.
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Examine the Janata Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Describe the main class-based and regional parties.
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Note the lack of significant pressure group politics in the Indian party system.
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Further Reading
Bhatnagar and Kumar (1988). A discussion of regional political parties.
Brass and Robinson (1987). A centenary year look back at the Congress Party.
Chhibber and Petrocik (1989). Locates the Indian party system within the Western social cleavage theory.
Graham (1993). A comprehensive and perceptive study of the Jana Sangh from 1951.
Joshi and Hebsur (1987). Another centenary look at Congress.
Kochanek (1968). The authoritative study of the Congress Party under the stewardship of Jawaharlal Nehru.
Malik and Singh (1994). Traces the origins of Hindu nationalism, examines its role in Indian politics, and analyses the emergence of the BJP as a major political force.
Mallick (1994). Argues that communism survives in India, in a democratised form, because conditions favouring revolutionary change persist in Third World countries.
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Thakur, R. (1995). Party Politics. In: The Government and Politics of India. Comparative Government and Politics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24100-2_9
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