become IAS

Registration of political parties under Section 29A of the RP Act, 1951

Context:The Election Commission of India has declared the National People’s Party as a national party. This made the NPP, formed in 2013, the first from the north-eastern region to earn the tag.

List of all the National Parties in India are given below:

S.No.	Name	Abbreviation	Foundation year
1.	Indian National Congress	INC	1885
2.	Communist Party of India	CPI	1925
3.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI-M	1964
4.	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	1980
5.	Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP	1984
6.	All India Trinamool Congress	TMC	1998
7.	Nationalist Congress Party	NCP	1999
8.	National People's Party	NPP	2013

Section 11 of the Representation of the People Act

Context: Delhi High Court has sought a response from the Centre and the Election Commission (EC) on a petition challenging the EC’s decision to reduce the disqualification period of Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang from six years to 13 months.

This was done in accordance with the Section 11 of Representation of the People Act.

Section 11 of the RP Act:

The Election Commission may, for reasons to be recorded, remove any disqualification under this Chapter 1 (except under section 8A) or reduce the period of any such disqualification.