The Election Commission of India Monday recognized the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a national party, while revoking that status of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Communist Party of India (CPI).
In a statement, the EC announced that it was withdrawing the status of three recognized national parties – AITC, CPI and NCP – after “following due process and providing sufficient opportunity of two Parliamentary elections and 21 State Assembly Elections.”
The Commission said that NCP and Trinamool Congress will be recognised as state parties in Nagaland and Meghalaya respectively based on their performance in the recently concluded Assembly elections.
It also granted “recognised state political party” status to the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) in Nagaland, Voice of the People Party in Meghalaya, and the Tipra Motha in Tripura.
The BJP, Congress, CPI(M), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), National People’s Party (NPP) and the AAP are the remaining national parties now.
The Commission also revoked the ‘state party’ status granted to RLD in Uttar Pradesh, BRS in Andhra Pradesh, PDA in Manipur, PMK in Puducherry, RSP in West Bengal and MPC in Mizoram.
“Parties can regain status based on performance in further electoral cycle,” the Election Commission said.
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