New Delhi: The election commission of India on Monday gave national party status to The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) while the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and the Trinamool Congress have lost of their national status. CPI has also been declared a regional party.
According to the election commission of India, Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP will now be a National Party. In its recent update, EC has taken back the national party status of Mamata Banerjee’s TMC, Sharad Pawar’s NCP, and the Communist Party of India.
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Election Commission of India recognises Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a national party.
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A political party gets the status of a national party only when its candidates get more than six per cent votes in at least four states in the country. Also, it should be represented by at least four MPs in the Lok Sabha. After losing the status of a national party, the party cannot contest elections in all the states of the country on a single symbol.
Earlier the Aam Adami Party moved to Karnataka high court for recognition as a national party to which the High Court directed the Election Commission to decide the national Party status of the Aam Aadmi Party by April 13.
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