Indian Political Parties

Indian National Congress

Year Started: 1885

Ideology: Centre-left, Secularism, Liberalism

The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a big tent political party in India.

Bharatiya Janata Party

Year Started: 1984

Ideology: Right-wing, Hindu nationalism, Conservatism

The Bharatiya Janata Party is a conservative political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Shyama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh.