Complete the following concept map :[Concept map: ‘National Political Parties of India’ in the centre, with four empty boxes.]

Answer (any four): (1) Indian National Congress (2) Bharatiya Janata Party (3) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (4) Bahujan Samaj Party. Other national parties in the textbook list: Communist Party of India, Nationalist Congress Party and All India Trinamool Congress.

Note: The Election Commission reviews this list from time to time. In 2023 it withdrew national-party status from the CPI, the NCP and the Trinamool Congress and recognised the Aam Aadmi Party; the National People’s Party was recognised in 2019. In the board exam, names from the textbook list are expected.