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Eleven years later, her party the Indian National Congress lost the 1977 Indian general election to the Janata Party, whose leader Morarji Desai became the first non-Congress prime minister. [14] After Desai resigned in 1979, his former associate Charan Singh briefly held office until the Congress won the 1980 Indian general election and Indira ...
List of current Indian ruling and opposition parties. ... Governing Party / Governing Alliance Opposition Party / Opposition Alliance Other Parties 1 Andhra Pradesh:
India has a multi-party system.The Election Commission of India (ECI) accord to national-level and state-level political parties based upon objective criteria. A recognised political party enjoys privileges like a reserved party symbol, [a] free broadcast time on state-run television and radio, consultation in the setting of election dates, and giving input in setting electoral rules and ...
Office Name Portrait Since Ref. President of the Republic of India: Droupadi Murmu: 25 July 2022 [1] Vice President of the Republic of India: Jagdeep Dhankhar: 11 August 2022 [2] Prime Minister of the Republic of India: Narendra Modi: 26 May 2014 [3] Chief Justice of the Republic of India: Sanjiv Khanna: 11 November 2024 Speaker of Lok Sabha ...
Law and Justice: 1947 Arjun Ram Meghwal (Independent Charge) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: 2007 Jitan Ram Manjhi: Mines: 1957 G. Kishan Reddy: Minority Affairs: 2006 Kiren Rijiju: New and Renewable Energy: 1992 Pralhad Joshi: Panchayati Raj: 2004 Lalan Singh: Parliamentary Affairs: 1949 Kiren Rijiju: Personnel, Public Grievances and ...
India follows a parliamentary system in which the prime minister is the presiding head of the government and chief of the executive of the government. In such systems, the head of state, or, the head of state's official representative (i.e., the monarch, president, or governor-general) usually holds a purely ceremonial position and acts—on most matters—only on the advice of the prime minister.
List of female leader of the opposition in India; List of current Indian governors,List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators; List of current Indian chief ministers; List of current Indian deputy chief ministers; List of current Indian chief justices; Leader of the Opposition (India)
Political affiliation (at time of appointment) Prime Minister; Took office Left office 1 Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963) 1952 1957: 26 January 1950 13 May 1962 Indian National Congress: Nehru: 2 Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) 1962: 13 May 1962 13 May 1967 Independent: Nehru Nanda Shastri Nanda I. Gandhi: 3 Zakir Husain (1897–1969 ...