Question

Who gives recognition to political parties as National parties or regional parties?
A. Parliament
B. President of India
C. Election commission of India
D. Prime minister of India

Answer 1

Hint: India has a system of Multiparty. It gets recognition according to state and district level parties. Every party must have a symbol to represent. So that illiterate people can vote by recognizing the party symbols.

Complete answer:
Option A) Parliament – This option is not correct because Parliament does not give recognition to political parties. Parliament is the highest legislature. It is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It consists of the President and Lok and Rajya Sabha.

Option B) President of India- This option is not correct because the President of India does not give recognition to political parties. The President of India is the head of state of India and Commander in chief of the Indian armed forces. The president is indirectly elected.

Option C) Election commission of India - This option is correct because the Election commission of India gives recognition to political parties. The election commission of India allot symbols to the recognized political parties and the candidates for elections. The Commission has some symbols as reserved and others as free. The political party uses the symbols for all the candidates of their party.

Option D) Prime Minister of India - This option is not correct because the Prime Minister of India does not give recognition to political parties. The Prime Minister of India is the leader of the executive branch of the Government of India. He is the chief advisor of the President. He can be a member of any of the two houses – Rajya Sabha or Lok Sabha.

The right answer to this is option C - Election Commission of India.

Note: To register a party as National Party it should fulfill any one of three conditions.
1. The party wins 2 percent of the seats in the Lok Sabha from at least 3 different States.
2. At a General Election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly, the party polls 6% of votes in four States and also it wins 4 Lok Sabha seats from any state or states.
3. A party gets recognition as a State Party in four or more States.