Political parties and leaders

• Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP [Sri Jana Krishna Murthy, president, L. K. ADVANI,    A. B. VAJPAYEE]
• Congress (I) Party [Sonia GANDHI, president]
• Janata Dal Party [Sharad YADAV, president, I. K. GUJRAL]
• Janata Dal (Ajit) [Ajit SINGH]
• Rashtriya Janata Dal or RJD [Laloo Prasad YADAV]
• Communist Party of India/Marxist or CPI/M [Harkishan Singh SURJEET]
• Tamil Maanila Congress [G. K. MOOPANAR]
• Dravida Munnetra Kazagham or DMK (a regional party in Tamil Nadu) [M. KARUNANIDHI]
• Samajwadi Party or SP [Mulayam Singh YADAV (president), Om Prakash CHAUTALA, Devi LAL]
• Telugu Desam (a regional party in Andhra Pradesh) [Chandrababu NAIDU]
• Communist Party of India or CPI
• Revolutionary Socialist Party or RSP [Tridip CHOWDHURY]
• Asom Gana Parishad [Prafulla Kumar MAHANTA]
• Congress (Tiwari) [Arjun SINGH and N. D. TIWARI]
• All India Forward Bloc or AIFB [Prem Dutta PALIWAL (chairman), Chitta BASU (general secretary)]
• Muslim League [G. M. BANATWALA]
• Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress [Madhavro SCINDIA]
• Karnataka Congress Party [S. BANGARAPPA]
• Shiv Sena or SHS [Bal THACKERAY]
• Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP [Kanshi RAM]
• Communist Party of India/Marxist-Leninist or CPI/ML [Vinod MISHRA]
• Akali Dal factions representing Sikh religious community in the Punjab
• National Conference or NC (a regional party in Jammu and Kashmir) [Farooq ABDULLAH]
• Bihar Peoples Party [Lovely ANAND]
• Samata Party or SAP (formerly Janata Dal members) [George FERNANDES]
• Indian National League [Suliaman SAIT]
• Kerala Congress (Mani faction) [K. M. MANI]
• All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam or ADMK [leader NA]
• Biju Janata Dal or BJD [leader NA]
• Trinamool Congress [leader NA]

Political pressure groups and leaders