In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: There is an acceptance of the role of State level parties in the governance of the country.
Reason: The state-level parties have leaders who are more popular than the leaders at the center.

The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

Reason: State-level parties are sharing power at the national level and have played a central role in the country’s politics for the last twenty years or so.