The National Front government was the coalition to keep the Congress out of power. It was led by Janata Dal.
Bhartiya Janata Party pursued the politics of ‘Hindutva’ and adopted the strategy of mobilizing the Hindus in 1980s.
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is an alliance that is led by Congress. It was formed in the year 2004. Mr. Manmohan Singh led the UPA government in 2004 and 2009.
In 1978, the Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) was established, setting itself apart from conventional government employee unions. BAMCEF strongly advocated for political empowerment of the 'bahujan' populace, comprising Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), and religious minorities.
This laid the foundation for subsequent entities like the Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti and later the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), all under the leadership of Kanshi Ram. |
