The main parties operating in the state of Meghalaya are divided not federal and regional.
Federal.
National-level parties make up a large share of the state parliament. Leading in Meghalai is the Indian National Congress (INC) party. There is a strengthening of the position of the party of Bharatiya Janat (BZ). It is poorly represented in the federal and state parliament, but thanks to the strong support of the state president and alliances with several right-wing parties, the BZ has an ever-increasing influence on the political process in Meghalai.
Regional
Regional political parties express the interests of the numerous ethnic groups that inhabit Meghalaya. They were created in order to adjust the federal political process, adjusted for the needs of the region, therefore today they are a real mouthpiece of public opinion, but do not play an important role in the state parliamentary system. However, due to underdeveloped infrastructure, insufficient funding and organizational problems, regional parties are experiencing great difficulties with increasing their own support. Moreover, the criterion of party differentiation is the ethnic principle, which leads to a pronounced polarization of interests. As long as there are separatist tendencies in the state, not a single party has a real chance to become dominant in the region.
List of parties:
1) INC
Party The Indian National Congress is the largest party in India, the first non-religious, nationwide and political organization in the history of the ancient country. Socially heterogeneous. It was founded in 1885. Even under British rule, from the loyal opposition to the British colonial regime passed in the 20s. 20th century to an active struggle for national independence, turning into a mass party. With the rise of the national liberation movement, the principles of Gandhism became the foundation of the INC program. In many ways, the halo of Mahatma Gandhi explains such a long presence of INC in the political arena. Gandhi family members still stand at the head of the party. The party proclaimed its own concept of a “socialist-style society”, ideologically similar to a Western social state, which presupposes peaceful cooperation of various segments of the population while maintaining private property and developing the public sector. She advocates the strengthening of secularist tendencies, against religious caste and communal hatred, for the territorial unity of the country, the fight against unemployment, poverty, illiteracy, in support of the continuation of liberal economic reforms, for international politics of peace and friendship with all countries.
2) UDP
The United Democratic Party advocates for the rights and freedoms of tribes living in the state. The party’s goals include the development of education based on modern technology among the state’s population as a whole, and among tribes in particular. The party also strives to strengthen their security and preserve their identity.
3) NCP
The Nationalist Congress Party is positioning itself as a progressive secular party. Contrary to its name, the Nationalist Congress advocates ethnic equality, democracy, Gandhian secularism, equality, social justice and federalism. NCP members vehemently criticize Bharatiya Janata for the fact that its most radical supporters, the Indians, once destroyed mosques and temples, incited bloody religious conflicts. The immediate cessation of all religious hatred seems to be a necessary condition for building a democratic Meghalai and all of India. The party logo is an alarm clock.
4) HSPDP
The Hills State Democratic Party advocates for the expansion of social programs. In 2008, the party criticized the government’s mining policy, finding benefits for the rich and oppression for the poor.
5) BJP
Bharatiya Janata The party is a right-liberal, communist, that is, built on a religious-communal basis, party formed by supporters of the former religious-chauvinistic party Bharatiya Jan Sangh. When we talk about the BJP, we should mean by it another organization of India - “Rastria Swayamsevak Sangh”, which is a Hindu religious-national organization, therefore, it cannot participate in politics on its own behalf. The ideology of its supporters is hostile to other religions, primarily to Islam and Christianity. . It was she who throughout almost the entire 20th century secretly created political parties and nominated them in the elections, trying to build strong opposition to the Indian National Congress. Bharatiya Janata The party is stirring up ethno-religious sentiments; it has more than once initiated bloody clashes on religious grounds. Thus, if the INC is articulating the interests of all Indians, then only Indians vote for the BJP. Since in Meghalaya state more than 70% of the population profess Christianity, the position of the BJP as a party of Hinduism is weak here.
6) KHNAM
The Khun Ginnievtrep National Awakening Movement is sponsored by the Khashi Student Union and expresses the interests of the Khashi people in the state.