United Progressive Alliance
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United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is the present ruling coalition of political parties in India. UPA was formed soon after the 2004 Lok Sabha elections. However, an informal alliance had existed prior to the elections as several of the current constituent parties had developed seat-sharing agreements in many states. Initially, the proposed name for the alliance was 'Secular Progressive Alliance'.
Its constituents include:
- Indian National Congress (INC)
- Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)
- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
- Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
- Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)
- Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)
- Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)
- Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJNSP)
- Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)
- Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP)
- Republican Party of India (Athvale) (RPI(A))
- Republican Party of India (Gavai) (RPI(G))
- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen (AIMIM)
- Kerala Congress (KC)
The Telengana Rashtriya Samiti(TRS) has become the first party to quit the alliance. The TRS President K Chandrashekhar Rao has since been locked in a bitter electoral battle with the Congress over the lok sabha seat of Karimnagar in Andhra Pradesh.
This alliance is externally supported (supporters are not part of the government) by the four main leftist parties; Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Revolutionary Socialist Party and All India Forward Bloc. In order to coordinate the cooperation, a UPA-Left Coordination Committee has been formed.
