| − | Emerging as India's single largest party in the 2004 Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress leads a coalition government. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Rajnath Singh, holds the second-largest number of seats in the Lok Sabha. The party holds power in the states of [[Gujarat]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Chhattisgarh]] and [[Orissa]]. Four Communist and Marxist parties are united in a bloc called the '''Left Front''', which controls 57 parliamentary seats. The Left Front rules the states of [[West Bengal]] and [[Kerala]]. | + | Emerging as India's single largest party in the 2004 Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress leads a coalition government. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has a Hindu-nationalist ideology, holds the second-largest number of seats in the Lok Sabha. The party holds power in the states of [[Gujarat]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Chhattisgarh]] and [[Orissa]]. Four Communist and Marxist parties are united in a bloc called the '''Left Front''', which controls 57 parliamentary seats. The Left Front rules the states of [[West Bengal]] and [[Kerala]]. |