Previous Year Question
Consider the following Political Parties and arrange them in the chronological order of their establishment.
I. Bahujan Samaj Party
II. Samajwadi Party
III. Telugu Desam Party
IV. All India Trinamool Congress
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Code:
I, II, III, IV
II, I, III, IV
III, II, I, IV
III, I, II, IV
Correct Answer: D
Detailed Solution
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) was established first among the parties listed here. Its official record carries the date 29 March 1982. Therefore, III comes first in the sequence.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was formed in 1984 under the leadership of Kanshi Ram. Therefore, it comes after TDP and before the Samajwadi Party.
Samajwadi Party (SP) emerged in 1992. A parliamentary record also mentions the recognition of a new faction named Samajwadi Party in 1992. Therefore, it is placed after the BSP.
An important distinction is that the date of establishment of a political party and its date of registration with the Election Commission need not necessarily be identical. For example, available electoral records give the Samajwadi Party's registration date as 27 August 1993, whereas its emergence dates to 1992. Thus, this question requires the chronology of establishment, not merely registration dates.
The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) was launched on 1 January 1998. Its electoral record also gives 1 January 1998 as the date of registration. Therefore, it comes last among the four parties.
Thus, the sequence is:
III. Telugu Desam Party — 1982 → I. Bahujan Samaj Party — 1984 → II. Samajwadi Party — 1992 → IV. All India Trinamool Congress — 1998