Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Gets National Party Status

• The Election Commission of India has granted national party status to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

• It withdrew the national party status of the three parties.

• These parties are All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), Communist Party of India and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

• According to the Election Commission, AAP has become a recognized state party in four states (Delhi, Punjab, Goa and Gujarat).

• It has fulfilled the eligibility conditions for recognition as a national party.

• The Election Commission withdrew the state party status of the All India Trinamool Congress in the states of Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.

• It also withdrew the state party status in Goa, Manipur and Meghalaya.

• The state party status of the Communist Party of India in West Bengal and Odisha has also been withdrawn by the Election Commission.