Cooperative Party
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Co-operative Party | |
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Matrabashi name | सहकारी पार्टी |
Abbreviation | CP |
Presidium | Standing Committee |
General Secretary | Ekanath Nayak1 |
Committee Members | Aditi Padhya Prem Dalavi Jeet Mukhtar Manhar Mulani |
Founder | Anand Mahanti |
Founded | February 15, 1949 |
Preceded by | People's Party |
Headquarters | Rashram House, Daksard Road, Kinadica |
Newspaper | Ekajutavaj |
Youth wing | Young Mazadoor |
Women's wing | Womens Mazadoor |
Membership (2020) | 16,125,084 |
Ideology | Charsidhanism Social democracy Democratic socialism |
Political position | Left-wing |
Religion | Secular |
Colors | Red |
Slogan | United in our Labour |
Shahee Sansad seats | 89 / 450
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State Governments | 9 / 25
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1 = Leader of HM's Opposition |
The Co-operative Party (abbr. CP), commonly spelled as the Cooperative Party is a major political party in Rajyaghar and is one of the two main ones, along with the Rajyani Rashtriya Party (RRP). Only the Cooperative Party and Rajyani Rashtriya Party operate on a national scale with operations in all 25 Union States. The CP is a left-wing political party which dominates the political left in Rajyaghar, with the party advocating for socialist policies. The party has had the most Premiers of any political party in Rajyaghar (a total of 6). In 2010, the CP was voted out of office and entered the new Shahee Sansad as the Official Opposition, a position it has retained through the 2015 and 2020 general elections.
The Cooperative Party was founded in 1949 as a result of a split of the People's Party into the CP and Liberal Party. [continued brief history]
[brief overview of political positions]
[brief overview of membership]
History
People's Party split
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Mahanti Government
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Emergency
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Return to Government
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1980s-90s
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2000s
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Political wilderness
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General Election Results
Year | Legislature | Party leader | Seats won | Change in seats | Outcome |
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1951 | 2nd Shahee Sansad | Anand Mahanti | 89 / 450
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XX | Government |
1955 | 3rd Shahee Sansad | XX | 89 / 450
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XX | Opposition |
1959 | 4th Shahee Sansad | XX | 89 / 450
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XX | Opposition |
1960 | 5th Shahee Sansad | XX | 89 / 450
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XX | Opposition |
1965 | 6th Shahee Sansad | XX | 89 / 450
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XX | Opposition |
1968 | 7th Shahee Sansad | XX | 89 / 450
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XX | Government |
1973 | 8th Shahee Sansad | XX | 89 / 450
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XX | Government |
1978 | 9th Shahee Sansad | XX | 89 / 450
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XX | Government |
1980 | 10th Shahee Sansad | XX | 89 / 450
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XX | Opposition |
1985 | 11th Shahee Sansad | XX | 89 / 450
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XX | Government |
1987 | 12th Shahee Sansad | XX | 89 / 450
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XX | Government |
1988 | 13th Shahee Sansad | XX | 89 / 450
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XX | Opposition |
1992 | 14th Shahee Sansad | XX | 89 / 450
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XX | Opposition |
1995 | 15th Shahee Sansad | Manas Gulati | 89 / 450
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XX | Government |
2000 | 16th Shahee Sansad | Ravi Sharma | 89 / 450
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XX | Government |
2005 | 17th Shahee Sansad | Ravi Sharma | 89 / 450
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XX | Government |
2010 | 18th Shahee Sansad | Ravi Sharma | 89 / 450
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XX | Opposition |
2015 | 19th Shahee Sansad | XX | 89 / 450
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XX | Opposition |
2020 | 20th Shahee Sansad | XX | 89 / 450
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XX | Opposition |
Ideology and political positions
Social and Economic Policies
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Communism Ban
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Foreign Policy
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Defence Policy
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Leadership
The Kendrasam is the leadership and policy making body of the Cooperative Party and it is made up of Congressmen/women from each of the Shahee Sansad constituencies. Each constituency has three congressmen/women which then determine amongst themselves a party member from that consitituency to run for that constituency's seat in the Shahee Sansad. The Kendrasam as a whole is tasked with selecting from amongst itself the General Secretary of the Cooperative Party. The General Secretary will then appoint several members of the Kendrasam to serve on the Standing Committee to assist in the leadership of the party, fill key party roles and help guide the policy making process within the Kendrasam.
Since the party's formation, the Standing Committee has always consisted of Cooperative Party MPs and they have always taken on the most senior of cabinet positions when in government. When the party is in opposition, the Standing Committee is often smaller in size.
The system was intended to have a 'bottom up' leadership system with local officials selecting the national leadership. In reality, the General Secretary and the Standing Committee will select the individuals from the party membership to serve as congressmen/women in the Kendrasam effectively making it a rubber stamp.
Current Standing Committee
Since 2017, the Standing Committee of the Cooperative Party consists of General Secretary Ekanath Nayak and four other members, thus making it the smallest Standing Committee in CP history.
Name | Party Position(s) | Government/Opposition Position(s) |
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Ekanath Nayak | General Secretary | Leader of the Opposition |
Aditi Padhya | Party Secretary for the Union | Shadow Secretary of State for Home Affairs |
Prem Dalavi | Party Secretary for the Sansad | Shadow Leader of the House |
Jeet Mukhtar | Party Secretary for the Kendrasam | Opposition Chief Whip |
Manhar Mulani | Party Secretary for Administration | Shadow Secretary of State for Justice |