The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a coalition in India. It is led by the Bharatiya Janata Party and had 13 constituent parties at the time of its formation in 1998. The convenor of NDA is George Fernandes, and its honorary Chairman is former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), literally meaning Indian Peoples Party, created in 1980, is one of the two major national political parties in India. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... George Fernandes (born 1930) is an Indian politician. ... Atal Bihari Vajpayee (अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी in Devanagari) (born December 25, 1924) was the Prime Minister of India in 1996 and again from October 13, 1998 until May 19, 2004. ...

The NDA formed the Government in 1998, which collapsed within a year due to the AIADMK pulling out, but it won the 1999 elections and formed a stronger majority. The NDA governed under Prime Minister Vajpayee for a full five years hence, and was widely expected to win the 2004 elections. But the BJP, the chief party lost too many key seats along with the major allies and the Alliance could not bid for power. Former Deputy Prime Minister and BJP chief Lal Krishna Advani heads the NDA as Leader of the Opposition. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) is a regional political party in India. ... Lal Krishna Advani Lal Krishna Advani (Devanagari: लाल कृष्ण आड़वाणी) also known as Lal Kishenchand Advani (born November 8, 1927/1929, Karachi, Pakistan) was the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) until year-end 2005 and is Leader of the Opposition in the 14th Lok Sabha. ...

Currently, the other parties in the NDA are:

• Shiv Sena
• Janata Dal (United)
• Biju Janata Dal
• Trinamool Congress
• Shiromani Akali Dal
• Nagaland People's Front
• Mizo National Front

The Telugu Desam Party gives it outside support. Several of the smaller parties have pulled out of the NDA in the course of its five year term, the latest being the DMK, the PMK and the MDMK which, along with the Indian National Congress have formed the "Democratic Progressive Alliance" in Tamil Nadu, and are part of the ruling United Progressive Alliance in the centre. SS election symbol Shiv Sena or शिव सेना (meaning Army of Shiva, referring to Shivaji) is a political party in India founded on June 19, 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who is the president of the party. ... Janata Dal (United) is a political party in India. ... The Biju Janata Dal is a regional party of the Indian state of Orissa. ... Common abbreviation of All India Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress, earlier West Bengal Trinamool Congress, (WBTC), was a political party in West Bengal, India, led by Mamta Banerjee. ... Akali Dal, also termed as Shiromani Akali Dal (Akali Religious Party), is a Sikh political party mainly based in Punjab, India. ... The Nagaland Peoples Front is a political party in the Indian state of Nagaland. ... Mizo National Front, a regional political party in Mizoram, India. ... Telugu Desam Party (Party for Telugu Land) or TDP is a regional political party in Indias Andhra Pradesh state. ... Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is a regional political party in the Tamil Nadu state of India. ... Executive President Prime Minister The Union Ministries Legislative Parliament Rajya Sabha Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Speaker of the House Judicial Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Supreme Court High Courts District Courts Constitution Fundamental Rights and Directive principles Regions States and territories Elections General Elections State Assembly... மறுமலர்ச்சித் திராவிட முன்னேற்றக் கழகம் (Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, abbreviated MDMK), a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party or Congress (I), abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is the present ruling coalition of political parties in India. ... Central government or the national government (or, in federal states, the federal government) is the government at the level of the nation state. ...

BJP made this to support their last government but after the government many parties have taken their support back See also: List of political parties in India. Political parties in India lists political parties in India. ...