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The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a coalition of center-left political parties in India. It was formed after the General Election in 2004^[1]. At the time of its formation in 2004, it was led by the Indian National Congress (INC). The chairperson of the UPA is Mrs. Sonia Gandhi. Currently UPA is heading the government of India. The coalition is led by the Indian National Congress (INC), which is currently the single largest political party in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the parliament of India). The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, and the Council of Ministers are drawn from members of the UPA.

History[link]

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

The UPA formed soon after the 2004 general elections after it had become clear that no party had won majority. The NDA had won only 169 MPs^[2] in the 543 member 14th Lok Sabha, as opposed the UPA tally of 222 seats.

The Left Front with 59 MPs (excluding the speaker), the Samajwadi Party with 39 MPs and the Bahujan Samaj Party with 19 MPs were other significant blocks that opted to support UPA at various phases of its rule.^[3][4] The UPA did not enjoy a simple majority on its own in the parliament, rather it has relied on the external support to ensure that it enjoys the confidence of the Indian parliament similar to the formula adopted by the previous minority governments of the United Front, the NDA, the Congress government of Narasimha Rao, and earlier governments of V P Singh and Chandrashekhar.

An informal alliance had existed prior to the elections as several of the current constituent parties had developed seat-sharing agreements in many states. However, it was only after the election that the results of negotiations between parties were announced. The UPA government's policies were initially guided by a common minimum programme that the alliance hammered out with fruitful consultations with Jyoti Basu and Harkishan Singh Surjeet of the 59 member Left Front.^[5] Hence, government policies were generally perceived as center-left, reflecting the centrist policies of the INC. The congress party is today more closely aligned with the neoliberalism, strongly advocates social democracy and social liberalism.

During the tenure of Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda, the constituents of the UPA were, by mutual consent, supporting his government.^[6]

UPA survived a vote of confidence in the parliament on 22 July 2008 after left parties withdrew their support. UPA survived a vote of confidence mainly because of the Samajwadi party supported them.

In the Indian General Election in 2009, the UPA won a convincing 262 seats with INC alone winning 206 seats. All inclusive and populist policies along with a younger leadership has been credited for this.^[7]

Initial support[link]

Initially, the United progressive alliance(UPA) was given external support from the Left Front which totaled 59 MPs. Similar external support was also promised by several smaller parties that were not a member of any coalition, including the Samajwadi Party with 39 MPs, the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 4 MPs, the Janata Dal (Secular) with 3 MPs, and Bahujan Samaj Party with 19 MPs, who promised to support the government if it faced a vote of confidence. Nevertheless, these parties were not a part of the government. The UPA thus had at least 335 MPs out of 543 supporting it at the time of its formation.

The Left parties, despite ideological differences with the Congress, supported the UPA to ensure a secular government.^[8]

Outside support is currently being offered by the Samajwadi Party (33 MPs), the Bharatiya Navshakti Party (1 MP), the National Conference (2 MPs)^[9] and by the National Loktantrik Party (1 MP). In addition, rebel MPs from Biju Janata Dal, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Janata Dal (United), and the independent MPs take the tally of UPA supporting MPs to 275.^[10]

Withdrawals[link]

Telangana Rashtra Samithi[link]

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) was the first party to quit the alliance, first when its ministers quit the Andhra Pradesh government, and finally when an official withdrawal was done at the national level by its president K. Chandrashekar Rao, who resigned his Lok Sabha seat.^[11]

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam[link]

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), began its drift when it tied up with the UPA's rival All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) during the Tamil Nadu elections, and on March 16, 2007 officially withdrew support from the government.^[12][13]

Bahujan Samaj Party[link]

On 21 June 2008, the Bahujan Samaj Party, or the BSP, with 17 seats, announced withdrawal of its support after the Congress starting opposing the UP government where the BSP was the ruling party. Their leader Mayawati said that she wouldn't enter an electoral alliance with either the Congress or the BJP. She also accused both parties of misusing the Central Bureau of Investigation or the CBI and attempting to implicate her in the Taj Corridor Case. She also accused Congress of making false promises to help the people of Bundelkhand and Poorvanchal regions as they were suffering from drought.^[14]

Left Front[link]

On 8 July 2008, Prakash Karat, the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (or the CPI (M)), announced that the Left Front would be withdrawing support over the decision by the government to go ahead with the Indo-US nuclear deal, a Section 123 Agreement with the United States.^[15]

People's Democratic Party[link]

On 4 January 2009, Mehbooba Mufti, president of the People's Democratic Party announced the withdrawal of the PDP from the UPA given that the Congress had decided to support the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference Government in Jammu & Kashmir after the 2008 state elections.^[16]

Pattali Makkal Katchi[link]

On 26 March 2009,PMK declared that it would join the AIADMK led front and withdrew from the UPA and the party president declared that two union ministers of his party will resign shortly.

Resignations[link]

DMK[link]

On October 17, 2008 14 DMK MP's, including central ministers T.R. Baalu and A. Raja, handed in their post-dated resignation letters to the head of the party, TN CM M. Karunanidhi in demanding an end to the violence against civilians in Sri Lanka. There were consequently 16 DMK MP's left in the 14th Lok Sabha. All 4 Rajya Sabha MP's had also submitted post-dated resignation letters, including Karunanidhi's daughter, Kanimozhi had handed in her resignation on October 14, A. A. Jinnah, Tiruchi Siva, and Vasanthi Stanley. All 40 Lok Sabha MP's of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Pondicherry had also threatened to quit the government if it failed to take action on the Sri Lankan issue. Lawyers in Coimbatore joined their Tamil brethren in burning an effigy of Union Defence Minister A.K. Antony within the court premises earlier in the day, alleging a conspiracy by bureaucrats of Kerala origin to keep the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka on tenterhooks.^[17] Following these actions, the TN CM Karunanidhi said, on November 4, that he was "satisfied" with the measures taken by the UPA government in the center on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue. A statement said: "we have a Centre, which realises the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka, and the leaders there respect our sentiments," and that they were doing their best to mitigate the sufferings of the Tamils of Lanka. He added that, "We have to raise our demands to increase their action."^[18]

2009 General Elections[link]

UPA won the general elections with the Congress winning 206 seats, 61 seats more than the 2004 election tally. The pre-poll coalition of UPA, which did not include Lalu Yadav's RJD, Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP and Mulayam Singh Yadav's SP, won 262 seats, and needed the support of 10 MPs to get a simple majority in the Lok Sabha. Manmohan Singh continued to be the Prime Minister and in doing so became only the second Prime Mnister of India after Jawahar Lal Nehru to return to power after a full five year term in office. RJD, SP, BSP, JD (S) and other smaller parties and independents provide external support to the government.

Constituents[link]

Before the election, the UPA comprised the following constituent parties:

[edit] Current members for Lok-Sabha 2009^[23][24]

• Indian National Congress - 206 Seats
• All India Trinamool Congress - 19 Seats
• Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - 18 Seats
• Nationalist Congress Party - 9 Seats
• Rashtriya Lok Dal - 5 Seats^[25]
• Jammu & Kashmir National Conference - 3 Seats
• Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - 2 Seats
• Indian Union Muslim League - 2 Seats
• All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen - 1 Seats
• Kerala Congress (Mani) - 1 Seats
• Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi - 1 Seats

Supporting parties for Lok-Sabha 2009[link]

• Samajwadi Party - 23 Seat
• Bahujan Samaj Party - 21 Seats
• Rashtriya Janata Dal - 4 Seats
• Janata Dal (Secular) - 3 Seats
• Nagaland People's Front - 1 Seats
• Bodoland People's Front - 1 Seats
• Swabhimani Paksha - 1 Seats
• Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi - 1 Seats
• Sikkim Democratic Front - 1 Seats

Cabinet ministers in the government[link]

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

As of 18 August 2011, the UPA had the following cabinet ministers in the Indian government^[26]:

Past and present members of UPA[link]

Current Members[link]

• Indian National Congress
• Nationalist Congress Party
• Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
• All India Trinamool Congress
• Indian Union Muslim League
• Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
• All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
• Andhra pradesh Congress (Mani)
• Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
• Rashtriya Lok Dal^[27][28][29]

Former Members[link]

• Telangana Rashtra Samithi (joined the NDA)
• Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (joined the Third Front)
• Pattali Makkal Katchi (joined the Third Front)
• People's Democratic Party
• Samajwadi Party^[30] (joined Fourth Front)
• Rashtriya Janata Dal^[30] (joined the Fourth Front)
• Lok Janshakti Party^[30] (joined the Fourth Front)
• Republican Party of India (Athvale) (joined the NDA)
• Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (joined the NDA)

Past general election alliances of Congress (before 2004)[link]

Controversies[link]

During the discussion for the vote of confidence, BJP MP's produced cash in the parliament, as viewed on Lok Sabha TV, alleging a bribe by the Samajwadi Party to vote for the government. The BJP claimed to have documentary evidence in a "cash for vote" scam and submitted a report before the parliamentary committee probing the matter.^{[citation needed]} The BJP also wrote a 17-page letter to the Parliamentary committee headed by Congress member V Kishore Chandradeo in this regard. Arun Jaitley said Samajwadi MP Reoti Raman Singh had offered his party's MPs the cash on the night of July 21.^{[citation needed]} He also alleged that SP leader Amar Singh was behind the entire episode. Jaitley said: "The investigating agencies did not do their job.^{[citation needed]} So we inquired into the matter and gathered documentary evidence in the case." He alleged the 'cash for vote' scam reflected the subversion of the Indian Parliament, as well as a section of the media.^[31]

The winter session of parliament in October 2008 came under intense criticism from the Left parties and the BJP to demand a full fledged winter session instead of what was seen as the UPA to having "scuttled the voice of Parliament" by bringing down the sittings to a record low of 30 days in the year. The tensions between the UPA and the opposition parties became evident at an all party meeting convened by Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee when the leader of opposition, LK Advani questioned the status, timing and schedule of the current session of parliament.^[32]

In early November 2008, months before a new general election, RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav, along with other MP's from Bihar, threatened to resign en masse from the central government as well as with their MLA's in Bihar and Jharkhand if the central government did not take steps to arrest Raj Thackeray under the NSA for the recent actions against north Indian students in Maharashtra, as well as to initiate a CBI inquiry in the killing of a Bihari in Mumbai.^{[citation needed]} The opposition BJP termed this "another spell of rhetoric" on the issue of attacks on North Indians in Mumbai.

See also[link]

• National Democratic Alliance (India)
• Coalition government
• National Advisory Council

References[link]

External links[link]

• Common Minimum Programme of the UPA.
• Arora, Balveer and Tawa Lama Rewal, Stéphanie. "Introduction: Contextualizing and Interpreting the 15th Lok Sabha Elections". South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 3, 2009.

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Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats European Parliament group
Members protest in Brussels in 2010.
Name	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
English abbr.	S&D[1] (23 June 2009 to present) PES[2] (21 April 1993[3] to 22 June 2009) SOC[2] (1958[4] to 21 April 1993[3]) S[5] (23 June 1953[3] to 1958[4])
French abbr.	S&D[6] (23 June 2009 to present) PSE[7] (21 April 1993 to 22 June 2009) SOC[2] (1958 to 21 April 1993) S[5] (23 June 1953 to 1958)
Formal name	Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament[1] (23 June 2009 to present) Socialist Group in the European Parliament[7][8] (20 July 2004[3] to 23 June 2009) Group of the Party of European Socialists[5][9] (21 April 1993[3] to 20 July 2004[3]) Socialist Group[4][10] (1958[4] to 21 April 1993[3]) Group of the Socialists[5] (23 June 1953[3] to 1958[4])
Ideology	Social democracy
European parties	Party of European Socialists
Associated organisations	Socialist International
From	23 June 1953[3]
To	present
Chaired by	Hannes Swoboda
MEP(s)	183 (23 June 2009) 186 (18 November 2010) 183 (28 March 2011)
Website	http://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/

The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (abbreviation S&D^[1]) is the political group in the European Parliament of the Party of European Socialists and allied social-democratic parties. The group dates its ancestry via various names back to the beginning of the European Parliament in 1953. Until the 1999 European election it was the largest group in Parliament. S&D is currently the second-largest group in the European Parliament and adopted its present-day name on 23 June 2009.^[11]

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History[link]

The Socialist Group was one of the first three groups to be created when it was founded on 23 June 1953^[3][12] in the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community. The Common Assembly was the predecessor of the European Parliament. A group bureau and secretariat was established in Luxembourg. The group continued through the creation of the appointed Parliament in 1958 and, when the Parliament became an elected body in 1979 following the first European election, the group became the largest in terms of returned MEPs.

In 1987, the Single European Act came into force and the group began co-operation with the European People's Party (EPP) to secure the majorities needed under the cooperation procedure.^[13] The left–right coalition between the Socialists and EPP has dominated the Parliament since then^[14] and (with some exceptions^[15]) the post of President of the Parliament has been split between the two groups ever since.

Meanwhile, the national parties making up the group were also organising themselves on a European level outside the Parliament, creating the Confederation of Socialist Parties of the European Community in 1974.^[4][5][16] The Confederation was succeeded by the Party of European Socialists (PES), in 1992.^[4][16] As a result, the parliamentary group was renamed the Group of the Party of European Socialists on 21 April 1993.^[3]

In 1999, the Parliament refused to approve the Santer Commission's handling of the EU budget. Allegations of corruption centred on two PES Commissioners, Édith Cresson and Manuel Marín. The group initially supported the Commission but later withdrew their support, forcing the Commission to resign.^[17]

The group was renamed again to the Socialist Group in the European Parliament^[7] on 20 July 2004^[3] and was given a different logo, to further distinguish the PES group organisation from the PES European political party.

In 2007, the Socialist Group was the second largest group in Parliament, with MEPs from all but two member states, Latvia and Cyprus.^[18] However, the 2009 European election saw a reduction in the number of PES MEPs returned from 2004. The group sought additional members in the Democratic Party of Italy, which is not affiliated to the PES.^[19][20] By the conclusion of the 2004-2009 parliamentary term, the Democratic Party had 8 MEPs in the Socialist Group (coming from Democrats of the Left), but also had 8 MEPs in ALDE (coming from The Daisy). The Democratic Party is a big tent centre-left party, strongly influenced by social democracy and the Christian left, and had MEPs who were former Christian Democrats or had other political views.^[21] So a new and more inclusive group name had to be found.

The group was going to be named Alliance of Socialists and Democrats for Europe (ASDE) but this was seemed too similar to Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE).^[22] The name Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats was suggested on 18 June by group president Martin Schulz^[23] and it was renamed on 23 June 2009.^[11] The English abbreviation was initially unclear, being variously reported as PASD^[24] or S&D Group^[25] or PASDE.^[26][27] Dissatisfaction by Socialist MEPs towards the new name led Martin Schulz to admit that the name was still under consideration and that the group was to be referred to as the 'Socialists and Democrats' until a final title was chosen.^[28] On 14 July 2009, the first day of the constitutive session of the 2009-2014 term, the full formal group name was Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament^[1] and the abbreviation was S&D.^[1]

The group is an Associated Organisation of the Socialist International.^[29]

Presidents of the European Parliament[link]

For Presidents of the European Parliament from the group, see President of the European Parliament.

Organisation[link]

The group is led by a President and a Bureau of Vice-Presidents. There is also a Treasurer and a Secretary General.^[30]

Presidents of the Group[link]

Presidents of the Group include:^[31]

Number	President	State	National party	From	To
1.	Guy Mollet	France	French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO)	1953	1956
2.	Hendrik Fayat	Belgium	Socialist Party (PS)	1956	1958
3.	Pierre Lapie	France	French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO)	1958	1959
4.	Willi Birkelbach	Germany	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	1959	1964
5.	Käte Strobel	Germany	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	1964	1967
6.	Francis Vals	France	French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO)	1967	1974
7.	Georges Spénale	France	Socialist Party (PS)	1974	1975
8.	Ludwig Spénale	Germany	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	1975	1979
9.	Ernest Glinne	Belgium	Socialist Party (PS)	1979	1984
10.	Rudi Arndt	Germany	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	1984	1989
11.	Jean-Pierre Cot	France	Socialist Party (PS)	1989	1994
12.	Pauline Green	United Kingdom	Labour Party	1994	1999
13.	Enrique Barón Crespo	Spain	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	1999	2004
14.	Martin Schulz	Germany	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	2004	2012
15.	Hannes Swoboda	Austria	Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)	2012	-

Vice-Presidents[link]

Incoming Vice-Presidents of the group are as follows:^[32]

• María Badía i Cutchet (PSOE, Spain) – Communication Policy and Public Relations
• Monika Beňová (Smer, Slovakia) – Europe of the Citizens
• Véronique De Keyser (PS, Belgium) – Human Rights, Development and International Trade
• Stephen Hughes (Labour, United Kingdom) – Economy and Social Policy
• Stéphane Le Foll (PS, France) – Budget and Territorial Cohesion
• Adrian Severin (PSD, Romania) – Foreign Policy and Defence
• Gianluca Susta (PD, Italy) – Agriculture and Fisheries
• Hannes Swoboda (SPÖ, Austria) – Parliamentary Affairs and Relations with International Organisations
• Marita Ulvskog (SAP, Sweden) – Sustainable Development and Competition

Previous Vice-Presidents of the group for the 2004-2009 term were as follows:

• Harlem Désir (PS, France)^[30]
• Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop (PSOE, Spain)^[30]
• Robert Goebbels (LSAP, Luxembourg)^[30]
• Linda McAvan (Labour Party, UK)^[30]
• Pasqualina Napolitano (Sinistra Democratica, Italy)^[30]
• Hannes Swoboda (SPÖ, Austria)^[30]
• Kristian Vigenin (BSP, Bulgaria)^[30]
• Jan Marinus Wiersma (PvdA, Netherlands)^[30]

Treasurers[link]

Current/previous Treasurers of the group are as follows:

• Magda Kósáné Kovács (Hungary, MSZP)^[30]

Secretaries General[link]

Current/previous Secretaries General of the group are as follows:

• Manfred Michel (West Germany)c1970-c1985
• Paolo Falcone (Italy)c1986-1989
• Julian Priestley (UK)1989-1994
• Joan Prat (Spain)1994-1999 (Deputy Sec Gen Richard Corbett UK)
• Christine Verger (France)1999-2004
• David Harley (UK)2004-2006
• Anna Colombo (Italy)^[30] since 2006

MEPs[link]

MEPs from the following parties sit in the group:^[33]

The S&D has MEPs from 27 states, including 24 with more than one MEP (in red) and three with one MEP each (pink).

State	National party	European party	MEPs 2004-2009	MEPs 2009-2014
Austria	Social Democratic Party of Austria	PES	7	4
Belgium	Socialist Party	PES	4	3
Belgium	Socialist Party Different	PES	3	2
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Socialist Party	PES	5	4
Cyprus	Movement for Social Democracy	PES	0	1
Cyprus	Democratic Party	None	N/A	1
Czech Republic	Czech Social Democratic Party	PES	2	7
Denmark	Social Democrats	PES	5	4
Estonia	Social Democratic Party	PES	3	1
Finland	Social Democratic Party	PES	3	2
France	Socialist Party	PES	31	14
Germany	Social Democratic Party of Germany	PES	24	23
Greece	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	PES	8	8
Hungary	Hungarian Socialist Party	PES	9	4
Ireland	Labour Party	PES	1	3
Italy	Democratic Party	None[34]	8	21
Italy	Democratic Left	None	3	0
Italy	Italian Socialist Party[35]	PES	4	0
Latvia	National Harmony Party	None	0	1
Lithuania	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	PES	2	3
Luxembourg	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	PES	1	1
Malta	Labour Party	PES	3	4
Netherlands	Labour Party	PES	7	3
Poland	Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union	PES	5	7
Poland	Social Democratic Party of Poland	None	3	0
Portugal	Socialist Party	PES	12	7
Romania	Social Democratic Party	PES	10	11
Slovakia	Direction – Social Democracy	PES	3	5
Slovenia	Social Democrats	PES	1	2
Spain	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	PES	24	21
Sweden	Swedish Social Democratic Party	PES	5	5
United Kingdom	Labour Party	PES	19	13
Total			215	184

References[link]

External links[link]

• Socialists & Democrats Group website

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