Greater Cooch Behar Democratic Party
The Greater Cooch Behar Democratic Party (GCBDP) is a political party based in the northern regions of West Bengal, India. The party advocates for the creation of a separate state, termed Greater Cooch Behar. It was established in 2006 following a split from the Greater Cooch Behar People's Association (GCPA). History The GCBDP was formed when internal disagreements led to a division within the GCPA. Ashutosh Barma became the president of the newly formed party. Bangshibadan Barman, who was the general secretary of the GCPA and incarcerated at the time, chose to support the GCBDP during the split and joined the party. Alliances The GCBDP has collaborated with the Kamtapur Progressive Party, which also seeks the creation of a separate Kamtapur state. An alliance among three regional parties, including GCBDP and the Kamtapur Progressive Party, was announced in March 2008. Despite potential territorial overlaps in their respective statehood demands, the parties agreed to put s ...
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Political Party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. Although List of countries without political parties, some countries have no political parties, this is extremely rare. Most countries have Multi-party system, several parties while others One-party state, only have one. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually Democracy, democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that Government, governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to ...
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