Describe two functions of political parties within congress
Parties provide a cohesive choice for the people in choosing a government, parties are created and try to get themselves elected based on ideology on things like economics, social policy etc.
For most it was feared that it would shift the political balance between the parties.
Members vote at a party caucus before Congress organizes
Most of the state legislators are affiliated with one of the two major parties. The majority party in a state legislature exerts much the same kind of control on state government as do the parties in the US Congress.
Except for the Speaker of the House being from the party that has the most members in the House of Representatives, Congress is not formally organized on the basis of parties. Unfortunately, party loyalty seems to play a very large part informally.
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Members vote at a party caucus before Congress organizes
There were one party that was opposition of the National Congress. The Indian National Congress was the only party.
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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was one of the most prominent leaders of the Congress Party in India. A few years after his death the Congress party split and later several political parties have included the word 'congress' in their names.