Democratic Front (India)
Indian political party
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Democratic Front or Maha Aghadi was name of former governing coalition in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Alliance of Indian National Congress and Nationalist Congress Party was called as Maha Aghadi.
Maha Aghadi | |
|---|---|
महा आघाडी Democratic Front | |
| Abbreviation | DF, MA |
| Chairperson | Sharad Pawar |
| Founder | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Dissolved | 2019 |
| Merged into | MVA |
| Ideology | Big tent Factions: Secularism[1][2] Socialism[2] Progressivism[2] Liberalism[3] Nationalism |
| Political position | Center |
| ECI status | State Alliance |
| Alliance | UPA |
Background
The alliance was created post 1999 Maharashtra Assembly Poll results as Congress and NCP contested against each other without a pre-poll alliance but came together to stake claim to form the government. The alliance constituted the Indian National Congress and Nationalist Congress Party. The alliance won the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections of 1999, 2004, 2009 respectively.
