The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was a centre-left alliance of political parties in India formed after the 2004 general election. In India it was considered to be rival of NDA government in formation of government at Centre. The most influential party of the UPA alliance was the Indian National Congress. Sonia Gandhi was chairperson of the UPA. It formed a government with support from some other parties in 2004. Former members (members till dissolution) PartyBase state1 Indian National Congress National Party2 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Tamil Nadu, Puducherry4Shiv Sena (UBT)Maharashtra, Dadra and Nagar Haveli5 Nationalist Congress Party Maharashtra6 Rashtriya Janata Dal Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala7 Indian Union Muslim League Kerala8 Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Jammu and Kashmir9 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand10 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Tamil Nadu11Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Kerala12 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Tamil Nadu13Assam Jatiya Parishad Assam14Goa Forward PartyGoa15Kerala CongressKerala16Revolutionary Marxist Party of IndiaKerala17Anchalik Gana MorchaAssam18Kerala Congress (Jacob)Kerala19Nationalist Congress KeralaKerala20Peasants and Workers Party of IndiaMaharashtra20Independent None TotalIndia
Members left before dissolution PartyBase StateWithdrawal DateReason for Withdrawal TRS Telangana 2006 Differences over proposed statehood for TelanganaTRS withdraws support to the UPA. MDMK Tamil Nadu 2007 Allied with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led FrontVaiko withdraws support. Retrieved 26 March 2007. BSP National Party 2008 Congress opposed the UP government where the BSP was the ruling party JKPDP Jammu and Kashmir 2009 Congress decided to support National Conference Government in Jammu and KashmirPDP withdraws from UPA, The Indian Express. 5 January 2009 PMK Tamil Nadu 2009 PMK declared that it would join the AIADMK led front AIMIM Telangana 2012 Accused Congress led State Government of Communalism AITC West Bengal 2012 TMC's demands on rollbacks and reforms not met, including the governments decision to allow FDI in retail JVM(P) Jharkhand 2012 Opposition to the governments decision to allow FDI in retail SJ(D) Kerala 2014 It merged with Janata Dal (United) on 29 December 2014. JD(U) Bihar 2017 Joined NDA JD(S) Karnataka 2019 Left the alliance after the fall of H. D. Kumaraswamy government.
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External links 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