Explained: Why did TMC, NCP, CPI lose national party status?

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has stripped the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) of their ‘national party’ status, while granting the coveted tag to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The

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