In the last 75 years, the Indian political system has gonethrough various changes and transition phases, the clear impact of which can beseen in the Indian party system. The existence of the Congress as an importantnational party after independence, both at the national and state levels, inwhat Rajni Kothari termed the 'Congress System' (1952-1967). Morris-Jonesdescribed the 1950–‐1967 phase in similar terms as "coexistence withcompetition but without a trace of alternative". 1977 marked the beginningof the end of the 'Congress system' by Rajni Kothari, which had been facingchallenges since 1967, when Congress lost power in eight states for the firsttime. The main reasons behind this were the rise of opposition and regionalparties, allegations of corruption and scams, preference for seniority anddynasty over talent, the dominance of the Nehru-Gandhi family, failure toattract youth and the Modi wave etc. Along with this, various parties andregional parties started emerging in the opposition, which changed the Indianparty system towards a multi-party system. In this form, BJP emerged as animportant national party, which completely changed the party system afterwinning the national elections in 2014 and 2019. Some thinkers argue that 2014marks the beginning of India's fourth party system—the first three-party systemin the Congress system (1950–77), the second transitional phase (1977–89) whenthe dominance of the Congress was challenged, Third, the emergence and newphase of a bipolar party system in the 1990s. Can we compare BJP dominance withthe 'Congress System'? What are the similarities and dissimilarities in this?What are the reasons behind the decline of 'Congress System'? All thesequestions will be discussed in detail.

Keywords - Parties, Elections, PartySystem, Democracy, Congress System and BJP dominance.