Political parties are organized groups of individuals who share broadly similar political ideas, values and objectives and seek to acquire and exercise political power through constitutional and electoral means. They constitute an essential institution of modern democratic governance because they connect citizens with the government, articulate public interests and provide an organized mechanism for political participation. In the context of Development Administration, political parties have an important role in determining development priorities, mobilizing resources and influencing the formulation and implementation of development policies. The basic objective of political parties is to secure political power through elections and use that power to implement their programmes and policies. Parties perform several important functions in a democratic political system. First, they aggregate diverse interests existing in society and convert them into coherent policy demands. In developing societies, where interests relating to caste, class, region, language, gender, rural development and economic opportunities may differ considerably, political parties provide a platform for articulating and reconciling these interests. Second, political parties perform the function of political recruitment and leadership formation. They identify and train individuals for