Economic Realities and the Future of Indian Business Daniel Thorner (1) Party, Business, and Government FROM 1947 to 1956 there has been an uninterrupted Congress party regime at the Centre (i e, New Delhi), and in every one of the states, with the single exception of the short-lived Congress- supported Praja-Socialist cabinet of Pattom Thanu Pillai in Travancore- Cochin in 1954.