Luckily (for the petty politicians alone) India is a country which upholds multi-party system. It means that there are or CAN BE MANY political parties in our sub continent.
When it is said that there can be many, is there any mention that there should be thousands of political parties or numerous political parties? God knows the reality.
Whatsoever, whether there is an indirect meaning in that statement -politicians alone can see that provision, now the country has a good number of political parties - most of which are sub-political parties.