It served as the "constructive opposition" against the ruling People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan.
The party was founded by a group of activists on 20 March 1992, on the eve of the Navruz holiday, and was officially registered with the Ministry of Justice.
The party's stated platform was for "the development of [the] economic and spiritual independence of Uzbekistan on the basis of a free market economy, to influence the step-by-step development and improvement of a democratic civil society, to protect the interests of the intelligentsia, entrepreneurs and dekhans, [and] to protect the interests and stimulate the development of private owners and promote their reliable protection.
The Progress of the Fatherland Party (VTP) ran 141 candidates on a platform of pursuing "economic reforms at a faster pace.
The leaderships of the VTP and the Self-Sacrifice National Democratic Party began negotiations in early 2000 on merging because of similar political views and ideology.