Rashtriya Lok Dal
Rashtriya Lok Dal | |
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Abbreviation | RLD |
Chairperson | Jayant Chaudhary[1] |
Founder | Ajit Singh |
Founded | 1996; 28 years ago (1996) |
Split from | Janata Dal |
Preceded by | Lok Dal |
Headquarters | AB 97, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi, 110011 |
Ideology | Secularism[2] Regionalism[3] Jats upliftment[4] Farmers' rights[5] |
ECI Status | Unrecognised party[6] |
Alliance | Current
Previously
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Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 543 |
Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 245 |
Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | 9 / 403 |
Seats in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | 1 / 200 |
Number of states and union territories in government | 2 / 31 |
Election symbol | |
Party flag | |
Website | |
www.rashtriyalokdal.com | |
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Rashtriya Lok Dal (abbreviated as RLD) (translation: National People's Party) is an Indian regional political party in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. It was founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh, son of the former prime minister of India, Chaudhary Charan Singh in 1996 as a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal.[7][8]
History
Ajit Singh was re-elected in 1996 as a Congress candidate but resigned from the party and Lok Sabha. He then founded Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party and was re-elected from Baghpat in 1997 by-election.[9][10]
In 1999, he relaunched his party with the name Rashtriya Lok Dal.[10][11] While Singh lost the 1998 election and was re-elected in 1999, 2004 and 2009. From 2001 to 2003, he was Minister of Agriculture in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government.[12][verification needed] After his party joined the ruling United Progressive Alliance in 2011, he was Minister of Civil Aviation from December 2011 to May 2014.[12][13] In 2019 Indian general election, he contested from Muzaffarnagar but lost to Sanjeev Balyan of BJP by a very small margin of 6526 votes.[12][14]
RLD could not make any strong presence from 2014 to 2022, even losing its traditional seats.[15][16] On the other hand, the party was able to win nine of 33 seats in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election which it contested in alliance with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh which gave boost to the party life.[17][18]
RLD party office bearers
- National President - Jayant Singh
Electoral history
Lok Sabha (Lower House)
Term | Indian General Election | Seats contested | Seats won | % of votes |
---|---|---|---|---|
12th Lok Sabha | 1998 | 8 | 0 | - |
13th Lok Sabha | 1999 | 7 | 2 | 0.37% |
14th Lok Sabha | 2004 | 10 | 3 | 0.63% |
15th Lok Sabha | 2009 | 7 | 5 | 0.44% |
16th Lok Sabha | 2014 | 8 | 0 | 0.13% |
17th Lok Sabha | 2019 | 3 | 0[19] | 0.24% |
Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)
Term | Assembly Election | Seats contested | Seats won | % of votes |
---|---|---|---|---|
13th Legislative assembly | 1996 | 38 | 8 | 2.13% |
14th Legislative assembly | 2002 | 38 | 14 | 2.65% |
15th Legislative assembly | 2007 | 254 | 10 | 1.95% |
16th Legislative assembly | 2012 | 46 | 9 | 2.33% |
17th legislative assembly | 2017 | 171 | 1 | 1.71% |
18th Legislative assembly | 2022 | 33 | 9 | 5.18% |
Legislative members
Rajyasabha members (MPs)
No. | Name | Term in office | Constituency | ||
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1 | Jayant Chaudhary | 25 May 2021 | Incumbent | Uttar Pradesh |
Vidhan sabha members (MLAs)
No. | Name | Constituency | State |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dr. Subhash Garg | Bharatpur | Rajasthan |
2 | Rajpal Singh Baliyan | Budhana | Uttar Pradesh |
3 | Persann Chaudhary | Shamli | |
4 | Ajay Kumar | Chhaprauli | |
5 | Pradeep Kumar Singh | Sadabad | |
6 | Ghulam Mohammad | Siwalkhas | |
7 | Ashraf Ali Khan | Thana Bhawan | |
8 | Chandan Chauhan | Meerapur | |
9 | Anil Kumar | Purqazi | |
10 | Madan Bhaiya | Khatauli |
List of ministers in union government
No. | Name | Term in office | Portfolio | Prime Minister | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chaudhary Ajit Singh | 22 July 2001 | 24 May 2003 | Minister of Agriculture | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
18 December 2011 | 26 May 2014 | Minister of Civil Aviation | Manmohan Singh |
List of ministers in state governments
1. Rajasthan
No. | Name | Term in office | Portfolio | Chief Minister | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Subhash Garg | 2018 | 2023 | State Minister of Technical Education (I.C.), Ayurveda & Indian Medicines (I.C.), Public Grivences & Redressal (I.C.), Minority Affairs Waqf, Colonisation Agriculture Command Area, Development & Water Utilisation | Ashok Gehlot |
2. Uttar Pradesh
No. | Name | Term in Office | Portfolio | Chief Minister |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Anil Kumar | 05.03.2024- | Yet to be Allocated | Yogi Adityanath |
See also
- Rashtriya Janata Dal
- Lok Dal (Charan)
- List of political parties in India
References
- ^ "Jayant Chaudhary appointed new RLD president". The Economic Times.
- ^ "Obituary: Ajit Singh Braved All Odds but Never Sacrificed His Secular Ideology". 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Obituary: Ajit Singh Braved All Odds But Never Sacrificed His Secular Ideology". 11 January 2022.
- ^ "RLD: SP, RLD release first list of 29, field 9 Jats & 9 yadavs | Uttar-Pradesh Election News - Times of India". The Times of India. 14 January 2022.[dead link]
- ^ "RLD: SP, RLD release first list of 29, field 9 Jats & 9 yadavs | Uttar-Pradesh Election News - Times of India". The Times of India. 14 January 2022.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Big blow to RLD from Election Commission, snatched the status of state level party Dated 10.04.2023". India: Patrika. 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ BKKP, RLD merge with Lok Dal
- ^ "रालोद के अध्यक्ष चौधरी अजित सिंह का कोरोना से निधन, मेदांता अस्पताल में थे भर्ती". Zee News Hindi (in Hindi). 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Ajit Singh". India Today. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Explained: Jats and the BJP in Uttar Pradesh". The Indian Express. 29 January 2022. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Yadav, Nicholas (6 May 2021). "A Tribute To Chaudhary Ajit Singh". Outlook.
- ^ a b c "Ajit Singh: Age, Biography, Education, Wife, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia". hindi.oneindia.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "RLD leader Ajit Singh sworn-in as Civil Aviation Minister". The Economic Times. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "RLD Chief Ajit Singh Files Nomination from UP's Muzaffarnagar".
- ^ "RLD's political journey comes full circle in 24 years of its existence". The Times of India. 13 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ Scroll Staff (24 May 2019). "2019 results: Ajit Singh and son Jayant Chaudhary of Rashtriya Lok Dal lose close contests in UP". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Ties strained, RLD sends SP a signal: Wants 12 seats in LS polls". The Indian Express. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "U.P. Assembly polls: RLD finds some of its lost mojo in west". The Hindu. 10 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "RLD undeterred by Lok Sabha results". The Economic Times. 26 May 2019. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
External links
- Official website
- https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rld-sp-join-bharat-jodo-yatra-baghpat-up-8361713/
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