Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik); English: People's Rights Party (Democratic) is a

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Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...

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. The party was formed by Indian politician

Pappu Yadav Rajesh Ranjan (born 24 December 1967), better known as Pappu Yadav, is an Indian politician. He won elections to the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Parliament of India) in 1991, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2014 from several constituencies in Bihar ...

in May 2015.

wa a

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from

Madhepura Madhepura is a municipality in Madhepura district in the Indian state of Bihar. It stands at the centre of Kosi ravine, It was called ''Madhyapura-'' a place centrally situated which was subsequently transformed as Madhipura into present Madhep ...

and was expelled from

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

for years due to anti-party activities. The party was launched just before

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Legislative Assembly election was held over five-phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015. In April 2015, the Janata Parivar group (a group ...

. Pappu Yadav campaigned against Nitish- Lalu Alliance.

2015 Bihar Elections

Jan Adhikar Party (L) fought on 64 seats as part of Socialist Secular Morcha which comprises

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as well. With a ...

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, National People's Party, Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic and

Samras Samaj Party Samras Samaj Party (SSP) is a former political party in Bihar. SSP was a splinter faction of Janata Dal (United) (JDU). The leader of SSP is Nagmani. In September 2015, the leaders of six parties Samajwadi Party, Nationalist Congress Party, ...

.Madhepura MP Pappu Yadav expelled from RJD, may join hands with BJP , Zee News
Zeenews.india.com (7 May 2015). Retrieved on 2015-07-28.Pappu Yadav launches new party , Business Line
Thehindubusinessline.com (9 June 2015). Retrieved on 2015-07-28. The party was not able to win a single seat in

and collected 1.04% of vote in the election.

2020 Bihar Elections

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provided new symbol 'scissors' in Bihar Assembly Election 2020. JAP(L) contested under

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External links

Official Website of Rajesh Ranjan (Pappu Yadav)

Official Website of Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)

References

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