Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal is a

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. It was founded on 16 August 2016. The Nishad Party was formed for empowerment of

Nishad The Nishad are a Hindu caste, found in the Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. In Bihar, the term refers to a group of around 20 communities whose traditional occupations centred on rivers, such as the Mallaah. There have been demands fo ...

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, Mallah, Sahani,

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, Gond communities whose traditional occupations centred on

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, such as

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. Its founder is Sanjay Nishad, a former member of the

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. According to Nishad, a separate party representing these communities was essential as they had played an integral role in the victories of BSP and

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. The Nishad Party ran 100 candidates in the

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in alliance with

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, the

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and the

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. In the election swept by the BJP, the NISHAD party won only the Gyanpur constituency. Party leader Sanjay Nishad came third in Gorakhpur Rural polling 35,000 votes. For the 2018 by-elections to Phulpur and

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Lok Sabha seats,

united with several smaller parties, including Nishad Party, to extend its social base beyond Yadavs and Muslims. Sanjay Nishad's son,

Praveen Kumar Nishad Praveen Kumar Nishad (born 19 February 1989) is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a member of Lok Sabha from Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh since 2019 elections. He is the son of Sanjay Nishad, founder of th ...

was selected as the Samajwadi candidate in Gorakhpur, where the Nishad community is the second-largest demographic group. In a major upset, Praveen Nishad wrested the seat from BJP, which had not lost the seat since 1989. The victory margin was 21,000 votes. In the recently concluded 2022 UP State Election, Nishad party fought in alliance with BJP and won six seats.

= Election Profomens

Assembly Elections

2022

Election results

2022

NISHAD Party member Vipul Dubey won in the

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, defeating

candidate, Ram Kishore Bind, by a margin of 6231 votes.

References

External links

Official Website
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