The Plurals Party (often known by the abbreviated name Plurals, TPP, दप्पा) is an

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political party founded in the state of

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 ...

by Pushpam Priya Choudhary, alumna of the

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and

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, whose central policies include employment,

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, healthcare,

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, industrialisation, urban centres and capabilities inclusion of people and the

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. Plurals started its political journey by contesting

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 20 ...

against the

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and

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal P ...

and Grand Alliance of Rashtriya Janata Dal,

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and several

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parties.

History

Formation

The party was founded on 8 March 2020 by Pushpam Priya Choudhary, who was projected by the party as

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candidate for

and former civil servant Anupam Kumar Suman who was posted as the special secretary of the

Chief Minister

Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician, who is serving as Chief Minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previous held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. The leader of the Janata Dal (Unit ...

before his resignation, who later joined as the

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of the party.

Election Campaign

Pushpam Priya Choudhary travelled across the state and raised the issues of closed industries, unproductive agriculture, ruined heritage and

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with the party campaign of "Let’s Open Bihar" and "30 Years Lockdown". She pointed out the underdevelopment of the state in the post-globalisation phase after 1990, which is also synchronised with the

Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He is a former Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997), a former Railway Minister of India (2004-2009), and a former Member of Parliame ...

regime.

Bihar Assembly Elections

The party made its electoral debut in the

and contested all 243 seats. As the party opposed the politics of caste and religion following its pluralistic ideology, it declared its candidate’s name while mentioning their

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(

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etc) as their caste and their religion as ‘ Bihari’. Many of the nominations of its candidates were rejected, which the party opposed vehemently. All party candidates who contested the elections lost, including party president Pushpam Priya Choudhary who contested from

Bankipur Bankipur is a neighbourhood and residential area in Patna, in the Indian state of Bihar. It is located on the bank of the river Ganges. The prime attraction is the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library built by Khan Bahadur Khuda Bakhsh in 1891 an ...

and

Bisfi Bisfi is a mandal in the Madhubani district of Bihar, India. It is the birthplace of Vidyapati Vidyapati ( – 1460), also known by the sobriquet ''Maithil Kavi Kokil'' (the poet cuckoo of Maithili language, Maithili), was a Maithili l ...

constituencies. Party members finally contested on 148 seats including those declared independent because of the delay in party registration. Total vote secured by the candidates on these seats was 2,09,417.

Party Candidates Performance 2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

References

External links

Official website
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