The Plurals Party (often known by the abbreviated name Plurals, TPP, दप्पा) is an Indian political party founded in the state of

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

by Pushpam Priya Choudhary, alumna of the

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and

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, whose central policies include

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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

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and Grand Alliance of

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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 has been serving as the 22nd chief minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. He is Bihar's longest ...

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 (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997 with a brief interruption in 1995 and as the union minister for Railways from 2004 to 2009. He is the founder and president o ...

regime. The party released its manifesto titled "Bihar Total Transformation: 8 diśā 8 pahar" on 17th October 2020 signed by its president Pushpam Priya Choudhary, and which focussed on revolutionary development of the state.

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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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 and

Bisfi Bisfi is a village and the headquarters of Bisfi block in the Madhubani district of North Bihar, India. It is about 26 kms from the district headquarter of Madhubani. It is the birthplace of Maithili poet Vidyapati. Description Bisfi is a hi ...

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 209,417.

Party Candidates Performance 2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

The Plurals Party has announced that it will contest the 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections on all 243 seats.

References

External links

Official website
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