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. In 1983, Rashtriya Congress joined an alliance United Front, comprising

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, Congress (Secular) and Democratic Socialist Party. On 21 October 1984, Rashtriya Congress merged into Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Party, a new party formed by merging Rashtriya Congress,

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, Democratic Socialist Party of

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and some members of

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