Rashtriya Lok Dal ( RLD; ) is an Indian

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. It was founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh, son of the former

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, Chaudhary Charan Singh in 1996 as a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal.

History

Ajit Singh was re-elected in 1996 as a Congress candidate but resigned from the party and Lok Sabha. He then founded Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party and was re-elected from Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency, Baghpat in 1997 by-election. In 1999, he relaunched his party with the name Rashtriya Lok Dal. While Singh lost the 1998 election and was re-elected in 1999, 2004 and 2009. From 2001 to 2003, he was Minister of Agriculture (India), Minister of Agriculture in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government. After his party joined the ruling United Progressive Alliance in 2011, he was Ministry of Civil Aviation (India), Minister of Civil Aviation from December 2011 to May 2014. In 2019 Indian general election, he contested from Muzaffarnagar (Lok Sabha constituency), Muzaffarnagar but lost to Sanjeev Balyan of BJP by a very small margin of 6526 votes. RLD could not make any strong presence from 2014 to 2022, even losing its traditional seats. On the other hand, the party was able to win nine of 33 seats in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election which it contested in alliance with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh which gave boost to the party life.

RLD party office bearers

* National President - Jayant Singh * National Vice President - Dr. Yashveer Singh * National General Secretary (Organization)- Trilok Tyagi * National General Secretary- * K.P. Choudhary * Abdul Sagir Khan * Sukhveer Singh Gathina * Malook Nagar * Girish Kumar Chaudhary * Rajendra Sharma * Munshi Ram * Chandan Chauhan * State President, Uttar Pradesh - Ramashish Rai * Nari Shakti Sangathan (RLD) National President - Manisha Ahlawat * State President Chatrasabha, Uttar Pradesh - Aman Pandey

Electoral history

Lok Sabha (Lower House)

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)

Legislative members

Rajyasabha members (MPs)

Lok sabha members (MPs)

Vidhan sabha members (MLAs)

Vidhan parishad members (MLCs)

List of ministers in union government

List of ministers in state governments

1. Rajasthan

2. Uttar Pradesh

State Leadership

The Rashtriya Lok Dal has state units in Jharkhand, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and other states.

References

External links

* * https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rld-sp-join-bharat-jodo-yatra-baghpat-up-8361713/ {{National Democratic Alliance , state=collapsed Rashtriya Lok Dal, Political parties in India Janata Parivar Political parties established in 1996 1996 establishments in India Janata Dal Bharatiya Lok Dal Member parties of the National Democratic Alliance