The Rashtriya Swabhiman Party (RSP) is a

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, previously known as Lok Parivartan Party (LPP). Some of the members from the group are related to the Bahujan Samaj Swabhiman Sangharsh Samiti (BS-4). LPP was formed by R.K. Chowdhury and B.R. Verma (former speaker in the

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assembly), two leading members of

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, (BSP). However, Chowdhury was forced out of BSP in 1998. BS-4/RSP claim to represent the political current of

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, and claim that Kanshi Ram is more or less held captive by current Bahujan Samaj Party supremo

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. In the 2002

state legislative assembly elections, LPP contested as an ally on

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, (BJP). BJP allotted two seats for LPP, and one elected for Chowdhury. It merged with Congress on 5 April 2019.

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