Rashtriya Lok Dal
The Rashtriya Lok Dal ( Hindi राष्ट्रीय लोक दल , "National People's Party", RLD ) is an Indian regional party in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh .
Programmatic orientation and party history
The Rashtriya Lok Dal is the successor of the former Bharatiya Lok Dal (BLD), a party of the middle landowning peasants and the backward castes ( "remaining box ") of northern India, led by former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Indian Prime Minister Charan Singh in 1975 Founded. In 1977 the BLD was absorbed into the Janata Party , was re-established as Lok Dal in 1979 after its disintegration and then merged with other parties to form the Janata Dal in 1989 . The RLD invokes the legacy of Charan Singh. Singh's son Ajit Singh founded the Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party (BKKP) in September 1996 . This merged in 1998 together with parts of the remaining Lok Dal to form Rashtriya Lok Dal. Since then, Ajit Singh has been the party leader of the RLD. The party is very much tailored to his person and is directed by him. The RLD advocates the creation of a new state, Harit Pradesh, from the western parts of Uttar Pradesh, where the party has its main focus. Above all, she sees herself as a representative of the interests of small farmers in Uttar Pradesh. The main political opponents in regional elections in Uttar Pradesh are the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party .
In the all-India parliamentary elections in 2004 , the RLD formed an electoral alliance with the Samajwadi Party and won three parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh. In the Indian parliamentary elections in 2009 , Rashtriya Lok Dal formed an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and won five of the 80 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh. In November 2011, however, RLD left the NDA and joined the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by the Indian Congress Party . As a result, the RLD party leader Ajit Singh became Minister for Civil Aviation in the Manmohan Singh II cabinet . The RLD also competed in the Indian parliamentary elections in 2014 as part of the UPA, but was unable to win a single constituency.
On March 10, 2014, the former leader of the Samajwadi Party (SP) Amar Singh , who had been expelled from the SP in 2012 because of anti-party activities, joined the RJD.
Previous election results
The following table shows the electoral districts (mandates) won in elections to the Lok Sabha and in elections to the parliament of Uttar Pradesh.
| year | choice | Parliament seats |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 |
 Election for Lok Sabha 1999
|
2/543 |
| 2002 |
 Parliamentary election in Uttar Pradesh 2002 |
14/403 |
| 2004 |
Election for Lok Sabha 2004
|
3/543 |
| 2007 |
Parliamentary election in Uttar Pradesh 2007 |
10/403 |
| 2009 |
Election for Lok Sabha 2009
|
5/543 |
| 2012 |
Parliamentary election in Uttar Pradesh 2012 |
9/403 |
| 2014 |
Election for Lok Sabha 2014
|
0/543 |
| 2017 |
Parliamentary election in Uttar Pradesh 2017 |
1/403 |
Web links
- Party website (English / Hindi / Urdu)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Our Inspiration: Chaudhary Charan Singh. rashtriyalokdal.com, accessed March 28, 2014 .
- ^ BKKP, RLD merge with Lok Dal. tribuneindia.com, accessed March 28, 2014 .
- ↑ Our President - Chaudhary Ajit Singh. rashtriyalokdal.com, accessed March 28, 2014 .
- ↑ a b J P Shukla: RLD leaders upset over poll pact. The Hindu, March 3, 2004, accessed March 28, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Amar Singh, Jaya Prada join Rashtriya Lok Dal. The Hindustan Times, March 10, 2014, accessed March 28, 2014 .
- ^ Vote for modern RLD-Cong, not backward BSP and SP, says Chaudhary Ajit Singh. The Hindustan Times, February 26, 2012, accessed March 28, 2014 .
- ↑ UP govt most corrupt: Ajit Singh. rashtriyalokdal.com, February 9, 2011, accessed March 28, 2014 .
- ^ Election Results - Full Statistical Reports. Indian Election Commission, accessed October 12, 2014 (English, election results of all Indian elections to the Lok Sabha and the parliaments of the states since independence).