Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh

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Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh ( BBM , Marathi भारिप-बहुजन महासंघ ), full name Bharatia Republican Paksha - Bahujan Mahasangh ("Indian Republican Party - Association of the Majority"), abbreviated to "BhaRiPa" is a small party in the Indian state of Maharashtra .

Party history

The party emerged in 1999 as a split from the Republican Party of India . The party founder was Prakash Ambedkar , the grandson of Babasaheb Ambedkar , one of the spiritual fathers of the Indian constitution . BBM's party program is largely identical to that of the Republican Party of India. The starting point are the ideas of Bahaseb Ambedkar to improve the living conditions of the Dalits and a republican secularism . In the past, however, this has not prevented the party from entering into tactical election agreements in Maharashtra with the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena .

In the elections to the parliament of Maharashtra from 1999 to 2014, the BBM achieved between 0.9 and 1.9% of the votes (approx. 380–610,000 votes) and one to three seats in the 288-member parliament. The constituencies were in the Vidarbha region and in the Aurangabad region . The party has only been able to win a constituency in elections to the all-India parliament once, in 1999 (constituency 19-Akola). In the election to the Parliament of Maharashtra 2014, BBM entered into election collusion with the communist parties CPI (M) and CPI , as well as with the Peasants and Workers Party of India , won 473,000 votes (0.89%) and one constituency ( 29-Balapur ) from 288.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh. Retrieved October 23, 2015 (English, website of Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh).
  2. ↑ Lyla Bavadam: 'Education is the only solution.' frotline.in, May 15, 2015, accessed on March 12, 2016 (English).
  3. ↑ Ambedkar backs Shiv Sena. rediff.com, October 13, 2004, accessed October 23, 2015 .
  4. ^ Election Results - Full Statistical Reports. Indian Election Commission, accessed March 12, 2016 .
  5. ↑ End political reservation for SCs, says Ambedkar's grandson Prakash. The Hindu, October 9, 2014, accessed October 28, 2015 .
  6. ^ Election Results - Full Statistical Reports. Indian Election Commission, accessed October 28, 2015 (English, election results of all Indian elections to the Lok Sabha and the parliaments of the states since independence).