Grouping of Rural and Independent Chadians was a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Chad

Chad

Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...

. The party was founded in 1956, when the Gountchomé Sahoulba-led faction broke away from the Chadian Social Action

Chadian Social Action

The Chadian Social Action was an African political party founded in 1953 in Colonial Chad. It was born as an offshoot of the Chadian Democratic Union , and like the mother party it represented French commercial interest and Muslim and African traditional chiefs...

. The party mainly represented interests of traditional chiefs from southern Chad.

The party was in alliance with the Chadian Progressive Party

Chadian Progressive Party

The Chadian Progressive Party was the first African political party created in Chad, active from 1947 to 1973...

 (PPT), but broke this alliance and joined the Chadian Socialist Union, a bloc of anti-PPT parties. Later this group evolved into the African National Party

African National Party

African National Party was a political party in Chad. PNA was founded on January 30, 1960, through the merger remnants of four parties based in the Muslim-dominated northern Chad; African Socialist Movement, Chadian Social Action, Independent Democratic Union of Chad and Grouping of Rural and...

. The erstwhile GIRT leader Djibrine Kerallah became the vice chair of the African National Party.