Rashtriya Lok Dal
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Rashtriya Lok Dal (translation
:National People's Party) is a political party
in India
. Ajit Singh
is the party president. He is carrying on the political legacy of Charan Singh
and the original Lok Dal..Ch. Charan Singh was a great farmer leader and was a former Prime Minister of India. He is the father of Ajit Singh.
The party commands a heavy influence in the western region of the state of Uttar Pradesh and is often significant in formation of the UP government. From 2002 - 2007, the party had 6 ministers in the UP government and its legislators held many important portfolios.Rashtriya Lok Dal is always committed to protect the rights of landless,poor and farmers.
In 2004 Lok Sabha elections, RLD ran in alliance with the Samajwadi Party
. The party polled 2,463,607 votes and won 3 seats. Under the arrangement with SP, RLD contested seats only in the western part of Uttar Pradesh
traditionally dominated by Jats
.
The party's official electoral symbol is handpump.
In 2009 Lok Sabha elections, RLD ran in alliance with the Bhartiya Janta Party. The party won 5 seats. Under the arrangement with BJP, RLD contested only 7 seats in the western part of Uttar Pradesh traditionally dominated by Jats.
RLD has one member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha.
Translation
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:National People's Party) is 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 India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Ajit Singh
Chaudhary Ajit Singh
Chaudhary Ajit Singh is an Indian politician and a prominent Jat leader from Western Uttar Pradesh. He is the founder and chief of the Rashtriya Lok Dal, a political party recognised in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He was born on 12 February 1939 at village Bhadola in the Meerut District of...
is the party president. He is carrying on the political legacy of Charan Singh
Choudhary Charan Singh
Chaudhary Charan Singh was the fifth Prime Minister of the Republic of India, serving from 28 July 1979 until 14 January 1980.Born into a Jat family in 1902, Charan Singh entered politics as part of the Independence Movement...
and the original Lok Dal..Ch. Charan Singh was a great farmer leader and was a former Prime Minister of India. He is the father of Ajit Singh.
The party commands a heavy influence in the western region of the state of Uttar Pradesh and is often significant in formation of the UP government. From 2002 - 2007, the party had 6 ministers in the UP government and its legislators held many important portfolios.Rashtriya Lok Dal is always committed to protect the rights of landless,poor and farmers.
In 2004 Lok Sabha elections, RLD ran in alliance with the Samajwadi Party
Samajwadi Party
Samajwadi Party is a political party in India. It is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It describes itself as a democratic socialist party...
. The party polled 2,463,607 votes and won 3 seats. Under the arrangement with SP, RLD contested seats only in the western part of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
traditionally dominated by Jats
Jat people
The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...
.
The party's official electoral symbol is handpump.
In 2009 Lok Sabha elections, RLD ran in alliance with the Bhartiya Janta Party. The party won 5 seats. Under the arrangement with BJP, RLD contested only 7 seats in the western part of Uttar Pradesh traditionally dominated by Jats.
Parliament Members
RLD has 5 member of parliament (in 15th Loksabha) i.e.,- Ajit SinghAjit SinghAjit Singh may refer to:* Dekh Bhai Dekh, music composer/singer* Chaudhary Ajit Singh, founder and chief of the political party Rashtriya Lok Dal in Uttar Pradesh, India...
(Baghpat),He belongs to Jat community - Jayant ChaudharyJayant ChaudharyJayant Chaudhary is an Indian politician. He is a the General Secretary of the Rashtriya Lok Dal and a member of Parliament representing Mathura in Uttar Pradesh state in the 15th Lok Sabha....
(Mathura),he is one of the prime-movers on land acquisition issue in the country to protect farmer's interests. - Devendra Nagpal (Amroha),He belongs to KhatriKhatriKhatri is a caste from the northern Indian subcontinent. Khatris in India are mostly from Punjab, region but later they migrated to regions like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber...
community - Smt. Sarika SinghSarika SinghSarika Singh is a Indian politician and member of Lok Sabha. She was elected to 15th Lok Sabha from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh as a candidate of Rashtriya Lok Dal . She is Jatav by caste & Inter caste married to Mr. Devendra Singh Baghel who belongs to Dhangar OBC community.-References:* -External...
(Hathras, SC) She belongs to JatavJatavJatav , also called Jatia, Jatba in the Jammu region Jatoi, is the largest tribe of the Chamar caste in India.-Origin and etymology:...
community & her husband Devendra Singh Baghel belongs to GaderiaGaderiaGaderia is exclusively used for the cattle grazing community of North India. Gaderia, Charvaha, Gwala and Gujar are synonyms of herdsman....
community. - Sanjay Singh Chauhan (Bijnor),He belongs to the Gujjar GujjarThe Gurjar are an ethnic group in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Alternative spellings include Gurjara, Gujar, Gurjjara and Gūrjara. The spelling Gurjara or Gurjar is preferable to the rest....
community his brother B.S. Chauhan is Chief Justice in Supreme court.
RLD has one member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha.
- Mahmood A. Madani represents the third generation legacy of struggle for freedom, equality, social justice and human rights. His grand father, Maulana Syed Hussain Ahmad Madani, the great Scholar of Islamic theology, a teacher of Prophet’s tradition in Prophet’s Mosque at Medina, and in Darul Uloom Deoband, devoted his life to the struggle for freedom.
MLA's
Party's MLA's in 15th Vidhan Sabha (Uttar Pradesh) are :- Dr. Ajay Tomar(Bagpath),He belongs to Jat community
- Dr. Anil ChaudharyHathras(Mahamaya Nagar),He belongs to Jat community
- Abdul Waris khan (Muzaffarnagar)
- Nawab Kokab Hameed Khan (Bagpath),He belongs to MuslimMuslimA Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
RajputRajputA Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...
community - Satya Pal Singh (Aligarh), He belongs to Jat community
- Sathyendra Solanky(Bagpath), He belongs to Jat community
- Puran Prakash (Mathura)
- Madan Bhaiya Kasana, Khekra (Baghpat),He belongs to GujjarGujjarThe Gurjar are an ethnic group in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Alternative spellings include Gurjara, Gujar, Gurjjara and Gūrjara. The spelling Gurjara or Gurjar is preferable to the rest....
community - Smt. Mithalesh Pal (Muzaffarnagar) She belongs to GaderiaGaderiaGaderia is exclusively used for the cattle grazing community of North India. Gaderia, Charvaha, Gwala and Gujar are synonyms of herdsman....
community - Smt. Vimlesh Singh(Aligarh) She belongs to Jat community
External links
- http://www.rashtriyalokdal.com/Official Website
- http://www.faceboom.com/JayantRLD