Rashtriya Lok Dal

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Rashtriya Lok Dal (Template:Small RLD) is an Indian regional political party in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. It was founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh, son of the former prime minister of India, Chaudhary Charan Singh in 1996 as a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal.<ref>BKKP, RLD merge with Lok Dal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

Ajit Singh was re-elected in 1996 as a Congress candidate but resigned from the party and Lok Sabha. He then founded Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party and was re-elected from Baghpat in 1997 by-election.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1999, he relaunched his party with the name Rashtriya Lok Dal.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> While Singh lost the 1998 election and was re-elected in 1999, 2004 and 2009. From 2001 to 2003, he was Minister of Agriculture in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After his party joined the ruling United Progressive Alliance in 2011, he was Minister of Civil Aviation from December 2011 to May 2014.<ref name="bio" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2019 Indian general election, he contested from Muzaffarnagar but lost to Sanjeev Balyan of BJP by a very small margin of 6526 votes.<ref name="bio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

RLD could not make any strong presence from 2014 to 2022, even losing its traditional seats.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On the other hand, the party was able to win nine of 33 seats in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election which it contested in alliance with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh which gave boost to the party life.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2024 Indian general election, the party joined the Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance and it won both the seats from which it contested in alliance (Bijnor and Baghpat).

RLD party office bearers

  • National President - Jayant Singh
  • National Vice President - Dr. Yashveer Singh
  • National General Secretary (Organization)- Trilok Tyagi
  • National General Secretary-
  • K.P. Choudhary
  • Abdul Sagir Khan
  • Sukhveer Singh Gathina
  • Malook Nagar
  • Girish Kumar Chaudhary
  • Rajendra Sharma
  • Munshi Ram
  • Chandan Chauhan
  • State President, Uttar Pradesh - Ramashish Rai
  • Nari Shakti Sangathan (RLD) National President - Manisha Ahlawat
  • State President Chatrasabha, Uttar Pradesh - Aman Pandey

Electoral history

Lok Sabha (Lower House)

style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |Term style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |Indian
General Election 		style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |Seats
contested 		style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Seats
won 		style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |% of
votes
12th Lok Sabha 1998 8 0 -
13th Lok Sabha 1999 7 2 0.37%
14th Lok Sabha 2004 10 3 0.63%
15th Lok Sabha 2009 7 5 0.44%
16th Lok Sabha 2014 8 0 0.13%
17th Lok Sabha 2019 3 0<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 0.24%
18th Lok Sabha 2024 2 2 0.14%

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)

style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |Term style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |
Assembly Election 		style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |Seats
contested 		style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |Seats
won 		style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |% of
votes
13th Legislative assembly 1996 38 8 2.13%
14th Legislative assembly 2002 38 14 2.65%
15th Legislative assembly 2007 254 10 1.95%
16th Legislative assembly 2012 46 9 2.33%
17th legislative assembly 2017 171 1 1.71%
18th Legislative assembly 2022 33 9 2.85%

Legislative members

Rajyasabha members (MPs)

style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |No. style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Name colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Term in office colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Constituency
1 Jayant Chaudhary 5 July 2022 Incumbent Uttar Pradesh

Lok sabha members (MPs)

style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |No. style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Name colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Term in office colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Constituency
1 Dr.Rajkumar Sangwan 4 June 2024 Incumbent Baghpat
Uttar Pradesh
2 Chandan Singh Chauhan 4 June 2024 Incumbent Bijnor
Uttar Pradesh

Vidhan sabha members (MLAs)

style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |No. style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |Name colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Term in office style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |Constituency style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |State
1 Dr. Subhash Garg 11 December 2018 Incumbent Bharatpur Rajasthan
2 Rajpal Singh Baliyan 10 March 2022 Incumbent Budhana Uttar Pradesh
3 Persann Chaudhary 10 March 2022 Incumbent Shamli
4 Dr. Ajay Kumar Tomar 10 March 2022 Incumbent Chhaprauli
5 Pradeep Chaudhary "Guddu" 10 March 2022 Incumbent Sadabad
6 Ghulam Mohammad 10 March 2022 Incumbent Siwalkhas
7 Ashraf Ali Khan 10 March 2022 Incumbent Thana Bhawan
8 Mithlesh Pal 23 November 2024 (by-election) Incumbent Meerapur
9 Anil Kumar 10 March 2022 Incumbent Purqazi
10 Madan Bhaiya 6 November 2022 (by-election) Incumbent Khatauli

Vidhan parishad members (MLCs)

style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |No. style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |Name colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Term in office style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |Constituency style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |State
1 Yogesh Choudhary 6 May 2024 Incumbent elected by Legislative assembly member's Uttar Pradesh

List of ministers in union government

Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white"|No. Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white"|Photo Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white"|Portfolio Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white"|Name
(Lifespan) 		Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white"|Assumed office Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white"|Left office Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white"|Duration Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white"|Constituency
(House) 		rowspan=2 colspan=2 Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white"|[[Prime Minister of India|Template:White]]
1 Minister of Agriculture Chaudhary Ajit Singh
(1939Template:Ndash2021) 		22 July
2001 		24 May
2003 		Template:Ayd Baghpat
(Lok Sabha) 		Atal Bihari Vajpayee Template:Party color cell
Minister of Civil Aviation 18 December
2011 		26 May
2014 		Template:Ayd Manmohan Singh Template:Party color cell
2 Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
(Template:Abbr) 		Jayant Chaudhary
(1978Template:Ndash) 		10 June
2024 		Incumbent Template:Ayd Uttar Pradesh
(Rajya Sabha) 		Narendra Modi Template:Party color cell
Minister of Education
(Template:Abbr)

List of ministers in state governments

1. Rajasthan

Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |No. Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Name colspan="2" Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Term in office Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Portfolio colspan="2" Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Chief Minister
1 Subhash Garg 2018 2023
  • State Minister of Technical Education (I.C.)
  • Ayurveda & Indian Medicines (I.C.)
  • Public Grivences & Redressal (I.C.)
  • Minority Affairs Waqf
  • Colonisation Agriculture Command Area
  • Development & Water Utilisation
 Ashok Gehlot

2. Uttar Pradesh

Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" |No. Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Name colspan="2" Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Term in office Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Portfolio colspan="2" Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white" | Chief Minister
1 Anil Kumar 2024 Incumbent Cabinet Minister of Science & Technology Yogi Adityanath

State Leadership

The Rashtriya Lok Dal has state units in Jharkhand, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and other states.

Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white"| State Style="background-color:Template:Party color;color:white"|State President
Uttar Pradesh Ramashish Rai
Rajasthan Joginder Singh Awana
Haryana Jagjit Singh Sangwan
Delhi Rajneesh Malik
Jharkhand D P Lala
Jammu and Kashmir Dr. Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh
Maharashtra Sudhir Raut
Gujarat K. Praveen Singh Jadeja
Uttarakhand Rajendra Pant

See also

References

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