Rashtriya Lok Dal | |
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Abbreviation | RLD |
Chairman | Jayant Chaudhary[1] |
Founder | Ajit Singh |
Founded | 1996 |
Split from | Janata Dal |
Preceded by | Lok Dal |
Headquarters | AB 97, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi, 110011 |
Ideology | Jats upliftment[2] Northern India[3] Regionalism[4] Farmers' rights[5] |
ECI Status | Unrecognised party[6] |
Alliance | Current
Previously
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Seats in Lok Sabha | 2 / 543 |
Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 245 |
Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | 9 / 403 |
Seats in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | 1 / 200 |
Number of states and union territories in government | 2 / 31 |
Election symbol | |
Party flag | |
Website | |
www.rashtriyalokdal.com | |
Rashtriya Lok Dal (abbreviated as RLD) (translation: National People's Party) 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.[7][8]
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.[9][10]
In 1999, he relaunched his party with the name Rashtriya Lok Dal.[10][11] 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.[12] After his party joined the ruling United Progressive Alliance in 2011, he was Minister of Civil Aviation from December 2011 to May 2014.[13][14] In 2019 Indian general election, he contested from Muzaffarnagar but lost to Sanjeev Balyan of BJP by a very small margin of 6526 votes.[13][15]
RLD could not make any strong presence from 2014 to 2022, even losing its traditional seats.[16][17] 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.[18][19]
Lok Sabha (Lower House)
Term | Indian General Election |
Seats contested |
Seats won |
% of votes |
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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[20] | 0.24% |
18th Lok Sabha | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0.14% |
Term | Assembly Election |
Seats contested |
Seats won |
% of votes |
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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 | 05.18% |
No. | Name | Term in office | Constituency | ||
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1 | Jayant Chaudhary | 25 May 2021 | Incumbent | Uttar Pradesh |
No. | Name | Constituency | State |
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1 | Dr. Subhash Garg | Bharatpur | Rajasthan |
2 | Rajpal Singh Baliyan | Budhana | Uttar Pradesh |
3 | Persann Chaudhary | Shamli | |
4 | Ajay Kumar | Chhaprauli | |
5 | Pradeep Kumar Singh | Sadabad | |
6 | Ghulam Mohammad | Siwalkhas | |
7 | Ashraf Ali Khan | Thana Bhawan | |
8 | Chandan Chauhan | Meerapur | |
9 | Anil Kumar | Purqazi | |
10 | Madan Bhaiya | Khatauli |
No. | Name | Term in office | Portfolio | Prime Minister | ||
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1 | Chaudhary Ajit Singh | 22 July 2001 | 24 May 2003 | Minister of Agriculture | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
18 December 2011 | 26 May 2014 | Minister of Civil Aviation | Manmohan Singh | |||
2 | Jayant Chaudhary | 7 June 2024 | Incumbent | Minister of State (Independent Charge) For Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Government of India |
Narendra Modi |
No. | Name | Term in office | Portfolio | Chief Minister | ||
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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
No. | Name | Term in Office | Portfolio | Chief Minister |
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1 | Anil Kumar | 05.03.2024- | Ministry of Science & Technology | Yogi Adityanath |