Rashtriya Samaj Paksha

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{{Short description|Political party in Maharashtra, India}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox Indian Political Party
|party_name = Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSP)
|colorcode = {{party color|Rashtriya Samaj Paksha}}
|leader = [[Mahadev Jankar]]
|president = S.L.Akkisagar (former)<br>[[Mahadev Jankar]] ([[incumbent]])
|founder = [[Mahadev Jankar]]
|alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] (2014 – present)
|headquarters = 17, Raghunath Dadoji Street, [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]] - 400 001
|state_seats_name = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
|state_seats = {{Composition bar|1|288|{{party color|Rashtriya Samaj Paksha}}}}
|state2_seats_name = [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
|state2_seats = {{Composition bar|1|78|{{party color|Rashtriya Samaj Paksha}}}}
|eci =
|website={{URL|http://rashtriyasamaj.org}}
|National General_secretary= Kumar sushil
}}
'''Rashtriya Samaj Paksha''' ("National Society Party") is an Indian political party based in [[Maharashtra]], founded in 2003. [[Mahadev Jankar]] was the founder and President of the party. Prabodhankar Govindram Shurnar from Nanded has been working as a social worker for their society since 1994. They met Mahadev Jankar at a program in Mumbai. After that, Mahadev Jankar started work in Marathwada with the cooperation of Govindram Shurnar. Mahadev Jankar was a BSP Candidate of the Lok Sabha election in 1998 from Nanded and received approximately 20,000 votes. Mr. Govindram was responsible person for that election.

In the 2004 Maharashtra Assembly elections, the party fielded 38 candidates and received 144,758 votes, 0.35% of all votes. In the 2004 [[Lok Sabha]] elections, the party fielded 12 candidates in Maharashtra and one in the Karnataka state. The party received 146,571 votes, 0.04% of all the votes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-04-03|title=Votes Polled by Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSPS) in 2004: Indian General Elections|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionstats/votespolled/2004/RSPS.html|access-date=2021-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403010357/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionstats/votespolled/2004/RSPS.html|archive-date=3 April 2012}}</ref> In the 2009 Loksabha elections, they fielded 29 candidates in Maharashtra, two in Assam, one in Gujarat, and one in Karnataka, being 23rd in many candidates.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-07-11|title=Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSPS) Candidates contesting for 2009 General Elections|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/candidatelist09/RSPS.html|access-date=2021-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711082700/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/candidatelist09/RSPS.html|archive-date=11 July 2013}}</ref> They received 190,743 votes in Maharashtra and 201,065 in total. Mahadeo Jankar stood against [[Sharad Pawar]] and Subhash Deshmukh in [[Madha]] and received 10.76% of the votes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-11-05|title=Pawar gets over 3.14 lakh victory margin - Times Of India|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-17/pune/28202161_1_ls-polls-sharad-pawar-pwp-leader-ganpatrao-deshmukh|access-date=2021-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105023911/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-17/pune/28202161_1_ls-polls-sharad-pawar-pwp-leader-ganpatrao-deshmukh|archive-date=5 November 2012}}</ref>

==Maharashtra Assembly Elections, 2009==
In the Maharashtra Assembly Elections, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha was part of the [[Republican Left Democratic Front]], popularly known as Ridalos. RSP candidate, Babasaheb Patil won from Ahmedpur.

==Lok Sabha Election 2014==
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha joined the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] in January 2019. During the 2014 general election, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha fought with [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] along with its allies [[BJP]], [[Republican Party of India (Athvale)]] and [[Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana]].<ref>[http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-01-07/news/45955465_1_aam-aadmi-party-aap-plans-opposition-alliance Setback to AAP plans as Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana joins Sena-BJP led combine - Economic Times] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116082136/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-01-07/news/45955465_1_aam-aadmi-party-aap-plans-opposition-alliance |date=16 January 2014 }}</ref>

==Maharashtra Assembly Elections, 2014==
In the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly elections, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha was part of the Mahayuti alliance. They fielded six candidates in Maharashtra Assembly Elections, out of which RSP candidate Rahul Kul from Daund won.

==Notable leaders==
* Mahadev Jankar, National President RSP
* S.L. Akkisagar, Former National President RSP
* Govindram Shurnar, Former National Organizer
* Kumar Sushil, National General Secretary
* [[Ratnakar Gutte]], MLA-Maharashtra,Maharashtra State President
* Balasaheb Dodatale, General Secretary
* Manikrao Dangade-patil
* Mauli Salgar
* Sunil Bandgar
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{National Democratic Alliance}}
{{Indian political parties}}

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