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Rashtriya Lok Dal
Rashtriya Lok Dal
Abbreviation	RLD
Chairperson	Jayant Chaudhary
Founder	Ajit Singh
Founded	1996; 29 years ago
Split from	Janata Dal
Preceded by	Lok Dal
Headquarters	406, VP House, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, 110001
Ideology	Socialism; Jats Representation ; Progressivism; Secularism
ECI Status	State Party
Alliance	NDA(1999-2003,2009-2011),UPA (2011-2014), MGB(2018-2019), SP+(2003-2007,2019-Present)
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 245
Seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly	1 / 403
Seats in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	1 / 200
Election symbol
Website
	www.rashtriyalokdal.com
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

Latest revision as of 18:34, 15 January 2022

Rashtriya Lok Dal (abbreviated as RLD) (translation: National People's Party) is a political party in India founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh. He was carrying on the political legacy of his father and former Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Charan Singh and the original Lok Dal.^[2] Chaudhary Ajit Singh was infected with Covid-19 and died during treatment at Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon.^[3]

Electoral history[edit]

The party has one MLA in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Dr. Subhash Garg, who is also serving as MoS (I/C) in the Ashok Gehlot led-govt. RLD is considered influential in the western region of Uttar Pradesh.^[4]

In 2002, party had two cabinet ministers in chief minister Mayawati's cabinet.^[5] From 2003 to 2007, the party had six ministers in the Uttar Pradesh government.^{[citation needed]} The party's official electoral symbol is a hand pump.^[6]

In 2004 Lok Sabha elections, RLD contested in alliance with the Samajwadi Party. RLD contested only in the western part of Uttar Pradesh, where they won three seats.^[7]

In 2009 Lok Sabha elections, RLD contested on seven seats on western Uttar Pradesh, in an alliance with the Bhartiya Janta Party, and won five seats.^[4]

On 12 December 2011, RLD joined the United Progressive Alliance led by Indian National Congress. The party contested on eight constituencies in Uttar Pradesh in 2014 Indian general election as per an arrangement with UPA^[8] but lost on all of them. Party chief Ajit Singh who was six term holder from Baghpat seat, lost to BJP candidate Satya Pal Singh. His son Jayant Chaudhary, the incumbent MP from Mathura, lost to BJP candidate Hema Malini too.^[4]^[9]

In January 2015 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections, RLD supported Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidates.^[10]^[11]^[12]

In 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, it could win only one seat. Later, its lone MLA is expelled from the party.

In 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election the RLD won one seat from Bharatpur Legislative Assembly Constituency. The Party candidate Dr. Subhash Garg won by beating BJP candidate by a margin of over 15500 votes.

In 2019, RLD joined the Grand Alliance made by BSP and SP in Uttar Pradesh for the General Elections 2019. As per the seat-sharing arrangement, RLD got 3 seats viz. Baghpat, Mathura and Muzaffarnagar but lost all of these. Sanjeev Balyan defeated Ajit Singh from Muzaffarnagar constituency and Satyapal Singh defeated Jayant Choudhary from Baghpat constituency while actress Hema Malini defeated Kunwar Singh from Mathura constituency.

Lok Sabha Elections[edit]

Term	Indian General Election	Seats contested	Seats won
12th Lok Sabha	1998	8	0
13th Lok Sabha	1999	7	2
14th Lok Sabha	2004	10	3
15th Lok Sabha	2009	7	5
16th Lok Sabha	2014	8	0
17th Lok Sabha	2019	3	0

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections[edit]

Term	Assembly Election	Seats contested	Seats won
13th Legislative assembly	1996	38	8
14th Legislative assembly	2002	38	14
15th Legislative assembly	2007	254	10
16th Legislative assembly	2012	46	9
17th Legislative assembly	2017	171	1

MLAs (Vidhan Sabha)[edit]

MLAs in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly:

Dr. Subhash Garg (Bharatpur)

List of Central Ministers[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office		Portfolio	Prime Minister
1	Chaudhary Ajit Singh	18 December 2011	26 May 2014	Minister of Civil Aviation	Manmohan Singh
1	Chaudhary Ajit Singh	22 July 2001	24 May 2003	Minister of Agriculture	Atal Bihari Vajpayee

References[edit]

↑ "Jayant Chaudhary appointed new RLD president". The Economic Times.
↑ BKKP, RLD merge with Lok Dal
↑ "रालोद के अध्यक्ष चौधरी अजित सिंह का कोरोना से निधन, मेदांता अस्पताल में थे भर्ती". Zee News Hindi (in हिन्दी). 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Seth, Maulshree (28 May 2014). "Post rout, RLD mulls solo fight in Assembly bypolls". Lucknow: The Indian Express. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
↑ "Besides the Chief Minister, Ms. Mayawati, Rashtriya Lok Dal, the largest partner of the BJP during the last elections, had two Ministers — both of Cabinet rank". The Hindu. 4 May 2002.^{[dead link]}
↑ Political Parties and Election Symbols
↑ RLD leaders upset over poll pact
↑ "Cong to leave 8 seats for RLD, 3 for Mahan Dal in western UP". Indian Express. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
↑ Shah, Pankaj (16 May 2014). "Election Results 2014: Ajit Singh's RLD bites the dust in UP". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
↑ "RLD springs a surprise: Dumps ally Congress to support BSP".
↑ "Miffed with Cong, RLD to back BSP in MLC polls".
↑ "Unlikely allies in Council polls: RLD, BSP".

External links[edit]

www.rashtriyalokdal.com

[1] "Jayant Chaudhary appointed new RLD president". The Economic Times.

[2] BKKP, RLD merge with Lok Dal

[3] "रालोद के अध्यक्ष चौधरी अजित सिंह का कोरोना से निधन, मेदांता अस्पताल में थे भर्ती". Zee News Hindi (in हिन्दी). 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ix-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Seth, Maulshree (28 May 2014). "Post rout, RLD mulls solo fight in Assembly bypolls". Lucknow: The Indian Express. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

[5] "Besides the Chief Minister, Ms. Mayawati, Rashtriya Lok Dal, the largest partner of the BJP during the last elections, had two Ministers — both of Cabinet rank". The Hindu. 4 May 2002.^{[dead link]}

[6] Political Parties and Election Symbols

[7] RLD leaders upset over poll pact

[INC-RLD-MD-8] "Cong to leave 8 seats for RLD, 3 for Mahan Dal in western UP". Indian Express. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.

[9] Shah, Pankaj (16 May 2014). "Election Results 2014: Ajit Singh's RLD bites the dust in UP". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[10] "RLD springs a surprise: Dumps ally Congress to support BSP".

[11] "Miffed with Cong, RLD to back BSP in MLC polls".

[12] "Unlikely allies in Council polls: RLD, BSP".

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+'''Rashtriya Lok Dal''' (abbreviated as '''RLD''') ([[translation]]: '''National People's Party''') is a [[political party]] in India founded by [[Chaudhary Ajit Singh]]. He was carrying on the political legacy of his father and former [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]] and the original [[Lok Dal]].<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98sep30/nation.htm#2 BKKP, RLD merge with Lok Dal]</ref> [[Ajit Singh (politician)|Chaudhary Ajit Singh]] was infected with Covid-19 and died during treatment at Medanta Hospital, [[Gurgaon]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-06|title=रालोद के अध्यक्ष चौधरी अजित सिंह का कोरोना से निधन, मेदांता अस्पताल में थे भर्ती|url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/zee-hindustan/national/rld-president-chaudhary-ajit-singh-dies-from-corona/895913|access-date=2021-05-06|website=Zee News Hindi|language=hi}}</ref>
 ==Electoral history==
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 In [[2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]] the RLD won one seat from
-[[Bharatpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bharatpur Legislative Assembly Constituency]]. The Party candidate [[Dr. Subhash Garg]] won by beating BJP candidate by a margin of over 15500 votes.
+[[Bharatpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bharatpur Legislative Assembly Constituency]]. The Party candidate [[Subhash Garg|Dr. Subhash Garg]] won by beating BJP candidate by a margin of over 15500 votes.
-In 2019, RLD joined the Grand Alliance made by BSP and SP in Uttar Pradesh for the General Elections 2019. As per the seat-sharing arrangement, RLD got 3 seats viz. Baghpat, Mathura and Muzaffarnagar but lost all of these. Sanjiv baliyan defeated Ajit Singh from Muzzafarnagar constituency and Satyapal Singh defeated Jayant Choudhary from baghpat constituency while actress Hema Malini defeated kunwar Singh from Mathura constituency. So loss of all seats.
+In 2019, RLD joined the Grand Alliance made by BSP and SP in Uttar Pradesh for the General Elections 2019. As per the seat-sharing arrangement, RLD got 3 seats viz. [[Baghpat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baghpat]], [[Mathura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mathura]] and [[Muzaffarnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Muzaffarnagar]] but lost all of these. Sanjeev Balyan defeated Ajit Singh from Muzaffarnagar constituency and Satyapal Singh defeated Jayant Choudhary from Baghpat constituency while actress [[Hema Malini]] defeated Kunwar Singh from Mathura constituency.
 ==Lok Sabha Elections==
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+| 17th Legislative assembly
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 == MLAs (Vidhan Sabha)==
-Party's MLAs in legislative assembly:
+MLAs in [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]:
-* Dr. Subhash Garg (Bharatpur, Rajasthan)
+* [[Subhash Garg|Dr. Subhash Garg]] ([[Bharatpur (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Bharatpur]])
+== List of Central Ministers ==
+{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
+! Style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Lok Dal}};color:white" |No.
+! Style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Lok Dal}};color:white" | Name
+! colspan="2"  Style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Lok Dal}};color:white" | Term of office
+! Style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Lok Dal}};color:white" | Portfolio
+! colspan="2"  Style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Lok Dal}};color:white" | Prime Minister
+|- align=center
+| rowspan="2"| 1
+| rowspan="2"| [[Ajit Singh (politician)|Chaudhary Ajit Singh]]
+| 18 December 2011
+| 26 May 2014
+| [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of Civil Aviation]]
+| [[Manmohan Singh]]
+|- align=center
+| 22 July 2001
+| 24 May 2003
+| [[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare|Minister of Agriculture]]
+| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
+|}
 ==See also==

v t e Janata Parivar parties
Parties in NDA	Hindustani Awam Morcha Janata Dal (United) Jannayak Janta Party Lok Janshakti Party Socialist Janata Dal
Parties in UPA	Bharatiya Tribal Party Rashtriya Janata Dal Rashtriya Lok Dal
Others	Bharatiya Lok Dal Biju Janata Dal Indian National Lok Dal Loktantrik Janata Dal Janata Dal (Secular) Janata Party Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) Lok Dal Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) Rashtriya Lok Samta Party Samajwadi Janata Dal (Democratic) Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Samajwadi Party Samras Samaj Party
Defunct Parties	Bihar People's Party Janata Dal Janata Dal (Ajit) Janata Dal (Gujarat) Janata Dal (Left) Janata Party (Secular) Jan Morcha Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) Lok Shakti Samta Party Socialist Janata (Democratic)