Rashtriya Lok Samta Party

Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
राष्ट्रीय लोक समता पार्टी
Chairperson Upendra Kushwaha
Founded 3 March 2013
Alliance National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
Seats in Lok Sabha
3 / 545
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly
2 / 243
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The Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (English: National People's Equality Party; Hindi: 'राष्ट्रीय लोक समता पार्टी'; abbreviated as RLSP) is a political party in the Indian State Bihar, founded on 3 March 2013. It had previously existed as the Rashtriya Samta Party, established in 2009 by Upendra Kushwaha and Rambihari Singh, and was relaunched as the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party by Kushwaha.

General Election 2014

On 23 February 2014, the RLSP entered into an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance. As per the alliance, the RLSP contested three seats from Bihar for 2014 General Elections namely Sitamarhi, Karakat and Jahanabad. The party won all three seats as it rode the Modi wave which swept the 2014 Lok Sabha General Elections. The party contested 23 out of 243 seats as a partner of BJP led NDA in Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015 and won 2 seats.[1]

Official Website

Official Website of Rashtriya Lok Samta Party

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bjp-to-ally-with-obc-leader-upendra-kushwaha-in-bihar/article5719469.ece

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