Peace Party of India

Peace Party
AbbreviationPECP
PresidentMohamed Ayub
SecretaryFarooq Ahmad
FoundedFebruary 2008
HeadquartersJohra Complex, Barhalganj,
Gorakhpur - 273402 (U.P.)
IdeologyMuslim minority interests
ECI StatusState Party[1]
Seats in Uttar Pradesh
0 / 403
Election symbol
Party flag

The Peace Party (PECP) is a political party in India. It became the sixth largest political party of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, following the state legislative assembly elections of 2012. It won three seats in those elections. But failed to won any 1 of them in 2017 Elections. Ahead of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Peace party of India formed an alliance with Rashtriya Ulama Council.

The party was founded in February 2008 by Mohamed Ayub, who is a surgeon by profession and philanthropist.

It claims to fight for the rights of only Muslims. It has organized many protest against Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Uttar Pradesh. Many Leaders of PECP are facing NSA charges on them due to incitation of communal riots in name of protest and posting communal ad which can lead to communal tension.[2]

2012 UP Assembly Elections

The PECP contested around 208 Assembly seats in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, where it obtained 2.35 per cent of the vote and so ranked fifth by percentage of votes gained. Four candidates were successful in being elected: Aneesurrehman, Kanth; Mohamed Ayub- Khalilabad Kamal Yusuf Mallik - Domariyaganj The Party is officially recognized as a State Party

2017 UP Assembly Elections

2022 UP Assembly Elections

The Peace Party and the Rashtriya Ulama Council (RUC) decided to contest the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections together under the banner of the United Democratic Alliance.

During the announcement of the decision at a press conference, Peace Party chief Dr Ayub said that even after 74 years of Independence, Muslims had continued to be the “slaves” of secular parties.

Strategy

The strategy of the PECP is to bring together other like-minded parties and groups, such as the, Bhartiya Samaj Party, Janvadi Party and National Lok Hit Party into one. It plants to expand its activities to other regions of India, including Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttrakhand, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh. In 2015, the Delhi state unit of the party merged with the AAP, shortly before the 2015 Delhi polls.[3] They have some presence in Muslim dominated areas of Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Election symbol

The party has been officially assigned the "glass of water" for its symbol for contesting elections.[4][5]

Leadership

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election

Year Seats Contested Seats Won Vote Share Seat change
2012 208 4 2.35% +4
2017 150 0 0.35% -4

See also

References

  1. ^ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. ^ "NSA slapped on Peace Party president for stoking tension | Lucknow News". The Times of India. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Peace Party merges with AAP". DNA. PTI. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "'पीस पार्टी'ही उतरली लोकसभा रिंगणात | सकाळ". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2014.