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Rashtriya Lok Dal
Rashtriya Lok Dal
Abbreviation	RLD
President	Jayant Chaudhary
Founder	Ajit Singh
Founded	1996; 28 years ago
Split from	Janata Dal
Preceded by	Lok Dal
Headquarters	AB 97, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi, 110011
Youth wing	Yuva Rashtriya Lokdal
Ideology	Jats upliftment; Regionalism; Farmers' rights
ECI Status	Unrecognised party
Alliance	Current NDA (2024 - Present, 2009 - 2011); Previously SP+ (2003 - 2007, 2018 - 2024) (Uttar Pradesh); UPA (2011-2014) ; (India);
Seats in Lok Sabha	2 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	1 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblie's	09 / 403 (Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly) 1 / 200 (Rajasthan Legislative Assembly)
Seats in State Legislative Council's	1 / 100 (Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council)
Number of states and union territories in government	2 / 31
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
	www.rashtriyalokdal.com
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

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]

History

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]

RLD party office bearers

National President - Jayant Singh
NATIONAL GENERAL SECRETARY:- Trilok Tyagi
State President UP

- Ramashish Rai

Electoral history

Lok Sabha (Lower House)

Term	Indian General Election	Seats contested	Seats won	% of votes
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%

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)

Term	Assembly Election	Seats contested	Seats won	% of votes
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%

Legislative members

Rajyasabha members (MPs)

No.	Name	Term in office		Constituency
1	Jayant Chaudhary	25 May 2021	Incumbent	Uttar Pradesh

Lok sabha members (MPs)

No.	Name	Term in office		Constituency
1	Dr.Rajkumar Sangwan	June 2024	Incumbent	Baghpat Uttar Pradesh
2	Chandan Singh Chauhan	June 2024	Incumbent	Bijnor Uttar Pradesh

Vidhan sabha members (MLAs)

No.	Name	Constituency	State
1	Dr. Subhash Garg	Bharatpur	Rajasthan
2	Rajpal Singh Baliyan	Budhana	Uttar Pradesh
3	Persann Chaudhary	Shamli
4	Chaudhary Ajay Kumar Tomar	Chhaprauli
5	Pradeep Kumar Singh	Sadabad
6	Ghulam Mohammad	Siwalkhas
7	Ashraf Ali Khan	Thana Bhawan
8	vacant	Meerapur
9	Anil Kumar	Purqazi
10	Madan Bhaiya	Khatauli

Vidhan parishad members (MLCs)

No.	Name	Constituency	State
1	Yogesh Choudhary	elected by Legislative assembly member's	Uttar Pradesh

List of ministers in union government

No.	Name	Term in office		Portfolio	Prime Minister
1	Chaudhary Ajit Singh	22 July 2001	24 May 2003	Minister of Agriculture	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1	Chaudhary Ajit Singh	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 Minister of State For Education Government of India	Narendra Modi

List of ministers in state governments

1.Rajasthan

No.	Name	Term in office		Portfolio	Chief Minister
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
1	Anil Kumar	2024	Incumbent	Cabinet Minister of Science & Technology	Yogi Adityanath

References

^ "Jayant Chaudhary appointed new RLD president". The Economic Times.
^ "RLD: SP, RLD release first list of 29, field 9 Jats & 9 Muslims | Uttar-Pradesh Election News - Times of India". The Times of India. 14 January 2022.
^ "Obituary: Ajit Singh Braved All Odds but Never Sacrificed His Secular Ideology". 11 January 2022.
^ "Obituary: Ajit Singh Braved All Odds But Never Sacrificed His Secular Ideology". 11 January 2022.
^ "RLD: SP, RLD release first list of 29, field 9 Jats & 9 Muslims | Uttar-Pradesh Election News - Times of India". The Times of India. 14 January 2022.Farmers Upliftment
^ "Big blow to RLD from Election Commission, snatched the status of state level party Dated 10.04.2023". India: Patrika. 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^ 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 Hindi). 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Ajit Singh". India Today. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Explained: Jats and the BJP in Uttar Pradesh". The Indian Express. 29 January 2022. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
^ Yadav, Nicholas (6 May 2021). "A Tribute To Chaudhary Ajit Singh". Outlook.
^ Phadnis, Aditi. "The Jazz-Loving Politician With No Enemies". Rediff. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Ajit Singh: Age, Biography, Education, Wife, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia". hindi.oneindia.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "RLD leader Ajit Singh sworn-in as Civil Aviation Minister". The Economic Times. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ "RLD Chief Ajit Singh Files Nomination from UP's Muzaffarnagar".
^ "RLD's political journey comes full circle in 24 years of its existence". The Times of India. 13 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ Scroll Staff (24 May 2019). "2019 results: Ajit Singh and son Jayant Chaudhary of Rashtriya Lok Dal lose close contests in UP". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ "Ties strained, RLD sends SP a signal: Wants 12 seats in LS polls". The Indian Express. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ "U.P. Assembly polls: RLD finds some of its lost mojo in west". The Hindu. 10 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ "RLD undeterred by Lok Sabha results". The Economic Times. 26 May 2019. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

External links

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

[The_Times_of_India-2] "RLD: SP, RLD release first list of 29, field 9 Jats & 9 Muslims | Uttar-Pradesh Election News - Times of India". The Times of India. 14 January 2022.

[3] "Obituary: Ajit Singh Braved All Odds but Never Sacrificed His Secular Ideology". 11 January 2022.

[4] "Obituary: Ajit Singh Braved All Odds But Never Sacrificed His Secular Ideology". 11 January 2022.

[m.times.of.india.com-5] "RLD: SP, RLD release first list of 29, field 9 Jats & 9 Muslims | Uttar-Pradesh Election News - Times of India". The Times of India. 14 January 2022.Farmers Upliftment

[6] "Big blow to RLD from Election Commission, snatched the status of state level party Dated 10.04.2023". India: Patrika. 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

[7] BKKP, RLD merge with Lok Dal

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

[9] "Ajit Singh". India Today. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2023.

[:1-10] "Explained: Jats and the BJP in Uttar Pradesh". The Indian Express. 29 January 2022. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.

[11] Yadav, Nicholas (6 May 2021). "A Tribute To Chaudhary Ajit Singh". Outlook.

[12] Phadnis, Aditi. "The Jazz-Loving Politician With No Enemies". Rediff. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

[bio-13] "Ajit Singh: Age, Biography, Education, Wife, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia". hindi.oneindia.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[14] "RLD leader Ajit Singh sworn-in as Civil Aviation Minister". The Economic Times. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

[15] "RLD Chief Ajit Singh Files Nomination from UP's Muzaffarnagar".

[16] "RLD's political journey comes full circle in 24 years of its existence". The Times of India. 13 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

[17] Scroll Staff (24 May 2019). "2019 results: Ajit Singh and son Jayant Chaudhary of Rashtriya Lok Dal lose close contests in UP". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

[18] "Ties strained, RLD sends SP a signal: Wants 12 seats in LS polls". The Indian Express. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

[19] "U.P. Assembly polls: RLD finds some of its lost mojo in west". The Hindu. 10 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

[20] "RLD undeterred by Lok Sabha results". The Economic Times. 26 May 2019. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

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Rashtriya Lok Dal

History

RLD party office bearers

Electoral history

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)

Legislative members

Rajyasabha members (MPs)

Lok sabha members (MPs)

Vidhan sabha members (MLAs)

Vidhan parishad members (MLCs)

List of ministers in union government

List of ministers in state governments

1.Rajasthan

2.Uttar Pradesh

See also

References

External links

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