Vikassheel Insaan Party | |
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| Abbreviation | VIP |
| President | Santosh Sahani |
| National convener | Mukesh Sahani |
| Founder | Mukesh Sahani |
| Founded | 4 November 2018 (7 years ago) (2018-11-04) |
| Headquarters | 3rd Floor, Faizal Imam Complex, Fraser Rd, Patna, Bihar 800001 |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
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| Colours | Orange,Blue andGreen |
| Seats in theRajya Sabha | 0 / 245 |
| Seats in theLok Sabha | 0 / 543 |
| Seats in theBihar Legislative Assembly | 0 / 243 |
| Seats in theBihar Legislative Council | 0 / 75 |
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TheVikassheel Insaan Party is anIndian political party, formally launched on 4 November 2018, byBollywood set designerMukesh Sahani, who campaigned for theBharatiya Janata Party during the2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. They contested in three Lok Sabha constituencies in 2019 fromMadhubani,Muzaffarpur andKhagaria but failed to win any seats. The support base for the party consists mainly of theNishad,Nonia,Bind,Beldar community, which comprises 20 sub-castes of fisherman and boatmen.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][irrelevant citation]
Vikassheel Insaan Party was initially aligned to theMahagathbandhan but amidst confusion in seat sharing due to regressive stance taken byRashtriya Janata Dal to not give required importance to its small allies,Mukesh Sahani walked out of the alliance. He was welcomed byNational Democratic Alliance, and was given a total of 11 seats to contest in Bihar.[8] The party was successful, and though Sahani himself lost the election,[9] his party won four seats.[10]
Mukesh Sahani was later elected to Bihar Legislative Council but not on a six-year term but instead a one and a half year term which expired in July 2022.[11]
| Lok Sabha term | Indian general election | Seats contested | Seats won | Votes polled | Vote % | Ref. |
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| 17th Lok Sabha | 2019 | 3 | 0 | 6,60,706 | 1.66% | [12] |
| 18th Lok Sabha | 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1,187,455 | 2.71% |
| Vidhan Sabha Term | Assembly Elections | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Votes Polled | % of votes | Ref |
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| 17th Vidhan Sabha of Bihar | 2020 | 11 | 4 / 11 | 6,39,840 | 1.52% | |
| 18th Vidhan Sabha of Bihar | 2025 | 12 | 0 / 12 | 689,484 | 1.37% |
Mukesh Sahani, the President of the party decided to run against his ally party BJP in the Uttar Pradesh 2022 Legislative Assembly elections and said he would field 160 candidates,[13] he said that his main goal was to "oust the (incumbent) BJP government."[14] He proceeded to field 55 candidates against his ally in Bihar, however none of them were able to win. Following the party's loss in the Uttar Pradesh Elections, a BJP MLA said that his chapter is over in Bihar politics and he should be ousted as the minister and also hinted a coup against him in the party.[15] Sahani then proceeded to ignore NDA seat distribution for Bihar Legislative Council elections and again fielded seven candidates against BJP.[16]
On 23 March 2022, all three MLAs of the party defected into BJP, leaving the party with no MLAs.[17]
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