Apna Dal (Soneylal) | |
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| Abbreviation | AD(S) |
| President | Anupriya Patel |
| Spokesperson | Rajesh Patel |
| Founder | Anupriya Patel |
| Founded | 14 December 2016 (8 years ago) (2016-12-14) |
| Headquarters | 1A, Sarva Palli, The Mall Avenue,Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh |
| Ideology | Kurmi rights[citation needed] Regionalism[citation needed] |
| National affiliation | NDA (2016 – present) |
| Colours | Orange Blue |
| ECI Status | State Party[1] |
| Rajya Sabha | 0 / 245 |
| Lok Sabha | 1 / 543 |
| Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | 1 / 100 |
| Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | 13 / 403 |
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Apna Dal (Soneylal)[2] (abbreviated asAD(S); translation:Our Party (Soneylal)) is a state-levelIndianpolitical party. President of the party isAnupriya Patel, and vice president isMata Badal Tiwari.
The party has 13MLA in theUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Apna Dal is the third largest political party in Uttar Pradesh in terms of number ofMLAs.
The Apna Dal (Sonelal) is a breakaway party ofApna Dal which was founded in 1995 bySone Lal Patel, Apna Dal (Sonelal) founded by "Jawahar Lal Patel" who was also founding member ofApna Dal and had the backing ofAnupriya Patel.[3][4][5]
After winning the election to parliament seat fromMirzapur,Anupriya Patel resigned her state assembly seat and therefore a by-election fromRohaniya became necessary. Anupriya wanted that her husband,Ashish Singh Patel, should be made the party candidate for the by-election.
However, the Apna Dal's governing body, headed by her mother Krishna Singh, decided that Krishna Singh should herself be the candidate. This was intended to limit the influence of Anupriya and her husband in party affairs, where they were taking charge of all matters without any invitation or authorization, which was resented by Krishna Singh and her younger daughter. In the by-election which was held in October 2014, Anupriya not only failed to campaign for her mother, but allegedly also worked actively to ensure her defeat.
However, theApna Dal's governing body, headed by her mother Krishna Patel, decided that Krishna Patel should herself be the candidate and Anupriya and six of her associates were expelled from the party. The dispute between Krishna Patel andAnupriya Patel over the party is still in court.[6][7][8][9]
As part of theNational Democratic Alliance, Apna Dal (Sonelal) contested Uttar Pradesh elections with theBhartiya Janata Party and won nine seats with 851,336 votes.Jamuna Prasad won the Soraon constituency with 77,814 votes. Apna Dal (Sonelal) had won more seats thanIndian National Congress, which won only seven seats.[10][11][12][13]
As part of theNational Democratic Alliance, Apna Dal (Sonelal) contested Uttar Pradesh elections with theBhartiya Janata Party and won 12 seats with 1,493,181 votes. Apna Dal (Sonelal) had won more seats thanIndian National Congress, which won only two seats. Apna Dal reached 3rd spot afterBharatiya Janata Party andSamajwadi Party in terms of number of seats in UP assembly.[14]
In the2019 Indian general election, ADS joined hands withBhartiya Janata Party and fielded two candidatesAnupriya Patel Singh fromMirzapur andPakauri Lal fromRobertsganj and won both the seats.[15]
