Rashtriya Lok Dal | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | RLD |
| President | Jayant Chaudhary[1] |
| Secretary | Manisha Ahlawat |
| General Secretary | Trilok Tyagi (Organization) Chandan Chauhan Anil Dubey Yashpal Baghel Rajkumar Sangwan Subhash Garg Abdul Sagir Khan Malook Nagar Munshi Rampal Sukhbir Singh Gathina Anupam Mishra Girish K Chaudhary Rajendra Sharma Qammer Rabbani Chechi |
| Rajya Sabha Leader | Jayant Chaudhary |
| Lok Sabha Leader | Rajkumar Sangwan |
| Founder | Ajit Singh |
| Founded | 1996; 29 years ago (1996) |
| Split from | Janata Dal |
| Preceded by | Lok Dal |
| Headquarters | AB 97, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi, 110011 |
| Student wing | Rashtriya Lokdal Student Wing |
| Youth wing | Yuva Rashtriya Lokdal |
| Women's wing | Nari Shakti Sangathan |
| Peasant's wing | Rashtriya Lokdal Farmer Cell |
| Ideology | Secularism[2] Regionalism[3] Farmers Rights[4] |
| Political position | Centre[citation needed] |
| Colours | White and Green |
| ECI Status | Unrecognised party[5] |
| Alliance |
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 245 |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 2 / 543 |
| Seats in State Legislative Assemblies | List 1 / 100 (Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council)9 / 403 (Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly)1 / 200 (Rajasthan Legislative Assembly) |
| Number of states and union territories in government | 2 / 31 |
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| Website | |
| www.rashtriyalokdal.com | |
Rashtriya Lok Dal (abbr.RLD) is an Indianregionalpolitical party inUttar Pradesh andRajasthan. It was founded byChaudhary Ajit Singh, son of the formerprime minister of India,Chaudhary Charan Singh in 1996 as a breakaway faction of theJanata Dal.[6][7]
Ajit Singh was re-elected in 1996 as a Congress candidate but resigned from the party and Lok Sabha. He then foundedBharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party and was re-elected fromBaghpat in 1997 by-election.[8][9]
In 1999, he relaunched his party with the name Rashtriya Lok Dal.[9][10] While Singh lost the 1998 election and was re-elected in 1999, 2004 and 2009. From 2001 to 2003, he wasMinister of Agriculture inAtal Bihari Vajpayee's government.[11] After his party joined the rulingUnited Progressive Alliance in 2011, he wasMinister of Civil Aviation from December 2011 to May 2014.[12][13] In2019 Indian general election, he contested fromMuzaffarnagar but lost toSanjeev Balyan of BJP by a very small margin of 6526 votes.[12][14]
RLD could not make any strong presence from 2014 to 2022, even losing its traditional seats.[15][16] On the other hand, the party was able to win nine of 33 seats in the2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election which it contested in alliance withSamajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh which gave boost to the party life.[17][18]
In2024 Indian general election, the party joined theBharatiya Janata Party ledNational Democratic Alliance and it won both the seats from which it contested in alliance (Bijnor andBaghpat).
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[19] | 0.24% |
| 18th Lok Sabha | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0.14% |
| 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 | 2.85% |
| No. | Name | Term in office | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayant Chaudhary | 5 July 2022 | Incumbent | Uttar Pradesh | |
| No. | Name | Term in office | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr.Rajkumar Sangwan | 4 June 2024 | Incumbent | Baghpat Uttar Pradesh | |
| 2 | Chandan Singh Chauhan | 4 June 2024 | Incumbent | Bijnor Uttar Pradesh | |
| No. | Name | Term in office | Constituency | State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Subhash Garg | 11 December 2018 | Incumbent | Bharatpur | Rajasthan |
| 2 | Rajpal Singh Baliyan | 10 March 2022 | Incumbent | Budhana | Uttar Pradesh |
| 3 | Persann Chaudhary | 10 March 2022 | Incumbent | Shamli | |
| 4 | Dr. Ajay Kumar Tomar | 10 March 2022 | Incumbent | Chhaprauli | |
| 5 | Pradeep Chaudhary "Guddu" | 10 March 2022 | Incumbent | Sadabad | |
| 6 | Ghulam Mohammad | 10 March 2022 | Incumbent | Siwalkhas | |
| 7 | Ashraf Ali Khan | 10 March 2022 | Incumbent | Thana Bhawan | |
| 8 | Mithlesh Pal | 23 November 2024 (by-election) | Incumbent | Meerapur | |
| 9 | Anil Kumar | 10 March 2022 | Incumbent | Purqazi | |
| 10 | Madan Bhaiya | 6 November 2022 (by-election) | Incumbent | Khatauli | |
| No. | Name | Term in office | Constituency | State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yogesh Choudhary | 6 May 2024 | Incumbent | elected by Legislative assembly member's | Uttar Pradesh |
| No. | Photo | Portfolio | Name (Lifespan) | Assumed office | Left office | Duration | Constituency (House) | Prime Minister | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .jpg) | Minister of Agriculture | Chaudhary Ajit Singh (1939–2021) | 22 July 2001 | 24 May 2003 | 1 year, 306 days | Baghpat (Lok Sabha) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| Minister of Civil Aviation | 18 December 2011 | 26 May 2014 | 2 years, 159 days | Manmohan Singh | |||||
| 2 |  | Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MoS I/C) | Jayant Chaudhary (1978–) | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 164 days | Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) | Narendra Modi | |
| Minister of Education (MoS) | |||||||||
| No. | Name | Term in office | Portfolio | Chief Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subhash Garg | 2018 | 2023 |
| Ashok Gehlot | |
| No. | Name | Term in office | Portfolio | Chief Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anil Kumar | 2024 | Incumbent | Cabinet Minister of Science & Technology | Yogi Adityanath | |
The Rashtriya Lok Dal has state units in Jharkhand, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and other states.
| State | State President |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | Ramashish Rai |
| Rajasthan | Joginder Singh Awana |
| Haryana | Jagjit Singh Sangwan |
| Delhi | Rajneesh Malik |
| Jharkhand | D P Lala |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Dr. Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh |
| Maharashtra | Sudhir Raut |
| Gujarat | K. Praveen Singh Jadeja |
| Uttarakhand | Rajendra Pant |
