Quami Ekta Dal | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Mukhtar Ansari |
| Secretary | Afzal Ansari |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Dissolved | 2017 |
| Merged into | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| Colours | Green |
| Alliance | Ekta Manch |
| Election symbol | |
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| Website | |
| http://quamiektadal.org/ | |
Quami Ekta Dal, (Hindi: कौमी एकता दल; English: Religious Unity Party; abbreviated QED) was a regional party in Uttar Pradesh, India, founded in 2010. The QED's president was Afzal Ansari and was affiliated with Ekta Manch of Indian national Congress.
The QED managed to muster 354,578 votes of Muslims in the 2014 Indian general election.
The QED merged with the Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh on 21 June 2016. The Samajwadi Party parliamentary board, however, cancelled the merger and revoked the expulsion of the Balram Yadav from the cabinet.[1][2] On 26 January 2017, the QED merged with the Bahujan Samaj Party.[3]
- ^ "UP elections 2017: Quami Ekta Dal leader Afzal Ansari feels 'humiliated' after cancellation of merger with SP". DNA India. 28 June 2016.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh Election 2017: Akhilesh likely to ask ignored MLAs to contest as 'rebels'". Firstpost. 30 December 2016.
- ^ "UP elections 2017: Mukhtar Ansari joins Bahujan Samaj Party, to contest from Mau Sadar | Uttar-Pradesh Election News - Times of India". The Times of India.