Rashtriya Lok Dal

Rashtriya Lok Dal
AbbreviationRLD
PresidentJayant Chaudhary[1]
FounderAjit Singh
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Split fromJanata Dal
Preceded byLok Dal
HeadquartersAB 97, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi, 110011
Youth wingYuva Rashtriya Lokdal
IdeologyJats upliftment[2][3]
Regionalism[4]
Farmers' rights[5]
ECI StatusUnrecognised party[6]
AllianceCurrent
  • NDA (2024 - Present, 2009 - 2011)

Previously

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
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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]

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