Krishikar Lok Party

Krishikar Lok Party
AbbreviationKLP
LeaderAcharya N. G. Ranga
FounderAcharya N. G. Ranga
FoundedApril 1951
DissolvedJune 1959
Merged intoIndian National Congress
HeadquartersHyderabad, India
IdeologyPeasant politics
Lok Sabha (1951)1[1]
Madras Legislative Assembly (1952)15[1]

Krishikar Lok Party (Peasants People's Party) was a political party in the Hyderabad State, India, which existed from April to June 1951. The KLP was formed when Acharya N. G. Ranga separated from the Hyderabad State Praja Party.[1][2]

KLP contested 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election and won 15 seats.[3] In 1959, N. G. Ranga, along with C. Rajagopalachari, broke away from the Congress party and established the Swatantra Party due to their dissatisfaction with Nehru's increasingly socialist policies, including the implementation of land reforms and cooperative farming processes. Ranga assumed the role of its first president of the Swatantra Party.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Ganguly, Siddharth (16 February 2022). "The Parties That Contested India's First General Election". The Print.
  2. ^ Parties and politics. Indian Recorder & Digest, Vol 1-2, Diwanchand Institute of National Affairs, Indian Council of World Affairs. 1955. p. 16.
  3. ^ "STATISTICAL Reports of Assembly Elections of states which are no longer in existence after reorganization". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 December 2018.