Vikassheel Insaan Party

Vikassheel Insaan Party
AbbreviationVIP
PresidentSantosh Sahani
National convenerMukesh Sahani
FounderMukesh Sahani
Founded4 November 2018 (6 years ago) (2018-11-04)
Headquarters3rd Floor, Faizal Imam Complex, Fraser Rd, Patna, Bihar 800001
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliation
Colours    Orange, Blue and Green
Seats in the Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Seats in the Lok Sabha
0 / 543
Seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
0 / 243
Seats in the Bihar Legislative Council
0 / 75
Election symbol
Website
www.vipparty.in

Vikassheel Insaan Party is an Indian political party, formally launched on 4 November 2018, by a Bollywood set designer Mukesh Sahani, who campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party during the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. They contested in three Lok Sabha constituencies in 2019 from Madhubani, Muzaffarpur and Khagaria but failed to win any seats. The support base for the party consists mainly of the Nishad, Nonia, Bind, Beldar community, which comprises 20 sub-castes of fisherman and boatmen.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][irrelevant citation]

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