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1 History  





2 RLD party office bearers  





3 Electoral history  



3.1  Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)  







4 Legislative members  



4.1  Rajyasabha members (MPs)  





4.2  Lok sabha members (MPs)  





4.3  Vidhan sabha members (MLAs)  





4.4  Vidhan parishad members (MLCs)  







5 List of ministers in union government  





6 List of ministers in state governments  



6.1  1.Rajasthan  





6.2  2.Uttar Pradesh  







7 See also  





8 References  





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Rashtriya Lok Dal

Rashtriya Lok Dal

Abbreviation

RLD

Chairman

Jayant Chaudhary[1]

Founder

Ajit Singh

Founded

1996; 28 years ago (1996)

Split from

Janata Dal

Preceded by

Lok Dal

Headquarters

AB 97, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi, 110011

Youth wing

Yuva Rashtriya Lokdal

Ideology

Jats upliftment[2][3]
Regionalism[4]
Farmers' rights[5]

ECI Status

Unrecognised party[6]

Alliance

Current

Previously

(2011-2014)
(India)

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

  • Political parties
  • Elections
  • Rashtriya Lok Dal (abbreviated as RLD) (translation: National People's Party) is an Indian regional political partyinUttar 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]

    History[edit]

    Ajit Singh was re-elected in 1996 as a Congress candidate but resigned from the party and Lok Sabha. He then founded Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party and was re-elected from Baghpat in 1997 by-election.[9][10]

    In 1999, he relaunched his party with the name Rashtriya Lok Dal.[10][11] While Singh lost the 1998 election and was re-elected in 1999, 2004 and 2009. From 2001 to 2003, he was Minister of AgricultureinAtal Bihari Vajpayee's government.[12] After his party joined the ruling United Progressive Alliance in 2011, he was Minister of Civil Aviation from December 2011 to May 2014.[13][14]In2019 Indian general election, he contested from Muzaffarnagar but lost to Sanjeev Balyan of BJP by a very small margin of 6526 votes.[13][15]

    RLD could not make any strong presence from 2014 to 2022, even losing its traditional seats.[16][17] On the other hand, the party was able to win nine of 33 seats in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election which it contested in alliance with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh which gave boost to the party life.[18][19]

    RLD party office bearers[edit]

    Electoral history[edit]

    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[20]

    0.24%

    18th Lok Sabha

    2024

    2

    2

    0.14%

    Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)[edit]

    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

    05.18%

    Legislative members[edit]

    Rajyasabha members (MPs)[edit]

    No.

    Name

    Term in office

    Constituency

    1

    Jayant Chaudhary

    25 May 2021

    Incumbent

    Uttar Pradesh

    Lok sabha members (MPs)[edit]

    No.

    Name

    Term in office

    Constituency

    1

    Rajkumar Sangwan

    June 2024

    Incumbent

    Baghpat
    Uttar Pradesh

    2

    Chandan Chauhan

    June 2024

    Incumbent

    Bijnor
    Uttar Pradesh

    Vidhan sabha members (MLAs)[edit]

    No.

    Name

    Constituency

    State

    1

    Dr. Subhash Garg

    Bharatpur

    Rajasthan

    2

    Rajpal Singh Baliyan

    Budhana

    Uttar Pradesh

    3

    Persann Chaudhary

    Shamli

    4

    Ajay Kumar

    Chhaprauli

    5

    Pradeep Kumar Singh

    Sadabad

    6

    Ghulam Mohammad

    Siwalkhas

    7

    Ashraf Ali Khan

    Thana Bhawan

    8

    vacant

    Meerapur

    9

    Anil Kumar

    Purqazi

    10

    Madan Bhaiya

    Khatauli

    Vidhan parishad members (MLCs)[edit]

    No.

    Name

    Constituency

    State

    1

    Yogesh Choudhary

    elected by Legislative assembly member's

    Uttar Pradesh

    List of ministers in union government[edit]

    No.

    Name

    Term in office

    Portfolio

    Prime Minister

    1

    Chaudhary Ajit Singh

    22 July 2001

    24 May 2003

    Minister of Agriculture

    Atal Bihari Vajpayee

    18 December 2011

    26 May 2014

    Minister of Civil Aviation

    Manmohan Singh

    2

    Jayant Chaudhary

    7 June 2024

    Incumbent

    Minister of State (Independent Charge) For Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
    Government of India

    Minister of State For Education
    Government of India

    Narendra Modi

    List of ministers in state governments[edit]

    1.Rajasthan[edit]

    No.

    Name

    Term in office

    Portfolio

    Chief Minister

    1

    Subhash Garg

    2018

    2023

    State Minister of Technical Education (I.C.), Ayurveda & Indian Medicines (I.C.), Public Grivences & Redressal (I.C.), Minority Affairs Waqf, Colonisation Agriculture Command Area, Development & Water Utilisation

    Ashok Gehlot

    2.Uttar Pradesh[edit]

    No.

    Name

    Term in office

    Portfolio

    Chief Minister

    1

    Anil Kumar

    2024

    Incumbent

    Cabinet Minister of Science & Technology

    Yogi Adityanath

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Jayant Chaudhary appointed new RLD president". The Economic Times.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "Obituary: Ajit Singh Braved All Odds but Never Sacrificed His Secular Ideology". 11 January 2022.
  • ^ "Obituary: Ajit Singh Braved All Odds But Never Sacrificed His Secular Ideology". 11 January 2022.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ BKKP, RLD merge with Lok Dal
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "Ajit Singh". India Today. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  • ^ a b "Explained: Jats and the BJP in Uttar Pradesh". The Indian Express. 29 January 2022. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  • ^ Yadav, Nicholas (6 May 2021). "A Tribute To Chaudhary Ajit Singh". Outlook.
  • ^ Phadnis, Aditi. "The Jazz-Loving Politician With No Enemies". Rediff. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  • ^ a b "Ajit Singh: Age, Biography, Education, Wife, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia". hindi.oneindia.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  • ^ "RLD leader Ajit Singh sworn-in as Civil Aviation Minister". The Economic Times. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  • ^ "RLD Chief Ajit Singh Files Nomination from UP's Muzaffarnagar".
  • ^ "RLD's political journey comes full circle in 24 years of its existence". The Times of India. 13 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  • ^ Scroll Staff (24 May 2019). "2019 results: Ajit Singh and son Jayant Chaudhary of Rashtriya Lok Dal lose close contests in UP". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  • ^ "Ties strained, RLD sends SP a signal: Wants 12 seats in LS polls". The Indian Express. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  • ^ "U.P. Assembly polls: RLD finds some of its lost mojo in west". The Hindu. 10 March 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  • ^ "RLD undeterred by Lok Sabha results". The Economic Times. 26 May 2019. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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