The Rashtriya Lok Dal ( RLD, ) 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.BKKP, RLD merge with Lok Dal
History 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.
In 1999, he relaunched his party with the name Rashtriya Lok Dal. While Singh lost the 1998 election and was re-elected in 1999, 2004 and 2009. From 2001 to 2003, he was Minister of Agriculture in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government. After his party joined the ruling United Progressive Alliance in 2011, he was Minister of Civil Aviation from December 2011 to May 2014. In 2019 Indian general election, he contested from Muzaffarnagar but lost to Sanjeev Balyan of BJP by a very small margin of 6526 votes.
RLD could not make any strong presence from 2014 to 2022, even losing its traditional seats. 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.
In 2024 Indian general election, the party joined the Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance and it won both the seats from which it contested in alliance (Bijnor and Baghpat).
RLD party office bearers
National President - Jayant Singh National Vice President - Dr. Yashveer Singh National General Secretary (Organization)- Trilok Tyagi National General Secretary- K.P. Choudhary Abdul Sagir Khan Sukhveer Singh Gathina Malook Nagar Girish Kumar Chaudhary Rajendra Sharma Munshi Ram Chandan Chauhan State President, Uttar Pradesh - Ramashish Rai Nari Shakti Sangathan (RLD) National President - Manisha Ahlawat State President Chatrasabha, Uttar Pradesh - Aman Pandey
Electoral history Lok Sabha (Lower House) TermIndian General ElectionSeatscontested Seatswon% 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 0.24%18th Lok Sabha2024 22 0.14%
Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House) TermAssembly ElectionSeatscontestedSeatswon% 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 assembly201717111.71% 18th Legislative assembly 2022 33 92.85%
Legislative members
Lok sabha members (MPs) No. Name Term in office Constituency 1 Dr.Rajkumar Sangwan4 June 2024 Incumbent BaghpatUttar Pradesh 2 Chandan Singh Chauhan4 June 2024 Incumbent Bijnor Uttar Pradesh
Rajyasabha members (MPs) No. Name Term in office Constituency 1 Jayant Chaudhary 5 July 2022 Incumbent Uttar Pradesh Vidhan parishad members (MLCs) No.Name Term in officeConstituencyState1Yogesh Choudhary6 May 2024Incumbentelected by Legislative assembly member's Uttar Pradesh Vidhan sabha members (MLAs) No.Name Term in officeConstituencyState1Dr. Subhash Garg11 December 2018IncumbentBharatpurRajasthan2Rajpal Singh Baliyan10 March 2022IncumbentBudhanaUttar Pradesh3Persann Chaudhary10 March 2022IncumbentShamli4Dr. Ajay Kumar Tomar10 March 2022IncumbentChhaprauli5Pradeep Chaudhary "Guddu"10 March 2022IncumbentSadabad6Ghulam Mohammad10 March 2022IncumbentSiwalkhas7Ashraf Ali Khan10 March 2022IncumbentThana Bhawan8Mithlesh Pal23 November 2024 (by-election)IncumbentMeerapur9Anil Kumar 10 March 2022IncumbentPurqazi10Madan Bhaiya6 November 2022 (by-election)IncumbentKhatauli
List of ministers in union government
No. Photo Portfolio Name(Lifespan) Assumed office Left office Duration Constituency(House) 1 Minister of Agriculture Chaudhary Ajit Singh(19392021) 22 July2001 24 May2003 Baghpat(Lok Sabha) Atal Bihari Vajpayee Minister of Civil Aviation 18 December2011 26 May2014 Manmohan Singh 2 Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship() Jayant Chaudhary(1978) 10 June2024 Incumbent Uttar Pradesh(Rajya Sabha) Narendra Modi Minister of Education()
List of ministers in state governments 1. Rajasthan 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 No. Name Term in office Portfolio Chief Minister1Anil Kumar 2024 IncumbentCabinet Minister of Science & Technology Yogi Adityanath State Leadership The Rashtriya Lok Dal has state units in Jharkhand, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and other states. + StateState President Uttar PradeshRamashish RaiRajasthanJoginder Singh AwanaHaryanaJagjit Singh Sangwan Delhi Rajneesh MalikJharkhandD P LalaJammu and KashmirDr. Zahoor Ahmad SheikhMaharashtraSudhir RautGujaratK. Praveen Singh JadejaUttarakhandRajendra Pant
See also Rashtriya Janata Dal Lok Dal (Charan) List of political parties in India
References
External links
https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rld-sp-join-bharat-jodo-yatra-baghpat-up-8361713/