Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) is a political party in

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

, India, launched by

Raghuraj Pratap Singh Kunwar Raghuraj Pratap Singh (born 31 October 1969), popularly known as Raja Bhaiya, is an Indian politician. He is an MLA in the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly from his native local assembly constituency Kunda on Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) tic ...

, commonly known as Raja Bhaiya, in November 2018 at Ramabai Park,

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...

, during a rally marking his 25 years in politics and after taking feedback from his electorate who overwhelmingly supported for forming a new party. The party has raised the issues related to caste-based preferences in election and stands against

Casteism Caste is a form of social stratification characterised by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a style of life which often includes an occupation, ritual status in a hierarchy, and customary social interaction and exclusion based on cultural ...

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. The party has also raised issues regarding disparity in the

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and SC/ST act to non-

Dalits Dalit (from sa, दलित, dalita meaning "broken/scattered"), also previously known as untouchable, is the lowest stratum of the castes in India. Dalits were excluded from the four-fold varna system of Hinduism and were seen as forming ...

, in education and employment. Raja Bhaiyya's party won 2 seats in the Uttar Pradesh elections of 2022. Even after personal targeting by SP candidate Gulshan Yadav and SP president Akhilesh Yadav, Raja Bhaiya won his seat comfortably. Aside from

, the party had early support from

Akshay Pratap Singh Akshay Pratap Singh alias Gopal Bhaiya (born 14 April 1970) is an List of political parties in India, Indian politician from Pratapgarh (Lok Sabha constituency) in Uttar Pradesh. He is the member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. Political ...

Vinod Saroj Vinod Kumar Saroj (born 1 July 1980) is a politician from Bela Pratapgarh, India. Since 2007, he has been elected on three occasions as an independent Member of the Legislative Assembly, representing the Babaganj assembly constituency of Pratap ...

and

Shailendra Kumar Shailendra Kumar (born 25 July 1960) is an Indian politician belonging to the Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik). He was three times member of Lok Sabha from the Kaushambi constituency (2009-2014) & Chail constituency(1998–99) & (2004–2009) in Ut ...

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