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 in

Politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

. The party has also raised issues regarding disparity in the

Reservation system Computer reservation systems, or central reservation systems (CRS), are computerized systems used to store and retrieve information and conduct transactions related to air travel, hotels, car rental, or other activities. Originally designed and oper ...

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, Vinod Saroj 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 ...

External links

References

Political parties established in 2018 Political parties in Uttar Pradesh 2018 establishments in Uttar Pradesh Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) {{India-party-stub

See also

External links

References