The Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (abbreviated as RLP) is an Indian political party in the state of Rajasthan. The party was founded by Hanuman Beniwal on the eve of the

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election The Indian National Congress became the single largest party with 100 seats, short of majority by 1 seat. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 73 seats, much lower compared to the previous election in which it won an absolute majority of 163 seats. The ...

. Hanuman Beniwal is president of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party. The party entered into an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party on the eve of the

2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...

. It has extended its support to the 2020 Bharat Bandh and the Indian farmers' protest.

History

Beniwal was suspended by the Bharatiya Janata Party due to disagreements and corruption allegations against the senior leadership of the party, he had become an independent member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. In 2018, Beniwal conducted the "Hunkar Rally" before the upcoming legislative assembly election and formed the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party which was supported by

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and

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. The party received support from members of the

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, and was able to have its representatives elected on three seats of the legislative assembly. In 2019, the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party entered into an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party before the general election. It contested on the Nagaur seat and extends its support to the Bharatiya Janata Party on all other seats in the state. Beniwal who had contested from the Nagaur seat was elected to the Lok Sabha. Following the passage of the 2020 Indian agriculture reform, Beniwal resigned from three parliamentary committees, and the party extended its support to the Indian farmers' protest and supported the all India general strike. On 27 October, the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party announced its alliance with Chandra Shekhar Ravan's Azad Samaj Party for the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly elections. RLP Party Members
Hanuman Beniwal - Founder and MP, Nagaur
Manish Choudhary - General Secretary
Pukhraj Garg - MLA, Bhopalgarh

Narayan Beniwal Narayan Beniwal is an Indian politician from Nagaur, Rajasthan. He was elected as a member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Khinwasar on 24 October 2019. He is member of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, Rastriya Loktantrik Party. He is brother ...

- MLA, Khinwsar
Indira Devi Bawari - MLA, Merta
Rajpal Choudhary - Spokesperson, Jaipur
Vivek Machra - Spokesperson, Bikaner

References

External links

RLP Official Website
* {{National Democratic Alliance, state=collapsed Political parties in India 2018 establishments in Rajasthan Indian independence movement Rashtriya Loktantrik Party Political parties established in 2018

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