Republican Party Of India (Gavai)

The Republican Party of India (Gawai) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

in India. It is a splinter group of the

Republican Party of India The Republican Party of India (RPI, often called the Republican Party or simply Republican) is a political party in India. It has its roots in the Scheduled Castes Federation led by B. R. Ambedkar. The 'Training School for Entrance to Polit ...

. The leaders are former Governor of Kerala

R. S. Gavai Ramkrishna Suryabhan Gavai (30 October 1929 – 25 July 2015), popularly known as Dadasaheb Gavai, was an Indian politician, social activist, senior leader of the Ambedkarite movement, and founder of the Republican Party of India (Gavai). He w ...

and his son

Rajendra Gawai Rajendra Gavai is the President of Republican Party of India (Gavai). Occupation Physician, Politician. Early life and education He is the son of the late Kerala Governor R.S. Gavai. obtain M.B.B.S. from Govt. Medical College, Nagpur in 1986. H ...

.The current President of the Republican party of India (Gawai) is S . Rajendran, former Member of Legislative assembly Karnataka. It is a constituent of the previous ruling

United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a centre-left political alliance of predominantly left-leaning political parties in India. It was formed after the 2004 general election with support from left-leaning political parties when no single party ...

. Its presence is limited to Maharashtra. In 2009 all factions of RPI except

Prakash Ambedkar Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar (IAST: Prakāśa Yaśavanta Āmbēḍakar) (born 10 May 1954), popularly known as Balasaheb Ambedkar, is an Indian politician, social activist, writer and lawyer. He is the president of political party called the Van ...

Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha The Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (IAST: Bhāripa Bahujana Mahāsaṅgha; BBM) was an Indian political party founded by Prakash Ambedkar on 4 July 1994. The party was a splinter group of the Republican Party of India and had its roots in the Schedu ...

reunited to form a united

. RPI (Gawai) was a part of that but later split again. Republican Party of India Political parties in Maharashtra Dalit politics Ambedkarite political parties Political parties with year of establishment missing {{India-party-stub