Vikassheel Insaan Party is an Indian political party, formally launched on November 4, 2018, by a

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set designer Mukesh Sahani, who campaigned for the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

during the

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Legislative Assembly election was held over five-phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015. In April 2015, the Janata Parivar group (a group ...

. They contested in three Lok Sabha constituencies in 2019 from Madhubani,

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and

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but failed to win any seats. The support base for the party consists mainly of the

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community, which comprises 20 sub-castes of fisherman and boatmen.

2020 Bihar Assembly elections

VIP party was initially aligned to the Mahagathbandhan but amidst confusion in seat sharing due to regressive stance taken by

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to not give required importance to its small allies, Mukesh Sahani walked out of the alliance. He was welcomed by

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, and was given a total of 11 seats to contest in Bihar. The party was successful, and though Sahani himself lost the election, his party won four seats. Mukesh Sahani was later elected to Bihar Legislative Council but not on a six-year term but instead a one and a half year term which expired in July 2022

Defections in 2022

Mukesh Sahani, the President of the party decided to run against his ally party BJP in the Uttar Pradesh 2022 Legislative Assembly elections and said he would field 160 candidates, he said that his main goal was to "oust the (incumbent) BJP government." He proceeded to field 55 candidates against his ally in Bihar, however none of them were able to win. Following the party's loss in the Uttar Pradesh Elections, a BJP MLA said that his chapter is over in Bihar politics and he should be ousted as the minister and also hinted a coup against him in the party Sahani then proceeded to ignore NDA seat distribution for Bihar Legislative Council elections and again fielded seven candidates against BJP On 23 March 2022, all three MLAs of the party defected into BJP, leaving the party with no MLAs.

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Political parties in Bihar Political parties established in 2018 2018 establishments in Bihar Dalit politics Vikassheel Insaan Party {{India-party-stub

2020 Bihar Assembly elections

Defections in 2022

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