Krishikar Lok Party (Peasants Peoples Party), a

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in the Hyderabad State,

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, existing April–June 1951. KLP was formed when Acharya N. G. Ranga broke away from the

Hyderabad State Praja Party {{Use Indian English, date=February 2020 Hyderabad State Praja Party, a political party in the Hyderabad State. HSPP was formed in 1951 when Tanguturi Prakasam and Acharya N. G. Ranga broke away from the Indian National Congress. In April 1951 Ra ...

. KLP contested the 1951 Lok Sabha elections, winning one seat. KLP also contested 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election and won 15 seats. In the 1955 Andhra State Legislative Assembly election, Congress, Praja Party and KLP formed an alliance and KLP won 22 seats. After the election, on the request of Nehru, Ranga merged KLP with the Congress party. He was elected to Congress in the 1957 general election from Tenali Lok Sabha constituency. Ranga would later become the founder-president of the

Swatantra Party The Swatantra Party was an Indian classical liberal political party, that existed from 1959 to 1974. It was founded by C. Rajagopalachari in reaction to what he felt was the Jawaharlal Nehru-dominated Indian National Congress's increasingly soci ...

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