Rashtriya Lok Dal

Rashtriya Lok Dal (abbreviated as RLD) is an Indian regional political party in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. It was founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh, son of the former prime minister of India, Chaudhary Charan Singh in 1996 as a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal.^[6][7]

Rashtriya Lok Dal
Abbreviation	RLD
President	Jayant Chaudhary[1]
Secretary	Manisha Ahlawat
General Secretary	Trilok Tyagi (Organization) Chandan Chauhan Anil Dubey Yashpal Baghel Rajkumar Sangwan Subhash Garg Abdul Sagir Khan Malook Nagar Munshi Rampal Sukhbir Singh Gathina Anupam Mishra Girish K Chaudhary Rajendra Sharma Qammer Rabbani Chechi
Lok Sabha Leader	Rajkumar Sangwan
Rajya Sabha Leader	Jayant Chaudhary
Founder	Ajit Singh
Founded	1996; 29 years ago (1996)
Split from	Janata Dal
Preceded by	Lok Dal
Headquarters	AB 97, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi, 110011
Student wing	Rashtriya Lokdal Student Wing
Youth wing	Yuva Rashtriya Lokdal
Women's wing	Nari Shakti Sangathan
Peasant's wing	Rashtriya Lokdal Farmer Cell
Ideology	Secularism[2] Regionalism[3] Farmers Rights[4]
Political position	Centre
Colours	White and Green
ECI Status	Unrecognised party[5]
Alliance	National Alliance National Democratic Alliance (1999-2003) (2009-2011) (2024–present) Former Alliances United Progressive Alliance (National) (2011–2014) Samajwadi Alliance (Uttar Pradesh) (2003-2007) (2018-2024)
Seats in Lok Sabha	2 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	1 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblie's	9 / 403 (Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly) 1 / 200 (Rajasthan Legislative Assembly)
Seats in State Legislative Councils	1 / 100 (Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council)
Number of states and union territories in government	2 / 31
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
www.rashtriyalokdal.com
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History

Ajit Singh was re-elected in 1996 as a Congress candidate but resigned from the party and Lok Sabha. He then founded Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party and was re-elected from Baghpat in 1997 by-election.^[8][9]

In 1999, he relaunched his party with the name Rashtriya Lok Dal.^[9][10] While Singh lost the 1998 election and was re-elected in 1999, 2004 and 2009. From 2001 to 2003, he was Minister of Agriculture in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government.^[11] After his party joined the ruling United Progressive Alliance in 2011, he was Minister of Civil Aviation from December 2011 to May 2014.^[12][13] In 2019 Indian general election, he contested from Muzaffarnagar but lost to Sanjeev Balyan of BJP by a very small margin of 6526 votes.^[12][14]

RLD could not make any strong presence from 2014 to 2022, even losing its traditional seats.^[15][16] On the other hand, the party was able to win nine of 33 seats in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election which it contested in alliance with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh which gave boost to the party life.^[17][18]

RLD party office bearers

• National President - Jayant Singh
• National Vice President - Dr. Yashveer Singh
• National General Secretary (Organization)- Trilok Tyagi
• National General Secretary-
• K.P. Choudhary
• Abdul Sagir Khan
• Sukhveer Singh Gathina
• Malook Nagar
• Girish Kumar Chaudhary
• Rajendra Sharma
• Munshi Ram
• Chandan Chauhan
• State President, Uttar Pradesh - Ramashish Rai
• Nari Shakti Sangathan (RLD) National President - Manisha Ahlawat
• State President Chatrasabha, Uttar Pradesh - Aman Pandey

Electoral history

Lok Sabha (Lower House)

Term	Indian General Election	Seats contested	Seats won	% of votes
12th Lok Sabha	1998	8	0	-
13th Lok Sabha	1999	7	2	0.37%
14th Lok Sabha	2004	10	3	0.63%
15th Lok Sabha	2009	7	5	0.44%
16th Lok Sabha	2014	8	0	0.13%
17th Lok Sabha	2019	3	0[19]	0.24%
18th Lok Sabha	2024	2	2	0.14%

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)

Term	Assembly Election	Seats contested	Seats won	% of votes
13th Legislative assembly	1996	38	8	2.13%
14th Legislative assembly	2002	38	14	2.65%
15th Legislative assembly	2007	254	10	1.95%
16th Legislative assembly	2012	46	9	2.33%
17th legislative assembly	2017	171	1	1.71%
18th Legislative assembly	2022	33	9	2.85%

Legislative members

Rajyasabha members (MPs)

No.	Name	Term in office		Constituency
1	Jayant Chaudhary	5 July 2022	Incumbent	Uttar Pradesh

Lok sabha members (MPs)

No.	Name	Term in office		Constituency
1	Dr.Rajkumar Sangwan	4 June 2024	Incumbent	Baghpat Uttar Pradesh
2	Chandan Singh Chauhan	4 June 2024	Incumbent	Bijnor Uttar Pradesh

Vidhan sabha members (MLAs)

No.	Name	Term in office		Constituency	State
1	Dr. Subhash Garg	11 December 2018	Incumbent	Bharatpur	Rajasthan
2	Rajpal Singh Baliyan	10 March 2022	Incumbent	Budhana	Uttar Pradesh
3	Persann Chaudhary	10 March 2022	Incumbent	Shamli
4	Dr. Ajay Kumar Tomar	10 March 2022	Incumbent	Chhaprauli
5	Pradeep Chaudhary "Guddu"	10 March 2022	Incumbent	Sadabad
6	Ghulam Mohammad	10 March 2022	Incumbent	Siwalkhas
7	Ashraf Ali Khan	10 March 2022	Incumbent	Thana Bhawan
8	Mithlesh Pal	23 November 2024 (by-election)	Incumbent	Meerapur
9	Anil Kumar	10 March 2022	Incumbent	Purqazi
10	Madan Bhaiya	6 November 2022 (by-election)	Incumbent	Khatauli

Vidhan parishad members (MLCs)

No.	Name	Term in office		Constituency	State
1	Yogesh Choudhary	6 May 2024	Incumbent	elected by Legislative assembly member's	Uttar Pradesh

List of ministers in union government

No.	Photo	Portfolio	Name (Lifespan)	Assumed office	Left office	Duration	Constituency (House)	Prime Minister
1		Minister of Agriculture	Chaudhary Ajit Singh (1939–2021)	22 July 2001	24 May 2003	1 year, 306 days	Baghpat (Lok Sabha)			Atal Bihari Vajpayee
		Minister of Civil Aviation		18 December 2011	26 May 2014	2 years, 159 days		Manmohan Singh
2		Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MoS I/C)	Jayant Chaudhary (1978–)	10 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 73 days	Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	Narendra Modi
		Minister of Education (MoS)

List of ministers in state governments

1. Rajasthan

No.	Name	Term in office		Portfolio	Chief Minister
1	Subhash Garg	2018	2023	State Minister of Technical Education (I.C.) Ayurveda & Indian Medicines (I.C.) Public Grivences & Redressal (I.C.) Minority Affairs Waqf Colonisation Agriculture Command Area Development & Water Utilisation	Ashok Gehlot

2. Uttar Pradesh

No.	Name	Term in office		Portfolio	Chief Minister
1	Anil Kumar	2024	Incumbent	Cabinet Minister of Science & Technology	Yogi Adityanath

State Leadership

The Rashtriya Lok Dal has state units in Jharkhand, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and other states.

State	State President
Uttar Pradesh	Ramashish Rai
Rajasthan	Joginder Singh Awana
Haryana	Jagjit Singh Sangwan
Delhi	Rajneesh Malik
Jharkhand	D P Lala
Jammu and Kashmir	Dr. Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh
Maharashtra	Sudhir Raut
Gujarat	K. Praveen Singh Jadeja
Uttarakhand	Rajendra Pant

See also

• Rashtriya Janata Dal
• Lok Dal (Charan)
• List of political parties in India