rashtriya lok dal

UP elections 2012 turned out to be grimmer than expected for the Ajit Singh-led rashtriya lok dal (RLD).

The rashtriya lok dal on Saturday, announced to field Yogesh Nauhwar as its candidate for Mant assembly seat in Mathura where bypoll will be held on June 12.

The rashtriya lok dal (RLD) on Thursday announced the name of Chaudhary Mushtaq Ahmad as its candidate for legislative council polls.

The decision by the Congress to identify probable candidates for all the 80 parliamentary constituencies in UP for the 16th general elections scheduled to be held in 2014, has sent ripples of concern as well as anxiety within the rashtriya lok dal, forcing the ally of the Congress in UP to mull structural changes within its state units.

Apparently frustrated with the Samajwadi Party over its unfulfilled promises to Muslims, the Shahi Imam of Delhi Jama Masjid Ahmad Bukhari is likely to switch side to Congress's key ally at the centre: The rashtriya lok dal.

With the Samajwadi Party sources confirming an alliance with Congress for the upcoming assembly polls in the state, rashtriya lok dal (RLD) has announced that it will contest on 200 seats and ruled out the possibility of any grand alliance.

rashtriya lok dal members have asked for repolling in Bijnor district, especially Bijnor constituency, claiming that elections in the district were unfair. Party members alleged that the elections took place in a communal environment and votes were sought in the name of religion and caste.

The rashtriya lok dal (RLD) has come in open support of Anna Hazare Jan Lokpal Bill. Speaking to reporters in Lucknow on Thursday, RLD president, Ajit Singh claimed that the opposition has been heavily against the bill which the UPA government seeks to table in the parliament.

rashtriya lok dal workers led by party general secretary, Jayant Chaudhary staged an agitation at the office of Moradabad commissioner, seeking timely clearance of dues for cane growers.

Moving ahead with its organisational restructuring, the rashtriya lok dal (RLD) on Friday reconstituted its women's wing.

State general secretary of rashtriya lok dal (RLD) Anil Dubey flagged off 'Suraaj Yatra' from the party office on Saturday.

Senior JD(U) leader KC Tyagi has joined the rashtriya lok dal, aiming to uphold Chaudhary Charan Singh's legacy. Tyagi, whose political roots are in western Uttar Pradesh, stated his move signifies continuity, not change, emphasizing the ideological closeness between JD(U) and RLD. He clarified his departure wasn't driven by personal friction or Rajya Sabha ambitions.

RLD insiders interpreted their absence to the support they enjoyed once from the community to the Samajwadi Party.

The rift within the state unit of rashtriya lok dal came to the fore on Friday after party's state spokesman KK Tripathi resigned from his post, accusing RLD state president Munna Singh Chauhan of running the unit in an autocratic manner.

After Kokab Hamid, another former rashtriya lok dal (RLD) MLA and member of party national executive Thakur Kushalpal Singh joined the Samajwadi Party on Monday.

In a scathing attack on Central government, rashtriya lok dal (RLD) national general secretary Trilok Tyagi on Wednesday said that two Gujaratis at the Centre are selling the country’s big Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) while two other Gujaratis are buying these organisations.

The rashtriya lok dal on Wednesday claimed that despite continuous drizzling and dip in temperature thousands of party workers and supporters turned up at the Kisaan panchayat held in Muzaffarnagar.

rashtriya lok dal chief Ajit Singh on Friday appointed Munna Singh Chauhan as the new president of UP unit of the party, more than two months after Baba Hardev Singh resigned from the post following difference of opinion with the top leadership.

After Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), the rashtriya lok dal and All India Jat Arakshan Samiti (AIJAS) have also come out in support the diktat of a panchayat at the Asra village in Baghpat.

Nearly nine months after he resigned as rashtriya lok dal (RLD) state chief, Baba Hardeo Singh was on Friday nominated as party's national general secretary.

After a number of jolts received by the BSP, several MLAs from which switched to BJP, it was the turn of rashtriya lok dal whose MLA from Mathura’s Baldev constituency Puran Prakash jumped onto the saffron bandwagon in the presence of UP BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya on Monday.