Lok Janshakti Party
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Lok Janshakti Party
लोक जनशक्ति पार्टी |
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| Leader | Ram Vilas Paswan |
| Parliamentary Chairperson | Chirag Paswan |
| Lok Sabha leader | Ram Vilas Paswan |
| Founded | 28 November 2000 |
| Headquarters | 12, Janpath, New Delhi, India |
| Newspaper | Nayay Chakra |
| Youth wing | Yuva Lok Janshakti Party |
| Labour wing | Janshakti Mazdoor Sabha |
| Ideology |
Secularism, Socialism Populism |
| ECI Status | State Party |
| Alliance | National Democratic Alliance (2000—2003, 2014—present) |
| Seats in Lok Sabha |
6 / 545
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha |
0 / 245
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| Website | |
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The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) is a state political party in the state Bihar, India. It is led by Ram Vilas Paswan. The party was formed in 2000 when Paswan split from Janata Dal (United). The party has considerable following amongst Dalits in Bihar. Currently party is a member of the National Democratic Alliance.
In 2000, Ram Vilas Paswan formed the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) as its President. LJP contested the polls in alliance with the Indian National Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal and won four Lok Sabha seats. Ram Vilas Paswan remained a Union Minister in Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Ministry of Steel.
In the 2005 Bihar assembly polls held in February the party contested in alliance with the Congress and against the RJD and won 29 assembly seats. However no alliance could secure majority and party refused to give support to any alliance to form the Government. There were rumours that certain party MLAs were ready to defect to JD(U) allowing the formation of an NDA Government. In a controversial episode, President's rule was imposed in the State and after a few months Bihar's state assembly was dissolved. Elections were again held in October month in which NDA came to power with a thumping majority with Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister. Party had fielded its candidates in 203 seats of which party could win only 10 seats.
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