Republican Party of India (Athavale)

Republican Party Of India (Athavale) रिपब्लिकन पार्टी ऑफ इंडिया (आठवले)
President	Ramdas Athawale
Chairperson	Ramdas Athawale
Secretary-General	Dayal Bahadure, Dr. Rajeev Menon
Lok Sabha leader	n/a
Founder	Ramdas Athawale
Founded	25 May 1999 (17 years ago) (1999-05-25)
Split from	Republican Party of India
Headquarters	34, Insa Hutement, Azad Maidan, C.S.T., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India-400 001
Women's wing	Rakhi Sawant
Ideology	Socialism, Secularism
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Blue
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 545
Seats in Rajya Sabha	1 / 245
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Website
http://www.republicanpartyofindia.org/
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The Republican Party of India (Athavale) is a political party in India. The party is a splinter group of the old Republican Party of India.

The party has its roots in the Scheduled Castes Federation led by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar as well as. The president of the party is Ramdas Athavale & party's secretary is Dayal Bahadure.

Ramdas Athavale was member of Maharashtra Legislative Council form 1990 to 1995 and position of Cabinet Minister for Employment Guarantee Scheme and Prohibition Propaganda, Social Welfare and Transport in the Government of Maharashtra. Later, he represented the Pandharpur constituency of Lok Sabha in Maharashtra from 1999 to 2004. He also represented Mumbai North Central in 12th Lok Sabha during 1998-99.

After 2004 election, it had a small representation in the Lok Sabha and was a constituent of the ruling United Progressive Alliance. Its presence is limited to Maharashtra.

All factions of the RPI except Prakash Ambedkar's Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha have reunited to form a united Republican Party of India. RPI (Athavale) also merged in this united Republican Party of India (United).