Rashtriya Lok Dal
Rashtriya Lok Dal (abbreviated as RLD) (translation: National People's Party) 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. 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. In 1999, he relaunched his party with the name Rashtriya Lok Dal. 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. After his party joined the ruling United Progressive Alliance in 2011, he was Minister of Civil Aviation from December 2011 to May 2014. In 2019 Indian general election, He contested from Muzaffarnagar but lost to Sanjeev Balyan of BJP by a very small margin of 6526 votes. RLD couldn't make any strong presence from 2014 to 2022 even losing its traditional seats. On the other hand, the party was able to win 9 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. RLD party office bearers 

 National President - Jayant Singh

Electoral history
Lok Sabha (Lower House)

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Lower House)

Legislative members

Rajyasabha members (MPs)

Vidhan sabha members (MLAs)

List of ministers in union government

List of ministers in state governments

Rajasthan

See also
 Rashtriya Janata Dal
 Lok Dal (Charan)

References

External links 
 
 https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rld-sp-join-bharat-jodo-yatra-baghpat-up-8361713/

 
Political parties in India
Janata Parivar
Political parties established in 1996
1996 establishments in India
Janata Dal
Bharatiya Lok Dal
Member parties of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance