Bahujan Azad Party
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Bahujan Azad Party (Literal meaning: freedom for the majority party) is an Indian political party started in April 2018 by approximately 50 alumni of various Indian Institutes of Technology located across the country. Currently, the party has not received official approval from the Election Commission of India. [1]
Currently, the party's stated aims are the welfare of Indians classified as Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, backward classes, extremely backward classes, de-notified tribes, and vimuktha jatis. [2][3]
Electoral plans
The party has stated that it will not contest the 2019 general elections to Lok Sabha. They plan to contest the 2020 Bihar elections once it receives approval from the Election Commission of India. [4]
Controversies
The newly formed political party has been suspected of being an attempt by Hindutva organizations to consolidate majority Hindu vote banks with vested political interests. [5]
See also
- List of political parties in India
- Politics of India
References
- ↑ "Bahujan Azad Party". Times Of India. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ↑ "Bahujan Azad Party mission". NDTV. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ↑ "Bahujan Azad Party and politics of social justice". India Today. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ↑ "Bahujan Azad Party Electoral politics plan". Indian Express. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ↑ "Bahujan Azad Party and politics of religion". National Herald. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
