The Bahujan Mukti Party (BMP) is a political party in India launched on 6 December 2012. [1] Pravendra Pratap Singh is the national president of Bahujan Mukti Party. [2] [3]
A merger with Loktantrik Janata Dal (founded on 6 December 2012) was proposed but was called off and was set up as a political wing of All India Backward (SC, ST, OBC) and Minority Communities Employees' Federation (BAMCEF). [4] [5] Pravendra Pratap Singh is the current president of the Bahujan Mukti party. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
As of 2020, the party was preparing for the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election for which it formed alliance with former MP Pappu Yadav, Chief of Bhim Army and Azad Samaj Party, Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan to form Progressive Democratic Alliance, but failed to secure any seat. [13] [14]
Considered a smaller party in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, [15] the Bahujan Mukti Party has fielded its candidates in some areas including the Mahoba and the Auraiya. [16] [17]
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