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Rashtriya Congress was an Indian political party founded in December 1982 by Ratubhai Adani. [1] [2] [3] In 1983, Rashtriya Congress joined an alliance United Front, comprising Janata Party, Congress (Secular) and Democratic Socialist Party. [4]

On 21 October 1984, Rashtriya Congress merged into Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Party, a new party formed by merging Rashtriya Congress, Lok Dal, Democratic Socialist Party of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna and some members of Janata Party like Devi Lal. [5]

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