Swatantra Bharat Paksh

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Swatantra Bharat Paksh
Leader Sharad Anantrao Joshi, Wamanrao Chatap
Secretary Wamanrao Chatap
Rajya Sabha Leader Sharad Anantrao Joshi
Founded1994
Preceded by Sharad Anantrao Joshi
HeadquartersA-4, Purnam Center Point, Opp. Gaikwad Class, Kahneri Wadi CBS, District Nashik [1]
Ideology Conservative liberalism
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Rajya Sabha
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The Swatantra Bharat Paksh (translation: Independent India Party; abbr.SBP) is a liberal political party in Maharashtra, India, established in 1994 by Sharad Anantrao Joshi (former Shetkari Sanghatana leader). [2] It claims its roots in the Swatantra Party of C. Rajagopalachari. [3] It won one seat in the 2004 Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha election, successfully contested by Wamanrao Chatap from the Rajura constituency. [4] [5] In total, the party had launched 7 candidates. [6] Sharad Anantrao Joshi, the party's founder, represented the party and Maharasthra in the Rajya Sabha from 2004 to 2010. [7]

The party was allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party as well as the Shiv Sena. [5] The party supports the demand for a separate Vidarbha state. [2]

On 28 March 2022, the SBP merged with the Swarna Bharat Party and became the Swatantra Bharat Party.

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