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{{Short description|Political party in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)
| logo             =
| colorcode        = {{party color|Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)}}
| abbreviation     = JD(L)
| leader           = [[Akshay Pratap Singh]]
| president        = [[Raghuraj Pratap Singh]]
| founded          = {{start date|df=yes|2018|11|30}} <ref name=XYZ/>
| founder          = [[Raghuraj Pratap Singh]] (Raja Bhaiya)<ref name=XYZ/>
| headquarters     = [[Lucknow]]
| youth_wing       = Raja Bhaiya Youth Brigade
| ideology         = [[Caste system in India#Criticism|Anti-Casteism]]<ref name=XYZ/><ref name="timesofindia" /><br/>[[Secularism]]<ref name="JDL">{{cite web |title=Jansatta Dal Loktantrik - www.jdl.org.in |url=https://www.jdl.org.in/ |website=www.jdl.org.in |access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref><br/>[[Political equality|Political Equality]]<ref name="JDL"/>
| colors           = {{Colorsample|Yellow}} Yellow {{Colorsample|Green}} Green
<ref>{{cite news |title=Thousands Throng Lucknow Streets as Raja Bhaiya Launches Party on Anti-Dalit Plank |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/raja-bhaiya-launches-his-party-in-lucknow-1955243.html |publisher=[[News 18]] |date=30 November 2018}}</ref>
| seats1_title     = Seats in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|1|100|hex={{party color|Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)}}}}
| seats2_title     = Seats in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|2|403|hex={{party color|Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)}}}}
| symbol           = [[File:Saw election symbol.png|150px]]
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| website          = {{URL|http://www.jdl.org.in}}
| country          = India
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'''Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)''' is a political party in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India, launched by [[Raghuraj Pratap Singh]], commonly known as Raja Bhaiya, in November 2018 at Ramabai Park, [[Lucknow]], during a rally marking his 25 years in politics and after taking feedback from his electorate who overwhelmingly supported for forming a new party.<ref name=timesofindia>{{cite news |last1=Mishra |first1=Subhash |title=UP: Raghuraj Pratap Singh launches new political party |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-raghuraj-pratap-singh-launches-new-political-party/articleshow/66882693.cms |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=30 November 2018}}</ref>

The party has raised the issues related to caste-based preferences in election and stands against [[Casteism]] in [[Politics]]. The party has also raised issues regarding disparity in the [[reservation in India|reservation system]] and [[SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act|SC/ST act]] to non-[[Dalits]], in education and employment. Raja Bhaiyya's party won two seats in the [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Uttar Pradesh elections of 2022]].<ref name="uniindia">{{cite news |date=16 November 2018 |title=Raja Bhaiyya floats new faction"Jansatta Dal"; says Ram temple issue must be sorted out via court ruling |url=http://www.uniindia.com/raja-bhaiyya-floats-new-faction-quot-jansatta-dal-quot-says-ram-temple-issue-must-be-sorted-out-via-court-ruling/north/news/1406760.html |publisher=[[United News of India]]}}</ref><ref name="XYZ">{{cite news |last=Mishra Subhash |date=1 December 2018 |title=Raja Bhaiya launches party with war cry for caste equality |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/raja-bhaiya-launches-party-with-war-cry-for-caste-equality/articleshow/66890255.cms |access-date=15 April 2022 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref name="timesofindia" /> Even after personal targeting by SP candidate Gulshan Yadav and [[Samajwadi Party|SP]] president Akhilesh Yadav, Raja Bhaiya won his seat comfortably. {{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Aside  from [[Raghuraj Pratap Singh]], the party had early support from [[Akshay Pratap Singh]], [[Vinod Saroj]] and [[Shailendra Kumar]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Faridi |first1=Mohd. Rafatuddin |title=राजा भइया की पार्टी में जाने वाले नेताओं की तैयार, जानिये किन पार्टियों के हैं नेता |url=https://www.patrika.com/allahabad-news/raja-bhaiya-political-party-announced-in-lucknow-on-30-november-3772805/ |publisher=[[Rajasthan Patrika]] |date=28 November 2018 |language=Hindi}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of political parties in India]]

==External links==
* {{Official Website|http://jdl.org.in|Official website}}
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==References==
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[[Category:Political parties established in 2018]]
[[Category:Political parties in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:2018 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
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