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'''Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress''' was a regional political party in the [[Indian state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It was founded in October 1997 by [[Naresh Agarwal]] along with [[Jagdambika Pal]], Atul Kumar Singh, [[Bacha Pathak]], [[Rajeev Shukla]], [[Hari Shankar Tiwari]], suresh chand
Bhardwaj, [[Shripati Singh]] and [[Shyam Sunder Sharma]]. The party was formed when these leaders broke away from the [[Indian National Congress]] to join the [[All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)]], led by [[N. D. Tiwari]] which led another switched to form Loktantrik Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rediff On The NeT Elections '98: Schism evident in Loktantrik Congress|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/21up6.htm|access-date=2021-09-30|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>

{{Short description|Defunt political party in India}}

[[Jagdambika Pal]] served as the [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] for 3 days from 21 February 1998 to 23 February 1998 when [[Governor of Uttar Pradesh]] [[Romesh Bhandari]] dismissed [[Kalyan Singh]] government. [[Kalyan Singh]] moved [[Allahabad High Court]] which termed the dismissal of government unconstitutional on 23 February 1998, thereby reinstating the Kalyan Singh government.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rediff On The NeT Elections '98: Loktantrik Congress withdraws support to Kalyan Singh govt|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/21up2.htm|access-date=2021-09-30|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rediff On The NeT Elections '98: Kalyan Singh sacked, Jagdambika Pal CM|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/21up.htm|access-date=2021-09-30|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> Naresh Agarwal was name the [[List of deputy chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Naresh Agrawal's Defection from SP to BJP Threatens to Throw UP RS Polls off Balance|url=https://thewire.in/politics/naresh-agrawal-defection-sp-bjp-rs-polls|access-date=2021-09-30|website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rediff On The NeT Elections '98: Loktantrik Congress withdraws support to Kalyan Singh govt|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/21up2.htm|access-date=2021-09-30|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=October 2019}}

The party became partners in (Atul Kumar Singh) & [[Kalyan Singh]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rediff On The NeT: Mega cabinet expansion in UP, 70 new ministers inducted|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/oct/27up.htm|access-date=2021-09-30|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> [[Ram Prakash Gupta]] and [[Rajnath Singh]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 17, 2003|first=Subhash|last=Mishra|title=Mayawati fuels split in Akhil Bhartiya Congress Dal, asks MLAs to join BSP|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/20030217-mayawati-fuels-split-in-akhil-bhartiya-congress-dal-asks-mlas-to-join-bsp-793506-2003-02-17|access-date=2021-09-30|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=UPA 10 short of majority in RS|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2004/jul/05rajyasabha.htm|access-date=2021-09-30|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-02-06|title=Uttar Pradesh assembly elections: New faces and veterans|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-new-faces-4489223/|access-date=2021-09-30|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

== Electoral history ==

=== State ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" width=60%
|-
!width="130px" |Elections
!width="130px" |MLA
!width="130px" |Contested
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1999
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| style="text-align: center;" | 4
|-
|}

=== State ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" width=60%
|-
!width="130px" |Elections
!width="130px" |MLA
!width="130px" |Contested
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1998
| style="text-align: center;" | 22
| style="text-align: center;" | defection
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 2002
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| style="text-align: center;" | 25
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 2007
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 2012
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Indian political parties}}

[[Category:Political parties established in 1997]]
[[Category:1997 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Regionalist parties in India]]
[[Category:Defunct political parties in Uttar Pradesh]]

Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress - Revision history

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