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The '''Democratic Secular Party''' is an Indian political party which seeks support from the [[Islam in India|country's Islamic population]].

The party ran a number of candidates in the [[2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090420051813/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/candidatelist09/DESEP.html Democratic Secular Party (DESEP) 2009 Candidates]</ref> and unsuccessfully put up eleven candidates in the [[2009 Indian general election|general election of the same year]].<ref>[http://www.altiusdirectory.com/Society/indian-elections-results-2009.php Indian General Elections 2009 Results]</ref> It has also been active in [[Bihar]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7998819.stm India's all-important Muslim vote]</ref>

In 2010 the party chairman Abdul Karim Patel was reported as being the victim of an assault in [[Nagpur]] after former state minister of [[Maharashtra]] was arrested for allegedly slapping Patel several times.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120709054250/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-25/nagpur/28254455_1_dsp-democratic-secular-party-mominpura Anees gets bail after 'slapping' DSP leader]</ref>

In 2012 the party joined a number of other groups in forming the Nagpur Janshakti Aghadi, a coalition of parties taking their impetus from the anti-corruption crusade of [[Anna Hazare]].<ref>[http://m.timesofindia.com/PDATOI/articleshow/11544304.cms Nagpur Janshakti Aghadi to piggy back on Anna factor]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Islamic political parties in India]]

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