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Encyclopedia > Bahujan Kisan Dal

Bahujan Kisan Dal (Majority Peasants Party) is a political party in India. The party was founded ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2004 as the politiska branch of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Indian Peasants Union). BKD is led by Rakesh Tikait and the party president is the former Uttar Pradesh govenor Romesh Bhandari.


Rakesh Tikair is the son of the BKU leader Chaudhary Mahinder Singh Tikait.


In the Lok Sabha elections 2004 BKD put up nine candidates, all from Uttar Pradesh.


BKD supported the candidature of Ram Jethmalani in Lucknow as the countercandidate against PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.


External links

  • BKD election result 2004 (http://www.eci.gov.in/GE2004/pollupd/parties/BKDcontest.htm)
  • The kulak and his perplexing politics (http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may062004/iv2.asp), article in Deccan Herald

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Bahujan Kisan Dal at AllExperts (181 words)
Bahujan Kisan Dal (Majority Peasants Party) is a political party in India.
BKD is led by Rakesh Tikait and the party president is the former Uttar Pradesh govenor Romesh Bhandari.
BKD supported the candidature of Ram Jethmalani in Lucknow as the countercandidate against PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The Hindu : Other States / New Delhi News : Post-election we will emerge stronger: Romesh Bhandari (496 words)
Noting that BKD was literally the political wing of Mr.
In this general election, BKD will be fielding 20 candidates, all from Uttar Pradesh, where it hopes to gain from the groundwork party workers have done particularly in rural areas.
Taking a dig at the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government's claim of "India Shining", the BKD leader said India was not shining as a majority of its citizens were crying with hunger, poverty and unemployment.
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