Chairperson Ramdas Athawale Women's wing Rakhi Sawant Ideology Socialism, Secularism President Ramdas Athawale | Lok Sabha leader n/a Founder Ramdas Athawale Political position Centre-left politics Color Blue | |
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Secretary-General Dayal Bahadure,
Dr. Rajeev Menon Founded 25 May 1999 (17 years ago) (1999-05-25) Split from Republican Party of India Headquarters 3/4, Insa Hutment, Azad Maidan, Fort, Mumbai - 400001. INDIA Alliance National Democratic Alliance | ||
The Republican Party of India (Athavale) is a political party in India. The party is a splinter group of the old Republican Party of India.
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The party has its roots in the Scheduled Castes Federation led by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar as well as. The president of the party is Ramdas Athavale & party's secretary is Dayal Bahadure.
History
Ramdas Athavale was member of Maharashtra Legislative Council form 1990 to 1995 and position of Cabinet Minister for Employment Guarantee Scheme and Prohibition Propaganda, Social Welfare and Transport in the Government of Maharashtra. Later, he represented the Pandharpur constituency of Lok Sabha in Maharashtra from 1999 to 2004. He also represented Mumbai North Central in 12th Lok Sabha during 1998-99.
After 2004 election, it had a small representation in the Lok Sabha and was a constituent of the ruling United Progressive Alliance. Its presence is limited to Maharashtra.
All factions of the RPI except Prakash Ambedkar's Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha have reunited to form a united Republican Party of India. RPI (Athavale) also merged in this united Republican Party of India (United).
In 2011 the party aligned itself with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance.
Sawant resigned from Rashtriya Aam Party and joined Republican Party of India (A)] party in June 2014 and expressed her desire to work for dalits. Rakhi serves as party's state vice-president and president of woman wing.
In September 2015, the RP(A) was one of 16 parties in Maharashtra to lose its registration for not submitting audited balance sheets and IT return documents since 2005. Thus they have lost their official election symbols.
Ramdas Athavale is only member in Member of Parliament in Upper House. He is currently Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Department with Disability Affairs from July 2016 in Narendra Modi ministry.