New Delhi: Former BJP leader Hanuman Beniwal on Monday launched the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) in Jaipur, claiming that, in alliance with other “like-minded” parties, it would emerge as an alternative to the BJP and the Congress in the December 7 Assembly election in Rajasthan.
Bharat Vahini Party (BVP) president and former BJP leader Ghanshyam Tiwari extended support to the RLP at a rally in Jaipur to announce the formation of the new party. Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) national vice president Jayant Chaudhary and member of national executive of Samajwadi Party Sanjay Lathar were also present.
“We would associate with like-minded people in the state which are unhappy with the Congress and BJP governments. Both the parties have been involved in corruption. Welfare of poor, farmer and, youths were not their focus. It is a fight to change the system and not for any chair, [sic]” Beniwal, who is an independent legislator from Khinvsar Assembly seat, said while addressing the ‘Kisan Hunkar Rally’.
He said that symbol of the RLP is a “bottle,” “signifying transparency in its functioning”.
(PTI)