People's Party of Punjab

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People's Party of Punjab
ਪੀਪਲਜ਼ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਆਫ਼ ਪੰਜਾਬ
Leader Manpreet Singh Badal
Founded 27 March 2011
Headquarters Malout Road,
Gidderbaha (Mukatsar),
Punjab, India
Ideology Secular, Centre-Left
Colours Saffron  
ECI Status Registered Party[1]
Election symbol
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Politics of India
Political parties
Elections

The People's Party of Punjab (Gurmukhi: ਪੀਪਲਜ਼ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਆਫ਼ ਪੰਜਾਬ) was a Indian political party formed in March 2011 and based in Punjab with Manpreet Singh Badal as the leader, who was a former member of state assembly and nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Manpreet later merged the party with the congress after meeting party vice-president Rahul Gandhi.[2]

History

The People's Party of Punjab (PPP) was formed in March, 2011 by Manpreet Singh Badal, a four-time MLA in Punjab, India, who resigned from Council of Ministers of the State of Punjab, when he held the portfolio of Finance Minister and also resigned from the primary membership of Shiromani Akali Dal in October, 2010. Manpreet Singh Badal resigned his seat in the Punjab Legislative Assembly prior to announcing the new party.[3][4]

2012 Punjab State Election

The 2012 state election was the first to be contested by the party. It allied with the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India and the Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal) in a group calling itself the Sanjha Morcha (Common Front).[5][6] Badal was the chief ministerial candidate of the coalition.

The Sanjha Morcha was unsuccessful in winning any of the seats it had contested despite garnering an approximate share of 6% of the total votes polled.

References

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