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The Plurals Party
AbbreviationPP
PresidentPushpam Priya Choudhary
General SecretaryAnupam Kumar Suman
FounderPushpam Priya Choudhary
Founded2020; 4 years ago (2020)
HeadquartersSukhbaso Complex, 3rd Floor, Opposite Western Hotel, Plot No. 130, Danapur Khagaul Road, Patna, Bihar, 801503 [1]
Student wingPlurals Student Federation (PSF)
IdeologyProgressivism[2]
Regionalism
Liberalism
Decentralisation
ColoursWhite   and Red  
ECI StatusRegistered (13 October 2020)
Website
plurals.org

The Plurals Party (often known by the abbreviated name Plurals) is an Indian political party founded in the state of Bihar[3] by Pushpam Priya Choudhary, alumns of the London School of Economics and Institute of Development Studies, whose central policies include employment, education, healthcare, rural development, industrialisation, urban centres and capabilities inclusion of people and the regions. Plurals started its political journey by contesting 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election against the National Democratic Alliance of Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (United) and Grand Alliance of Rashtriya Janata Dal, Indian National Congress and several leftist parties.[4]

History

Formation

The party was founded on 8th March 2020 by Pushpam Priya Choudhary, who was projected by the party as Chief Minister candidate for 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election[5][6] and ex-civil servant Anupam Kumar Suman who was posted as the special secretary of the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar before his resignation, who later joined as the General Secretary of the party.[7][8]

Election Campaign

Pushpam Priya Choudhary travelled across the state and raised the issues of closed industries, unproductive agriculture, ruined heritage and unemployment with the party campaign of “Let’s Open Bihar” and “30 Years Lockdown”. He pointed out the underdevelopment of the state in the post-globalisation phase after 1990, which is also synchronised with the Lalu Prasad Yadav-Nitish Kumar regime.[9][10]

Bihar Assembly Elections

The party made its electoral debut in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election and contested all 243 seats.[11] As the party opposed the politics of caste and religion following its pluralistic ideology, it declared its candidate’s name while mentioning their profession (doctor, engineer, teacher etc) as their caste and their religion as ‘Bihari’. Many of the nominations of its candidates were rejected, which the party opposed vehemently. All party candidates who contested the elections lost, including party president Pushpam Priya Choudhary who contested from Bankipur and Bisfi constituencies.[12][13] Party members finally contested on 148 seats including those declared independents because of the delay in party registration. Total vote secured by the candidates on these seats was 2,09,417.

Party Candidates Performance 2020

Sr. No. AC Name AC No. Candidate Name Phase Winner Runner Up Plurals
1 Valmiki Nagar 1 Gaurav Jha 3 74906 53321 2863
2 Ramnagar (SC) 2 Champa Devi 3 75423 59627 1412
3 Narkatiaganj 3 Anup Kumar Mishra 3 75484 54350 959
4 Bagaha 4 Sita Shah 3 90013 59993 1032
5 Lauriya 5 Ajitesh Kumar 3 77927 48923 1462
6 Nautan 6 Jaiprakash Singh Kushwaha 2 78657 52761 1169
7 Chanpatia 7 Rajeev Ranjan 2 83828 70359 297
8 Bettiah 8 Awakash Gupta 2 84496 66417 1559
9 Sikta 9 Tamnna Khatun 3 49075 35798 2237
10 Raxaul 10 Kundan Kumar Srivastava 3 80979 44056 694
11 Govindganj 14 Manoranjan Kumar Mishra 3 65544 37620 481
12 Kesariya 15 Anu Vivek 2 40219 30992 619
13 Madhuban 18 Vikas Keshri 2 73179 67301 427
14 Motihari 19 Munna Kumar 2 92733 78088 662
15 Chiraia 20 Abhinav Bharti 2 62904 46030 1432
16 Dhaka 21 Rajan Jaiswal 2 99792 89678 875
17 Sheohar 22 Ranjeev Kumar Jha 2 73143 36457 1248
18 Riga 23 Ravi Kumar 3 95226 62731 634
19 Runnisaidpur 29 Vinay Kumar 2 73205 48576 919
20 Belsand 30 Rakesh Kumar Singh 2 49682 35997 912
21 Harlakhi 31 Mangesh Jha 3 60393 42800 3039
22 Benipatti 32 Anuradha Singh 3 78862 46210 1841
23 Khajauli 33 Kumar Chaitanya 3 83161 60472 1004
24 Babubarhi 34 Shalini Kumari 3 77367 65879 3413
25 Bisfi 35 Pushpam Priya Choudhary 3 86574 76333 1521
26 Madhubani 36 Madhubala Giri 2 71332 64518 2804

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Vidhan Sabha Term Election Seats
contested 		Seats
won 		% of
votes 		Ref.
17th Vidhan Sabha of Bihar 2020 113 (excluding 35 IND) 0 [14]

References

  1. ^ "Party's Address on Website".
  2. ^ "The Plurals Has Arrived, But Will it Survive the Rough and Tumble of Bihar's Caste-Ridden Politics?". News18.com. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  3. ^ "Plural Party moved Delhi HC, seeks to use chessboard symbol to contest Bihar Assembly polls". ANI News. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  4. ^ "Time To Move On From Nitish Kumar, Lalu: Plurals Party Chief Pushpam Priya". Businessworld. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  5. ^ "Who is Pushpam Priya Choudhary? The UK return girl who aspires to become Chief Minister of Bihar". India TV. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  6. ^ "Bihar elections: Plurals Party's Pushpam Priya Chaudhary fails to make impact". Times of India. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  7. ^ "Bihar polls: CM Nitish Kumar may face former PMC chief after rift in 2019". National Herald. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  8. ^ "Bihar elections: Confident of winning all the seats, says Pushpam Priya Choudhary, Plurals Party chief". Times of India. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  9. ^ "Bihar CM Candidate Pushpam Priya Slams 'Nitish-Lalu Raj', Wants Prez Rule For Fair Polls". Republic Bharat TV. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  10. ^ "Bihar polls: Pushpam Priya Choudhary, the LSE graduate who is eyeing CM's chair". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  11. ^ "Bihar: Pushpam Priya Choudhary's Plurals to contest all 243 seats". Times of India. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  12. ^ "Meet the Women Candidates Changing the Political Space in Bihar Elections 2020". News18. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  13. ^ "Pushpam Priya Choudhary of Plurals party gets just 5189 votes in Bihar elections 2020". The Financial Express (India). Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  14. ^ "A Bihar poll singularity, Plurals chief is counting on age, agenda, ambition". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
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