2012 Elections
In the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, 2012, Anupriya Patel, daughter of Sone Lal Patel won the assembly election seat from Rohania, Varanasi. The party tied up with other smaller groups such as the Peace Party of India.
The state president of the party Atique Ahmed fought the 2012 elections while lodged in Basti jail, where he has been imprisoned since 2008 on charges of murdering Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Raju Pal. He lost in the Allahabad West constitutency, to Raju Pal's widow Pooja Pal by a margin of 5%. The party has been officially assigned the Cup Soucer as its symbol for contesting elections.
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