1989 & 1990 Elections and Mandal Struggle
IPF won a Lok Sabha seat from western Bihar, the Arrah constituency, in the 1989 parliamentary election. Rameshwar Prasad was the IPF parliamentarian from Arrah. In 1990 the organisation was able to win seven seats in the Bihar legislative assembly. IPF finished second in 14 constituencies. IPF had been able to win over a large share of the Scheduled Caste voters from the Indian National Congress in Bihar. IPF voiced support for implementation of the recommendation of the Mandal Commission, and also supported V.P. Singh's position to amend a 10% quota for economically weak sectors from upper castes. The IPF wanted reservations to be based on socio-economical factos.
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