Jayant Chaudhary announces dissolution of party units in UP

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Days after the BJP won Uttar Pradesh for a second term with a huge majority, Jayant Chaudhary's RLD made a big announcement on Monday on dissolving party units in the state. Chaudhary fought the state polls in alliance with Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party. “As per the instructions of the national president of Rashtriya Lok Dal, Chaudhary Jayant Singh ji, the state, regional and district units and all frontal units are being dissolved with immediate effect,” a tweet in Hindi read. The reason for the big move was not shared. The RLD won eight seats while the Samajwadi Party won 111 seats in the state elections. Jayant Chaudhary's party's vote share in the state was 2.89 per cent while the SP registered a vote share of 32.1 per cent.

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