Archive · 8 Aug 2026
RLD chief Ramashish Rai quits party citing Constitution assaults
A man named Ramashish Rai was the leader of a political party in India called the Rashtriya Lok Dal, or RLD, in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
On Friday, he quit his job as the party's Uttar Pradesh chief and also left the party.
He said he did this because he believes India's Constitution — the country's most important set of rules — is being attacked.
He also thinks democracy, where people choose their leaders, is in danger.
He said rich and powerful people are gaining too much control over the country's democracy.
He said society is being divided into groups based on caste, sub-caste and community.
He gave his resignation letter to the party's national president, Chaudhary Jayant Singh, and also shared it on social media.
Rai said he does not plan to join another political party right now.
He said he might start a new organisation in the future with people who think like him.
The RLD works together with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the National Democratic Alliance in the central government and in the Uttar Pradesh government.
Ramashish Rai, president of the Rashtriya Lok Dal's (RLD) Uttar Pradesh unit, resigned from his post and the party's primary membership on Friday, August 7.
Rai cited 'assaults' on the Constitution, democratic principles and constitutional institutions as ideological and ethical reasons for his resignation.
He submitted his resignation letter to RLD national president and Union Minister Chaudhary Jayant Singh, shared it on social media, and confirmed the development to PTI.
Rai said Indian democracy is coming under the sway of money power and influential sections, and observed a growing tendency to divide society along caste, sub-caste and community lines.
Rai said he has no plan to join any political party for now but may float an organisation with like-minded people in the future.
- Who
- Ramashish Rai, president of the Rashtriya Lok Dal's (RLD) Uttar Pradesh unit; resignation submitted to RLD national president Chaudhary Jayant Singh
- What
- Resigned from his post and the party's primary membership, citing 'assaults' on the Constitution and democracy 'in peril'
- When
- Friday, August 7
- Where
- Uttar Pradesh, India; reported from Lucknow
- Why
- Ideological and ethical reasons: Rai said assaults on the Constitution, democratic principles and constitutional institutions put democracy in peril, with money power and caste, sub-caste and community divisions growing
- Resigning leader
- Ramashish Rai, Uttar Pradesh RLD unit president
- Party
- Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)
- Position relinquished
- State unit president and party primary membership
- Resignation date
- Friday, August 7
- Stated reason
- 'Assaults' on the Constitution, democratic principles and constitutional institutions; democracy 'in peril'
- Resignation submitted to
- Chaudhary Jayant Singh, RLD national president and Union Minister
- Appointed state president
- May 27, 2022
- Alliance
- Key constituent of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA); partner in the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Uttar Pradesh government
