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INTRODUCTION

== The Bahujan Sangharsh Dal (BSd) is a regional political party in madhya pradesh state of India. In terms of vote-share in the state elections 2018, it is the state's 8th party, even though it did not win any seats in the Vidhansabha Sabha. It was formed mainly to represent Bahujans (literally meaning "People in majority"), referring to people from the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes (OBC), as well as religious minorities that together, according to kanshi ram, who is the idol of the party comprised 85 percent of India's population but was divided into 6,000 different castes. ==

Leadership
 Phool Singh Baraiya  - national president

 Sant Kumar  - national vice president

 Shivdan Meghwal  - National General secretary

Damodar Singh Yadav - National General secretary

Jaynarayan sagar - National General secretary

Subodh Pancholi - National General secretary

C.L. Barahdiya - National Treasurer

Yashwant baser - state president (madhya pradesh)

Kapil Meghwal - state president (rajasthan)

Ramesh Chandra Rarotiya - Malwa-nimad (ujjain) regional incharge

jaswir Singh Gurjar - state vice president (madhya pradesh)

Influential figures

 * Jyotirao Phule, an Indian activist, thinker, social reformer from Maharashtra. He fought for the eradication of untouchability and the caste system, women's emancipation and the reform of Hindu family life. He also formed the Satyashodhak Samaj (Society of Seekers of Truth) to attain equal rights for peasants and people from lower castes.


 * B. R. Ambedkar, chief architect of Indian Constitution and first law minister of India who campaigned against untouchability, caste system and also campaigned for the rights of women and labourers.[[File:Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar with Mr. Wallace Stevens at Columbia University after receiving Doctor of Laws (LLD) on June 5, 1952.jpg|thumb]]


 * sant kabir, was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint,  known for being critical of Hinduism, stating that they were misguided by the Vedas, and questioning their meaningless rites of initiation such as the sacred thread  castiesm and orthodox rituals. During his lifetime, he was threatened by Hindus for his views.


 * Sant Ravidas, was a North Indian mystic poet-sant of the  during the 14th to 16th century CE.Venerated as a guru (teacher) in the region of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. He was a poet-saint, social reformer and a spiritual figure. He is considered as the founder of 21st-century Ravidassia religion by a group who previously were associated with Sikhism. He was born at 1371 CE, in a family that worked with dead animals' skins to produce leather products and very much known in India as untouchables.




 * Narayana Guru (ca. 1854 – 20 September 1928), was a social reformer of India. He was born into a family of the Ezhava caste in an era when people from such communities, which were regarded as Avarna, faced much injustice in the caste-ridden society of Kerala. He led a reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality.


 * Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, an Indian social activist, freedom fighter and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement. He is known as the 'Father of modern Tamil Nadu'. He has done exemplary works against Brahminical dominance, caste prevalence and women oppression in Tamil Nadu.


 * Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj was of Indian princely state of Kolhapur. He worked tirelessly for the cause of the lower caste subjects in his state. Primary education to all regardless of caste and creed was one of his most significant priorities.
 * Kanshiram (15 March 1934 – 9 October 2006), also known as Bahujan Nayak or Saheb, was an Indian politician and social reformer who worked for the upliftment and political mobilisation of the Bahujans, the untouchable groups at the bottom of the caste system in India. Towards this end, Kanshi Ram founded Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti (DS-4), the All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees' Federation (BAMCEF) in 1971 and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in 1984.

The party mainly inspired by the philosophy of Gautama Buddha, B. R. Ambedkar,Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Narayana Guru, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy  Sant kabir, sant  ravidas, savitri bai phule, and manyawar kanshiram ji

The BSD has its main base in the Indian state of madhya pradesh. In 2018. It has a coconut farm as its election symbol. The BSD has no separate youth wing as it has maximum representation of youth in its organizational structure. BSD has no social media accounts or website.

Ideology
The BSD's primary focus is on the uplifting of what it sees as the nation's downtrodden groups. Its ideology is "Social Transformation and Economic Emancipation" of the "Bahujan Samaj". The "Bahujan Samaj" includes the lower-caste groups in India like the Scheduled Castes (SC), the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and the Other Backward Classes (OBC). It also includes religious minorities like Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Parsis and Buddhists. They see these groups as having been victims of the "Manuwadi" system for millennia, a system which benefited upper-caste Hindus only. BSD hold B.R. Ambedkar, champion of lower-caste rights, as one of key icons and ideological inspirations.

Foundation
The Bahujan Sangharsh Dal (BSD) was founded on the birth anniversary of manyawar kanshiram, 15 march 2011, by Phool Singh Baraiya (ex- MLA bhander vidhansabha 1998) and Sant Kumar (both are former state presidents of bahujan samaj party, madhya pradesh) , after being removed in 2003 from bahujan samaj party  by mayawati. by saying that they were working against party but she never provided any proof regarding this.

Speaking of lesser-known figures from the Indian Rebellion of 1857 who have been used as Dalit icons by the BSD, such as Avantibai, Uda Devi, Mahaviri Devi, Jhalkaribai, Matadin Bhangi, Ballu Mehtar, Vira Pasi, Banke Chamar and Chetram Jatav.