The Republican Party of India (Gavai) is a political party

Political party

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 in India

India

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, a splinter group of the old Ambedkar

B. R. Ambedkar

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar , popularly also known as Babasaheb, was an Indian jurist, political leader, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, prolific writer, economist, scholar, editor, a revolutionary and one of the founding fathers of independent India. He was also the Chairman...

ite Republican Party of India

Republican Party of India

The Republican Party of India is a political party in India. It has its roots in the Scheduled Castes Federation led by Dr. Ambedkar. The main base of RPI has traditionally been in Maharashtra....

. The leaders are Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 Governor R.S. Gavai and his son Rajendra Gavai

Rajendra Gavai

Rajendra Gavai is the leader of Republican Party of India . He is currently the President of the party.He is the son of Kerala Governor R.S. Gavai. He is from Maharashtra....

. It is a constituent of the ruling United Progressive Alliance

United Progressive Alliance

The United Progressive Alliance is a ruling coalition of center-left political parties heading the government of India. The coalition is led by the Indian National Congress , which is currently the single largest political party in the Lok Sabha...

. Its presence is limited to Maharashtra.

Recently, all factions of RPI except Prakash Ambedkar's Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha reunited to form a united "Republican Party of India". RPI (Gavai) is also merged in this united RPI. Later RPI (Gavai) split again from the united party.