Samata Party - समता पार्टी Official

The Samata Party (SAP) is a political party in India, initially formed in 1994 by former Defense Minister of India George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar, now led by Uday Mandal its National President. Samata Party once launched Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of Bihar.  Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of Bihar from 3 March 2000 to 10 March 2000 & Radhabinod Koijam as the Chief Minister of Manipur from 15 February 2001 to 1 June 2001. The party has socialist leanings, and at one point wielded considerable political and social influence in North India, particularly in Bihar. In the general elections of 1996, the Samata Party formed an alliance with the Bharatiya Janta Party and won eight seats, six of which were in Bihar and one each in Uttar Pradesh and Odisha. Before the election, the party was largely rooted only in Bihar. In the 1998 general elections, again in alliance with Bharatiya Janta Party, it won twelve seats, ten from Bihar and two from Uttar Pradesh.