Rashtriya Congress

{{Short description|Indian political party}}

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Rashtriya Congress was an Indian political party founded in December 1982 by Ratubhai Adani.{{Cite web |title=Ratubhai Adani forms breakaway Rashtriya Congress in Gujarat |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19830131-ratubhai-adani-forms-breakaway-rashtriya-congress-in-gujarat-770389-2013-07-26 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=India Today |date=26 July 2013 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=The western factor |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19830515-xyz-770681-2013-07-22 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=India Today |date=22 July 2013 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2012-08-11 |title=Modi needn't fret on Keshubhai: Gujarat hates party-poopers |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/modi-neednt-fret-on-keshubhai-gujarat-hates-party-poopers-414783.html |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Firstpost |language=en}} In 1983, Rashtriya Congress joined an alliance United Front, comprising Janata Party, Congress (Secular) and Democratic Socialist Party.{{Cite web |title='In anticipation of elections, political alignments have begun to be formed' |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/guest-column/story/19830930-in-anticipation-of-elections-political-alignments-have-begun-to-be-formed-771070-2013-07-17 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=India Today |date=17 July 2013 |language=en}}

On 21 October 1984, Rashtriya Congress merged into Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Party, a new party formed by merging Rashtriya Congress, Lok Dal, Democratic Socialist Party of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna and some members of Janata Party like Devi Lal.{{Cite web |title=Formation of DMKP gives decent burial to Lok Dal-Janata merger talks |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19841115-formation-of-dmkp-gives-decent-burial-to-lok-dal-janata-merger-talks-803469-1984-11-14 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=India Today |date=15 November 1984 |language=en}}