The party will contest the Bihar assembly election in 2020. (Representational) The party will contest the Bihar assembly election in 2020. (Representational)Bahujan Azad Party (BAP) is a new political party launched by a group of 50 alumni from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), who quit their jobs to fight for the rights of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (OBC). The new party comes years after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, entered the political arena by launching the Aam Aadmi Party. We also do not wish to pitch ourselves as a rival of any political party or ideology,” Kumar added.

Source: Indian Express April 23, 2018 03:22 UTC