Grand Democratic Secular Front | |
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| Abbreviation | GDSF[1] |
| Leader | Upendra Kushwaha |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Dissolved | 2021 |
| Membership | 6 Parties |
| Ideology | Secularism Socialism Social Justice |
| Bihar Legislative Assembly seats (won in 2020 Assembly elections) | 6 / 243
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The Grand Democratic Secular Front (GDSF) was a coalition of political parties in the Indian state of Bihar formed on 8 October 2020 after the merger of the constituents of the United Democratic Secular Alliance and a three party front. The coalition was formed in the wake of the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election and consisted of 6 parties.[2][3][4][5]
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