Editing Natural Law Party (section)

===India===
The Natural Law Party in India is known as the Ajeya Bharat Party (AJBP) or Invincible India Party.<ref name= Mian /> It promotes a Vedic way of life.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alka Lahori Handoo |title=Rising concern over proliferation of parties in India |date=8 September 1999 |work=New Straits Times |location=Kuala Lumpur |page=12}}</ref> It was formed in late 1998 as the political wing of the Maharishi Vedic Vishwa Prashasan (MVVP (Maharishi Global Administration Through Natural Law)), which had nominated thirty-four candidates in the February 1998 parliamentary election from [[Madhya Pradesh]]. The Maharishi was said to be "keenly interested" in building a political base in his native province.<ref name="Statesman">{{Cite news |title=A saintly touch to Madhya Pradesh politics |date=11 November 1998 |work=The Statesman |location=New Delhi |page=1}}</ref> The MVVP received 0.28% of the vote in its first election.<ref>{{Cite news |title=India: Mulayam moves come a cropper in Madhya Pradesh |date=10 March 1998 |work=The Hindu |page=1}}</ref> [[Mukesh Nayak]] left the cabinet and the Congress Party to assume the leadership of the Madhya Pradesh MVVP.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Former MP minister quits Cong |date=4 September 1998 |work=The Statesman |location=New Delhi |page=1}}</ref> For the November 1998 election, the Ajeya Bharat had a list of 100 candidates for the Assembly.<ref name=Statesman/> It received 0.5% of the vote and won one seat in the 320-member state assembly.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/i/india/states/madh1.txt |title=Madhya Pradesh: State election of 25 November 1998 |editor-last=Carr |editor-first=Adam |publisher=Psephos |access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref> The following year, that member switched parties, leaving the Ajeya Bharat with no representation.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Revolt rips BSP apart in Madhya Pradesh |date=31 October 1999 |work=The Statesman |location=New Delhi |page=1}}</ref> In 2008, Nayak left the party to rejoin the Congress Party.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Congress gets jolt in Madhya Pradesh |date=5 November 2008 |work=Hindustan Times|location=New Delhi}}</ref> In 2009, the Ajeya Bharat Party president, Ambati Krishnamurthy, filed a complaint against another party for using a flag similar to its own.<ref>{{Cite news |title=De-recognition of parties: court orders notices |date=20 March 2009 |work=The Hindu |location=Chennai}}</ref>