New Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI) Union minister Ramdas Athawale was on Tuesday re-elected as the president of the Republican Party of India (A) at a party convention here.

Athawale, a Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra, said it would be his endeavour to make RPI(A) a national political party in the next five years and work for the welfare of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, poor, farmers, labourers and women.

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Addressing the party's national executive meeting here, Athawale urged party workers to strengthen the organisation at city and state-level in the coming years.

The Election Commission has recognised RPI(A) as a state-level party in Manipur and Nagaland, a party statement said.

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