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Samata Kranti Dal (SKD) is a state political party of the Indian state of Odisha led by Braja Kishore Tripathy. It was founded on 13 may 2013. Samata Kranti Dal is allotted ‘scissor’ symbol by the Election commission of India. Ahead of the 2014 elections the BJP sought to reach a seat-sharing agreement with SKD. Arun Jaitley of BJP held conversations with Tripathy however no agreement was reached and SKD opted to contest Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly elections on its own.