It was relaunched in 2016 by its lone Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly K. S. Puttannaiah and Devanooru Mahadeva.
[1][2] It was formed in 2005 by Devanur Mahadeva and later merged in Swaraj India of Yogendra Yadav in 2017.
[5] In January 2023, with Swaraj India deciding not to contest the elections, SKP relaunched itself and announced five candidates.
[6] SKP fought the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections in five seats, namely Melukote, Belthangady, Virajpet, Bilgi and Mandya constituencies.
In 2018, Darshan, contesting on Swaraj India ticket, lost to the same candidate, despite the support of Congress.