Janata Dal

Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan under the leadership of V. P. Singh.[2][3]

Janata Dal
जनता दल
AbbreviationJD
FounderV. P. Singh
Founded11 October 1988 (1988-10-11)
Dissolved1999
Merger of
Preceded byJanata Party
Succeeded by
National affiliation
Colours  Green

History

V. P. Singh united the entire disparate spectrum of parties ranging from regional parties such as the Telugu Desam Party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, and the Asom Gana Parishad, together and formed the National Front with N. T. Rama Rao as Indian Election History President and V. P. Singh as convenor. The front also included outside support from the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party and the left-wing Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist). They defeated Rajiv Gandhi's Congress (I) in the 1989 parliamentary elections.[4][5] His government fell after Lalu Prasad Yadav got Advani arrested in Samastipur and stopped his Ram Rath Yatra, which was going to Ayodhya on the site of the Babri Masjid on October 23, 1990, and the Bharatiya Janata Party withdrew support. V. P. Singh lost a parliamentary vote of confidence on November 7, 1990.[6]In the 1991 Indian general election the Janata Dal lost power but emerged as the third largest party in Lok Sabha.[7] The Janata Dal-led United Front formed the government after the 1996 Indian general election with the outside support of the Indian National Congress. However, after this the Janata Dal gradually disintegrated into various smaller factions, which largely became regional parties such as Biju Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (Secular) and Janata Dal (United).[8]

Ascent to power
V. P. Singh

It first came to power in 1989, after allegations of corruption, known as the Bofors scandal, caused Rajiv Gandhi's Congress (I) to lose the elections. The National Front coalition that was formed consisted of the Janata Dal and a few smaller parties in the government, and had outside support from the Left Front and the Bharatiya Janata Party. V. P. Singh was the prime minister. In November 1990, this coalition collapsed, and a new government headed by Chandra Shekhar under Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) which had the support of the congress came to power for a short while. Two days before the vote, Chandra Shekhar, an ambitious Janata Dal rival who had been kept out of the National Front government, joined with Devi Lal, a former deputy prime minister under V. P. Singh, to form the Samajwadi Janata Party, with a total of just sixty Lok Sabha members. The day after the collapse of the National Front government, Chandra Shekhar informed the president that by gaining the backing of the Congress (I) and its electoral allies he enjoyed the support of 280 members of the Lok Sabha, and he demanded the right to constitute a new government. Even though his rump party accounted for only one-ninth of the members of the Lok Sabha, Chandra Shekhar succeeded in forming a new minority Government and becoming Prime Minister (with Devi Lal as deputy prime minister). However, Chandra Shekhar's government fell less than four months later, after the Congress (I) withdrew its support.

I. K. Gujral

Its second spell of power began in 1996, when the Janata Dal-led United Front coalition came to power, with outside support from the congress under Sitaram Kesri, choosing H. D. Deve Gowda as their prime minister. The congress withdrew their support in less than a year, hoping to gain power with the support of various United Front constituent groups, and I. K. Gujral became the next prime minister. His government too fell in a few months, and in February 1998, the Janata Dal-led coalition lost power to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

List of prime ministers
No.Prime ministersYearDurationConstituencyImage
1Vishwanath Pratap Singh1989 – 1990343 daysFatehpur
2H. D. Deve Gowda1996 – 1997324 days— (Rajya Sabha MP) from Karnataka
3Inder Kumar Gujral1997 – 1998332 days— (Rajya Sabha MP) from Bihar

Electoral records
Electoral Performance
Year Seats won Votes
1989 Indian general election 143 Increase 143 53,518,521 Increase 53,518,521
1991 Indian general election 59 Decrease 84 32,628,400 Decrease 2,08,90,121
1996 Indian general election 46 Decrease 13 27,070,340 Decrease 55,58,060
1998 Indian general election 6 Decrease 40 11,930,209 Decrease 1,51,40,131
Party Disintegrated

Vice President of India

Krishan Kant

Party Presidents

V P Singh (1989-1997)[9]

Sharad Yadav (1997-1999)[10][11]

National Units
Thakur Ji Pathak

Thakur Ji Pathak (1989 – 1994) |Position = National General Secretary [12]

State Units

Uttar pradesh

Anantram Jaiswal (1983)

Presidents

B. Rachaiah (1989)[9]

Siddaramaiah (Feb 1999)[13]

C. Byre Gowda (July 1999)[10]

General Secretary

Jeevaraj Alva (1989-1990)[14][9]

C. Narayanaswamy (1999)[10]

President

Sivaji Ganesan

Janata Dal factions

Pro-National Democratic Alliance parties

INDIA Alliance

Non-NDA/UPA parties

Defunct parties

See also

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