Janata Parivar
Janata Parivar Alliance was an alliance in Indian politics to describe the various political parties that emerged from Janata Dal or others.[1]
Janata Parivar Alliance | |
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Abbreviation | JPA |
Chairperson | Lalu Prasad Yadav |
Founder | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
Founded | 2015 |
Ideology | Big tent Secularism Factions Socialism Populism Social liberalism Regionalism Social democracy Democratic socialism |
Political position | Centre to centre-left |
On 14 April 2015, the Janata Dal (United), Janata Dal (Secular), Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Indian National Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party, and Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) announced that they would merge into a new national Janata Parivar alliance in order to oppose the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2] The Janata Parivar formation took place ahead of the crucial 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.[3]
On 2 September 2015, the Samajwadi Party decided to contest the Bihar elections separately and broke from the alliance.[4] On 26 July 2017, the Janata Dal (United) broke from the Janata Parivar alliance and joined the National Democratic Alliance. The Loktantrik Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Rashtriya Lok Dal and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party are now a part of the United Progressive Alliance. Hindustani Awam Morcha was part of United Progressive Alliance until before 2020 Bihar Legislative Election and later joined National Democratic Alliance. It later joined United Progressive Alliance again.
Currently, the alliance is inactive as the Janata parties have drifted further away from each other ideologically.
Factions of Janata Dal
References
- "'Janata Parivar' formalised, Mulayam Singh named chief of new party". Zee News. 15 April 2015.
- "6 Parties of Janata Parivar Announce Merger, Mulayam Singh Yadav to be Chief of New Party". NDTV.com.
- "Six parties unite to form Janata Parivar; Mulayam is the new party chief". Archived from the original on 15 April 2015.
- "SP quits Janata Parivar, to contest Bihar polls alone". The Tribune. 3 September 2015.