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Janata Party

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Janata Party Leader Subramanian Swamy Founder Jayaprakash Narayan Founded 23 January 1977 (41 years ago)  ( 1977-01-23 ) Dissolved 11 August 2013 (4 years ago)  ( 2013-08-11 ) Merged into Bharatiya Janata Party Ideology Indian nationalism Anti-Indian National Congress and Communist Party of India Political position Big tent Colours           Orange, Green ECI Status State Party National convener Subramanian Swamy Politics of India Political parties Elections The Janata Party ( JP or JNP ) (translation: People's Party ) was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the State of Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by the Government of India under the Prime Ministership of Indira Gandhi and her party, the Indian National Congress (R). In the general election held after the end of the state of emergency in 1977, the Janata party defeated Congress (R) to form the first non-Congress government in the history of the Republic of India. [1] Raj Narain, a socialist ...

Rashtriya Janata Dal

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"RJD" redirects here. For the heavy metal singer, see Ronnie James Dio. For the prison, see Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility. Rashtriya Janata Dal Abbreviation RJD Leader Lalu Prasad Yadav President Lalu Prasad Yadav Chairperson Lalu Prasad Yadav Lok Sabha leader Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav Rajya Sabha leader Ram Jethmalani Founder Lalu Prasad Yadav Founded 5 July 1997 (21 years ago)  ( 1997-07-05 ) Headquarters 13, V. P. House, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, India-110001 Ideology Secularism Socialism Populism Alliance Janata Parivar Alliance (2015-2018) UPA (2004-2015, 2018-present) National convener Lalu Prasad Yadav Seats in Lok Sabha 3 / 545 [1] (currently 535 members + 1 Speaker ) Seats in Rajya Sabha 5 / 245 Seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly 81 / 243 Seats in Bihar Legislative Council 10 / 75 Website [2] Politics of India Political parties Elections The Rashtriya Janata Dal (abbreviated as RJD ; translation: National People's Party ) is an Indian political party,...