Janata Parivar

Janata Parivar Alliance
Chairperson Nitish Kumar
Founder Janata Dal (United)
Founded 2015
No. of members 5 Parties
Seats in Lok Sabha
9 / 545

Present Members 543 + 1 Speaker

Seats in Rajya Sabha
16 / 245

Present Members 243

Janata Parivar is a term used in Indian politics to the describe the various political parties that emerged from Janata Dal. The 'Janata Parivar' includes, amongst others, Janata Dal (United) and Janata Dal (Secular).[1][2][3]

On 14 April 2015, the JD(U), JD(S), Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Indian National Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party, and Samajwadi Janata Party announced that they would merge into a new national Janata Parivar alliance in order to oppose the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4][5] The Janata Parivar formation took place ahead of the crucial Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015. After the elections, the Samajwadi Party broke from the alliance.[6]

Current members

No Party Current No. of MPs in Lok Sabha (As on 5 May 2016) Current No. of MPs in Rajya Sabha (As on 5 May 2016) Base State
1 Janata Dal (United) 2 13 Bihar
2 Rashtriya Janata Dal 3 1 Bihar
3 Indian National Lok Dal 2 1 Haryana
4 Janata Dal (Secular) 2 1 Karnataka
5 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 0 0 Delhi, India
- Total 9 16 India

Janata Parivar parties

Parties in the new Janata Parivar Alliance

Parties in the United Progressive Alliance

Parties in the National Democratic Alliance

Other Janata Parivar parties

Parties in the new Third Front (Socialist Secular Morcha) [7]

References

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