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
- Janata Dal (United) of Nitish Kumar
- Rashtriya Janata Dal of Lalu Prasad Yadav
- Janata Dal (Secular) of H. D. Deve Gowda
- Indian National Lok Dal led by Om Prakash Chautala
- Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) of Late Chandra Shekhar now led by Kamal Morarka
Parties in the United Progressive Alliance
- Rashtriya Lok Dal led by Ajit Singh
Parties in the National Democratic Alliance
- Lok Janshakti Party of Ram Vilas Paswan
- Rashtriya Lok Samata Party of Upendra Kushwaha
- Hindustani Awam Morcha of Jitan Ram Manjhi
- Samata Party of George Fernandes now led by Brahmanand Mandal and Jaya Jaitley
Other Janata Parivar parties
Parties in the new Third Front (Socialist Secular Morcha) [7]
- Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh Yadav
- Jan Adhikar Party of Pappu Yadav
- Nationalist Congress Party of Sharad Pawar
- National People's Party of P.A. Sangma
- Samras Samaj Party
- Samajwadi Janata Party
References
- ↑ Janata Parivar's home base
- ↑ "The Hindu : `Janata Parivar' to pressure Govt. to end hostage crisis". hinduonnet.com.
- ↑ "Sharad Yadav vows to unite Janata Parivar". The Hindu.
- ↑ http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/janata-parivar-formalised-mulayam-singh-named-chief-of-new-party_1578871.html
- ↑ "6 Parties of Janata Parivar Announce Merger, Mulayam Singh Yadav to be Chief of New Party".
- ↑ "Six parties unite to form Janata Parivar; Mulayam is the new party chief".
- ↑ "SP teams up with Pappu, NCP, 3 others to form third front".