Janata Parivar

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Janata Parivar (translated as Janata Family) is an umbrella term which refers to various political parties that emerged from Janata Dal. Janata Dal was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) and the Jan Morcha under the leadership of V. P. Singh on 11 October 1988 on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan.

By 1996 Indian general election Janata Dal gradually disintegrated into various smaller factions, largely regional parties Biju Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (Secular) and Janata Dal (United).

Some of the breakaway organisations have thrived as independent parties, some have become defunct, while others have merged with the parent party or other political parties.

A formal union of some of these parties, the Janata Parivar Alliance, was formed in 2015 but became inactive after the withdrawal of various parties.On 14 April 2015, the RJD, Janata Dal (United), Janata Dal (Secular), 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 BJP, thus breaking their long time alliance with the INC. This would give the alliance 14 Lok Sabha seats and 30 Rajya Sabha seats.^{[needs update]}

Representation of active parties

List of breakaway parties

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2019)

See also

• Dravidian parties, a movement starting with Justice Party (India)
• List of chief ministers from the Janata Dal
• List of Indian National Congress breakaway parties
  • Splits and Mergers of Kerala Congress
• List of chief ministers from the Janata Party

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