Janata (''janatā''), is a Hindi word for "the populace"; or "the people". Following the first Janata coalition in the 1970s between the Lok Dal, the Congress (O) and the Socialist Party, it has become part of the name of a number of federal - and state-level, present and historical, political parties in India or neighbouring states (many of which claim descent from constituents of the original coalition), including: In Indian federal politics: * Janata Party *

Janata Parivar Janata Parivar Alliance is an alliance in Indian politics to describe the various political parties that emerged from Janata Dal or others. The Janata Parivar includes, amongst others, Janata Dal (United) and Janata Dal (Secular). On 14 Ap ...

* Bharatiya Janata Party ** Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha * Hindustan Janata Party * Janata Dal *

Janata Dal (Secular) The Janata Dal (Secular) is an Indian political party led by former prime minister of India, H. D. Deve Gowda. The party is recognized as a State Party in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh. It was formed in July 1999 by the ...

* Janata Dal (United) * Janata Party (Secular) * Loktantrik Janata Dal *

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

Socialist Janata (Democratic) Socialist Janata (Democratic) Party broke away from Janata Dal (Secular). It merged with Janata Dal (United) on 29 December 2014. History The Kerala unit of the Janata Dal (Secular) is a part of the CPI (M)-led Left Democratic Front. The CPI(M) ...

Samajwadi Janata Dal The Samajwadi Janata Dal was a proposed name for a political organisation in India. JD(U), RJD, Samajwadi Janata Party, INLD, JD(S) and Samajwadi Party were in talks to join to form a party which is expected to be named Samajwadi Janata Dal. The ...

* Samajwadi Janata Dal (Democratic) * Samajwadi Janata Party * Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) In Indian constitutive states: *

Asom Bharatiya Janata Party The Asom Bharatiya Janata Party is a break-away group of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam. ABJP was founded by senior BJP leader and former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Hiranya Bhattacharya in 2001. Bhattacharya had objected to the de ...

(Assam) * Biju Janata Dal (Orissa) * Chhattisgarh Janata Congress * Gujarat Janata Congress * Janata Dal (Gujarat) * Karnataka Janata Paksha * '' Kerala Janatha'' * Mizo Janata Dal (Mizoram) * Rashtravadi Janata Party * Rashtriya Janata Party * Sikkim Janata Congress *

Sikkim Janata Party Sikkim Janata Party was a political party in Sikkim. The party was founded in Gangtok on December 18, 1969 founded by Lal Bahadur Basnet. The party was formed after a split in the Sikkim National Congress. Basnet, a well-known journalist and form ...

* Tamizhaga Janata Party (Tamil) * Telangana Janata Party (Andhra Pradesh) *

Vidarbha Janata Congress {{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 Vidarbha Janata Congress (Vidarbha Peoples Congress) is a political party in the Indian state of Maharashtra. VJC was launched on 9 September 2002 by a former Member of Parliament Jambuwantrao Dhote. The party w ...

(Maharashtra) Outside India: * Krishak Shramik Janata League (Bangladesh) * Janata Dal (Samajbadi Prajatantrik) (Nepal) * Rastriya Janata Party Nepal *

Nepal Samajwadi Janata Dal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

* Janata Bank, state-owned bank in Bangladesh

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