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

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

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Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nat ...

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 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling p ...

** Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha *

Hindustan Janata Party Hindustan Janata Party (India People's Party) is a minor political party in India. It is one of many splinter groups of Janata Dal. References Political parties in India Political schisms Janata Dal {{India-party-stub ...

Janata Dal Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth annive ...

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 t ...

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal P ...

Janata Party (Secular) The Janata Party (Secular) was an Indian political party founded by Raj Narain in July, 1979. On 16 July 1979, Charan Singh assumed its leadership and became the Prime Minister of India on 28 July 1979 with the support of the Indian National C ...

* Loktantrik Janata Dal * Rashtriya Janata Dal *

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 ...

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Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the par ...

(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) Janata Dal (Samajbadi Prajatantrik) (Nepali for 'People's Party (Democratic Socialist)') is a political party in Nepal. The party is led by Keshar Jung Rayamjhi, a historic communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, univ ...

(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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