Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) (SJP(R)), also called as Janata Dal (Socialist) is an Indian political party founded by

Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar ( 17 April 1927 – 9 August 2015) was an Indian politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991. He headed a minority government of a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal with ...

, 8th Prime Minister of India in 1990–91, and led by him until his death on 8 July 2007.

was the sole

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MP of the party at the time of his death. The party was formed on 5 November 1990 when

and Devi Lal broke away from

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 ...

. The party was able to gather 60 MPs and form a government which lasted for seven months. S. R. Bommai was the president of Karnataka state unit till the state unit got merged with

in 1993 before 1994 Karnataka Assembly elections. As of 2012 Kamal Morarka, a former cabinet minister in the union government headed by

was the head of the party. The party headquarters were located in Narendra Niketan, ITO Indraprastha Estate,

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. On 14 April 2015, Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya),

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 Pr ...

, Janata Dal (Secular), Rashtriya Janata Dal, the

Indian National Lok Dal Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) is a political party in India, in the state of Haryana. INLD was founded in October 1996 as Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) by Choudhary Devi Lal, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of India in the V.P. Singh's Cab ...

, and Samajwadi Party, announced that they would merge into a new national alliance, Janata Parivar in order to oppose the

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

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Political parties in India Janata Dal Political parties established in 1990 1990 establishments in India Janata Parivar Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)