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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
{{Infobox Indian Political Party
| party_name= Sikkim Janata Congress
| party_name= Sikkim Janata Party
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| colorcode            = #0000FF
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| founder              = [[Lal Bahadur Basnet]]
| founder              = [[Lal Bahadur Basnet]]
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| dissolution          = 1972
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'''Sikkim Janata Party''', a [[political party]] in [[Sikkim]], founded by [[Lal Bahadur Basnet]]. The party was active in the struggle for democratic reforms. In October 1972 SJP merged with [[Sikkim State Congress]] to form [[Sikkim Janata Congress]].
'''Sikkim Janata Party''' was a [[political party]] in [[Sikkim]]. The party was founded in [[Gangtok]] on December 18, 1969 founded by [[Lal Bahadur Basnet]].<ref name="Shukla1976">{{cite book | author = Satyendra R. Shukla | date = 1976 | title = Sikkim: The Story of Integration | publisher = S. Chand | pages = 77, 82, 223| isbn = 978-0-8426-0872-5 | oclc = 164804020 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ektuAAAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref name="R.M. Lala1969">{{cite book | date = 1969 | title = Himmat, Volume 6, Issues 1-25 | publisher = R.M. Lala | pages =1 | oclc = 1774357 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OVEub4IGa7gC |quote=A new political party called the Sikkim Janata Party emerged in Sikkim and its president, Lal Bahadur Basnet, said that it's aim is socialism.}}</ref> The party was formed after a split in the [[Sikkim National Congress]].<ref name="Sengupta1985">{{cite book | author = Nirmalananda Sengupta | date = 1985 | title = State Government and Politics, Sikkim | publisher = Sterling | pages = 87, 163| isbn = 978-0-86590-694-5 | oclc = 12978086 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dGsmAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> Basnet, a well-known journalist and former general secretary of the Sikkim National Congress, served as the president of the party.<ref name="Bareh2001"/><ref name="Basnet1974">{{cite book | author = Lal Bahadur Basnet | date = 1974 | title = Sikkim: A Short Political History | publisher = S. Chand | pages =153 | isbn = 978-0-8426-0627-1 | oclc = 1043995922 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nEpuAAAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref name="Regmi Research Project1971">{{cite book | date = 1971 | title = Nepal Press Report, Issues 500-593 | publisher = Regmi Research Project | pages =10 | oclc = 6109752 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=74seAAAAMAAJ}}{{failed verification|date=March 2021}}</ref> K.C. Pradhan was the general secretary of the party.<ref name="Bareh2001"/>


Basnet had been prosecuted by the [[monarchy]] in 1966, whereafter he had founded SJP. In 1980 he wrote the book ''His Majesty's Paying Guest''.
Ideologically the party was committed to [[socialism]], democracy and the unity of the Sikkimese people.<ref name="Bareh2001"/><ref name="R.M. Lala1969"/><ref name="Sinha1975">{{cite book | author = Awadhesh Coomar Sinha | date = 1975 | title = Politics of Sikkim: A Sociological Study | publisher = Thomson Press (India), Publication Division | pages = 86| oclc = 1933932 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=CUtuAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> The party was active in the struggle for democratic reforms.<ref name="Bhattacharya1992">{{cite book | author = Aparna Bhattacharya | date = 1992 | title = The Prayer-wheel & Sceptre, Sikkim | publisher = Nachiketa Publications | pages = 146| oclc = 32892911 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LogEAAAAYAAJ}}</ref> It demanded Sikkim adopt a written constitution.<ref name="Sengupta1985"/>


The party was mainly supported by Nepali community.<ref name="Bareh2001">{{cite book | editor = Hamlet Bareh | date = 2001 | title = Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Sikkim | publisher = Mittal Publications | pages = 107–108 | isbn = 9788170997948 | oclc = 1285484126 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jrr7HPr8NAQC&pg=PA107}}</ref> The party suffered from weak organization and lack of financial backing.<ref name="Sinha1975"/> The party contested four seats in the fourth general election of 1970.<ref name="RahmanVerma2006">{{cite book | editor1 = Syed Amanur Rahman | editor2 = Balraj Verma | date = 2006 | title = The Beautiful India - Sikkim | publisher = Reference Press | pages =334 | isbn = 9788184050196 | oclc = 154689593 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=emcwAQAAIAAJ}}</ref> Basnet had himself contested two seats in the election.<ref name="Bareh2001"/> Compared to other opposition parties, the Sikkim Janata Party took more radical postures.<ref name="Shukla1976"/> During the election campaign the party called for revision of the 1950 India-Sikkim Peace Treaty, calling for greater autonomy for Sikkim (positions shared with the Sikkim National Congress and the [[Sikkim State Congress]]).<ref name="Kazi2020">{{cite book | author = Jigme N. Kazi | date = 20 October 2020 | title = Sons of Sikkim: The Rise and Fall of the Namgyal Dynasty of Sikkim | publisher = Notion Press | pages = | isbn = 978-1-64805-981-0 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_MwDEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT15}}</ref> The party condemned the 1950 treaty as a 'slander on Sikkim'.<ref name="Far Eastern Economic Review Limited1971">{{cite book | date = 1971 | title = Asia Yearbook | publisher = Far Eastern Economic Review Limited | pages = 281| oclc = 1791821 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nQ9ZAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>
Karma Lama of the Sikkim Janata Party contested the [[Sangha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sangha]] seat, finishing in second place with 46 votes (10.31%).<ref name="Sikkim Publicity Department1970">{{cite book | date = 1970 | title = Sikkim Herald, Volume 11, Issues 1-100 | publisher = Sikkim Publicity Department | pages = | oclc = 1714501 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=oLHg_bJ4t7gC}}</ref>
Following the election, in which the party failed to win any seats, Basnet resigned from the party presidency and left the party.<ref name="Grover1974">{{cite book | author = B. S. K. Grover | date = 1974 | title = Sikkim and India: Storm and Consolidation | publisher = Jain Bros. | pages = 59| oclc = 1063130178 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Nr0BAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> Another key leader of the party, B.B. Gurung, also renounced his membership.<ref name="Chatterjee1970">{{cite book | editor = Ramananda Chatterjee | date = 1970 | title = The Modern Review, Volume 127 | publisher = Modern Review Office | pages = 195| oclc = 1681145 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ElgjAQAAIAAJ}}</ref> After these departures, K.C. Pradhan became the main leader of the party.<ref name="The Institute1972">{{cite book | date = 1972 | title = News Review on South Asia | publisher = The Institute | pages = 69, 157| oclc = 1753214 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=wLY5AQAAIAAJ}}</ref>
On August 15, 1972 SJP reached an agreement with the [[Sikkim State Congress]] to merge the two parties.<ref name="Shukla1976"/><ref name="The Institute1972"/> The merger was completed on October 26, 1972, with the formation of the [[Sikkim Janata Congress]].<ref name="Shukla1976"/>
==References==
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[[Category:Defunct political parties in Sikkim]]
[[Category:Defunct political parties in Sikkim]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1969]]
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