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| founder = [[P. Chidambaram]]
| founder = [[P. Chidambaram]]
| leader = [[P. Chidambaram]]
| general_secretary = [[P. Chidambaram]]
| foundation = 2001
| foundation = 2001
| split = [[Tamil Maanila Congress]] in 2001
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On 25 November 2004 CJP merged into the Indian National Congress. Discussions about a merger had taken place during a long time, but the merger was resisted by the Tamil Nadu Congress leadership. In the end the merger was pushed through by the national Congress leadership.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://hindu.com/2004/11/26/stories/2004112605371100.htm|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130720183911/http://hindu.com/2004/11/26/stories/2004112605371100.htm|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2013-07-20|title = CJP merges with Congress|date = 2004-11-26|work = [[The Hindu]]|accessdate = 2013-07-20}}</ref>
On 25 November 2004 CJP merged into the Indian National Congress. Discussions about a merger had taken place during a long time, but the merger was resisted by the Tamil Nadu Congress leadership. In the end the merger was pushed through by the national Congress leadership.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://hindu.com/2004/11/26/stories/2004112605371100.htm|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130720183911/http://hindu.com/2004/11/26/stories/2004112605371100.htm|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2013-07-20|title = CJP merges with Congress|date = 2004-11-26|work = [[The Hindu]]|accessdate = 2013-07-20}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Indian National Congress breakaway parties]]


==References==
==References==
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==See also==
*[[Indian National Congress breakaway parties]]


[[Category:Defunct political parties in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Defunct political parties in Tamil Nadu]]

Latest revision as of 02:48, 12 June 2022


Congress Jananayaka Peravai
Congress Democratic Front
General SecretaryP. Chidambaram
FounderP. Chidambaram
Founded2001
Split fromTamil Maanila Congress in 2001
Merged intoIndian National Congress in 2004

Congress Jananayaka Peravai (Congress Democratic Front) was a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was founded in 2001 by former union finance minister P. Chidambaram, as a splinter group of the Tamil Maanila Congress, when the TMC allied itself with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election P. Chidambaram other side Party DMK-BJP (NDA) Joint Meet to Assembly election.

In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections Chidambaram ran as the Indian National Congress candidate from Sivagangai, and won with 400 393 votes (60,01%).[citation needed]

On 25 November 2004 CJP merged into the Indian National Congress. Discussions about a merger had taken place during a long time, but the merger was resisted by the Tamil Nadu Congress leadership. In the end the merger was pushed through by the national Congress leadership.[1]

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  1. "CJP merges with Congress". The Hindu. 26 November 2004. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.