Bharatiya Lok Dal

Bharatiya Lok Dal
Bharatiya Lok Dal
Founded	1974
Dissolved	1977
Preceded by	Bharatiya Kranti Dal
Merged into	Janata Party
Succeeded by	Lokdal
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

Bharatiya Lok Dal (English: Indian Peoples' Party) was a political party in India. The BLD or simply BL was formed at the end of 1974 through the fusion of seven parties opposed to the rule of Indira Gandhi, including the Swatantra Party, the Utkal Congress, the Bharatiya Kranti Dal, and the Socialist Party. The leader of the BLD was Charan Singh.^[1]

In 1977, the BLD combined with the Jan Sangh and the Indian National Congress (Organization) to form the Janata Party. The newly formed Janata Party contested the 1977 elections on the BLD symbol and formed independent India's first government not ruled by the Indian National Congress.

Subsequently, Ajit Singh (son of Charan Singh) founded the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). Now BLD is led by Chaudhary Sunil Singh of Aligarh^[2]

Constituent Parties[edit]

References[edit]

↑ Harsh Singh Lohit. Charan Singh, A Brief Life History. Charan Singh Archives. p. 32.
↑ "Lok Dal jumps into poll fray as Chaudhary's heir". The Times of India.
↑ "Charan Singh Archives". charansingh.org. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

External links[edit]

lokdal.org.in

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[charan-1] Harsh Singh Lohit. Charan Singh, A Brief Life History. Charan Singh Archives. p. 32.

[2] "Lok Dal jumps into poll fray as Chaudhary's heir". The Times of India.

[Archives-3] "Charan Singh Archives". charansingh.org. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

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v t e The Emergency of 1975–1977
Personalities	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Basawon Singh (Sinha) Bansi Lal C. Achutha Menon Charan Singh Devakanta Barua Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed George Fernandes Hans Raj Khanna Harchand Singh Longowal H. N. Bahuguna Indira Gandhi Jagjivan Ram Jagmohan Jagmohanlal Sinha Jayaprakash Narayan Jivatram Kripalani K. Kamaraj K. Karunakaran Lal Krishna Advani M. G. Ramachandran M. Karunanidhi Morarji Desai Narendra Modi Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Niren De Pranab Mukherjee Raj Narain Sanjay Gandhi Siddhartha Shankar Ray Zail Singh
Organisations	Bharatiya Jana Sangh Bharatiya Lok Dal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravidar Kazhagam Indian National Congress (Organisation) Indian National Congress (R) Indian National Congress Janata Morcha Janata Party People's Union for Civil Liberties Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Shiromani Akali Dal Socialist Party of India Swatantra Party
Events	State of Emergency in India State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain 38th Amendment 39th Amendment 42nd Amendment Turkman gate demolition and rioting Baroda dynamite case Shah Commission Maintenance of Internal Security Act Rajan case Indian general election, 1977