Janata Parivar

Janata Parivar Alliance
Janata Parivar Alliance
Abbreviation	JPA
Chairperson	Lalu Prasad Yadav
Founder	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Founded	2015
Ideology	Big tent; Secularism; Factions; Socialism; Populism; Social liberalism; Regionalism; Social democracy; Democratic socialism
Political position	Centre to centre-left
Seats in Lok Sabha	40
Seats in Rajya Sabha	30 / 245 Present Members 244
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

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).^[1]^[2]^[3]

On 14 April 2015, the Janata Dal (United), Janata Dal (Secular), Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Indian National Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party, and Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) announced that they would merge into a new national Janata Parivar alliance in order to oppose the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[4]^[5]^[6] The Janata Parivar formation took place ahead of the crucial 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.

On 2 September 2015, the Samajwadi Party decided to contest the Bihar elections separately and broke from the alliance.^[7] On 26 July 2017, the Janata Dal (United) broke from the Janata Parivar alliance and joined the National Democratic Alliance. The Loktantrik Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Rashtriya Lok Dal and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party are now a part of the United Progressive Alliance. Hindustan Awam Morcha was part of United Progressive Alliance until before 2020 Bihar Legislative Election and later joined National Democratic Alliance.

Fractions of Janata Dal[edit]

	Abbreviation	Foundation	Party Supremo	Founder(s) ^[D]	Current No. of MPs in Lok Sabha (As at April 9, 2021)	Current No. of MPs in Rajya Sabha (As at April 9, 2021)	Base State	Alliance
Biju Janata Dal	BJD	1997	Naveen Patnaik	Naveen Patnaik	12	9	Odisha	Non
Hindustani Awam Morcha	HAM	2015	Jitan Ram Manjhi	Jitan Ram Manjhi	0	0	Bihar	UPA
Indian National Lok Dal	INDL	1996	Om Prakash Chautala	Chaudhary Devi Lal	0	0	Haryana	Non
Jan Adhikar Party Loktantrik	JAP	2015	Pappu Yadav	Pappu Yadav	0	0	Bihar	Non
Janata Dal (Secular)	JDS	1999	H. D. Deve Gowda	H. D. Deve Gowda	1	1	Karnataka, Kerala	UPA, LDF
Janata Dal (United)	JDU	1999	Nitish Kumar	Nitish Kumar	16	5	Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh	NDA, NEDA
Jannayak Janta Party	JJP	2018	Dushyant Chautala	Ajay Singh Chautala, Dushyant Chautala	0	0	Haryana	NDA
Lok Janshakti Party	LJP	2000	Chirag Paswan	Ram Vilas Paswan	6	1	Bihar, Manipur	NDA, NEDA
Loktantrik Janata Dal	LJD	2000	Sharad Yadav	Sharad Yadav	0	1	Bihar, Manipur	UPA
Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya)	PSP(L)	2000	Shivpal Singh Yadav	Shivpal Singh Yadav	0	0	Uttar Pradesh	Non
Rashtriya Janata Dal	RJD	1997	Lalu Prasad Yadav	Lalu Prasad Yadav	0	6	Bihar, Jharkhand	UPA
Rashtriya Lok Dal	RLD	1998	Jayant Chaudhary	Chaudhary Ajit Singh	0	0	Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan	UPA
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party	RLSP	2003	Upendra Kushwaha	Upendra Kushwaha	0	0	Bihar	UPA
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	SJP(R)	1990	Shyamji Tripathi	Chandra Shekhar	0	0	Delhi	Non
Samajwadi Party	SP	1992	Akhilesh Yadav	Mulayam Singh Yadav	5	8	Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra	Non
Samta Party	SAP	1994	Brahmanand Mandal	George Fernandes, Nitish Kumar	0	0	Delhi	Non
Socialist Janata (Democratic)	SJD	2010	M. P. Veerendra Kumar	M. P. Veerendra Kumar	0	0	Kerala	UPA
Socialist Janata Dal	SJD	2014	V. V. Rajendran	V. V. Rajendran	0	0	Kerala	NDA

Merged parties[edit]

Samata Party merged into Janata Dal (United).
Socialist Janata (Democratic) merged into Janata Dal (United).

References[edit]

↑ "Janata Parivar's home base". Archived from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2008.
↑ "The Hindu : 'Janata Parivar' to pressure Govt. to end hostage crisis". hinduonnet.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
↑ "Sharad Yadav vows to unite Janata Parivar". The Hindu. 6 May 2006.^{[dead link]}
↑ "'Janata Parivar' formalised, Mulayam Singh named chief of new party". Zee News. 15 April 2015.
↑ "6 Parties of Janata Parivar Announce Merger, Mulayam Singh Yadav to be Chief of New Party". NDTV.com.
↑ "Six parties unite to form Janata Parivar; Mulayam is the new party chief". Archived from the original on 15 April 2015.
↑ "SP quits Janata Parivar, to contest Bihar polls alone". The Tribune. 3 September 2015.

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[1] "Janata Parivar's home base". Archived from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2008.

[2] "The Hindu : 'Janata Parivar' to pressure Govt. to end hostage crisis". hinduonnet.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[3] "Sharad Yadav vows to unite Janata Parivar". The Hindu. 6 May 2006.^{[dead link]}

[4] "'Janata Parivar' formalised, Mulayam Singh named chief of new party". Zee News. 15 April 2015.

[5] "6 Parties of Janata Parivar Announce Merger, Mulayam Singh Yadav to be Chief of New Party". NDTV.com.

[6] "Six parties unite to form Janata Parivar; Mulayam is the new party chief". Archived from the original on 15 April 2015.

[7] "SP quits Janata Parivar, to contest Bihar polls alone". The Tribune. 3 September 2015.

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v t e Janata Parivar parties
Parties in NDA	Hindustani Awam Morcha Janata Dal (United) Jannayak Janta Party Lok Janshakti Party Socialist Janata Dal
Parties in UPA	Bharatiya Tribal Party Rashtriya Janata Dal Rashtriya Lok Dal
Others	Bharatiya Lok Dal Biju Janata Dal Indian National Lok Dal Loktantrik Janata Dal Janata Dal (Secular) Janata Party Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) Lok Dal Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) Rashtriya Lok Samta Party Samajwadi Janata Dal (Democratic) Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Samajwadi Party Samras Samaj Party
Defunct Parties	Bihar People's Party Janata Dal Janata Dal (Ajit) Janata Dal (Gujarat) Janata Dal (Left) Janata Party (Secular) Jan Morcha Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) Lok Shakti Samta Party Socialist Janata (Democratic)