Janata Parivar
Janata Parivar is a term used in Indian politics to the describe the various political parties that emerged from Janata Dal. The 'Janata Parivar' includes, amongst others, Janata Dal (United) and Janata Dal (Secular).[1][2][3]
On 14 April 2015, the JD(U), JD(S), Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Indian National Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party, and Samajwadi Janata Party announced that they would merge into a new national Janata Parivar party in order to oppose the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4] This would give the party 15 Lok Sabha seats and 30 Rajya Sabha seats.
Janata Parivar parties
Parties in the United Progressive Alliance
- Rashtriya Janata Dal
- Socialist Janata (Democratic) Party
- Rashtriya Lok Dal led by Ajit Singh
Parties in the National Democratic Alliance
- Janata Party led by Subramanian Swamy
- Samata Party of George Fernandes now led by Brahmanand Mandal and Jaya Jaitley
- Lok Janshakti Party
Parties in the new Third Front
- Samajwadi Party
- Janata Dal (United)
- Janata Dal (Secular)
- Indian National Lok Dal led by Om Prakash Chautala
- Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) of Late Chandra Shekhar now led by Kamal Morarka
- Biju Janata Dal