Janata Dal
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IndiaCongress government of P.V. Narasimha RaoThe JD gained fewer than 60 seats, just slightly more than the approximately 50 seats won by the two communist parties.
Read MoreThe JD gained fewer than 60 seats, just slightly more than the approximately 50 seats won by the two communist parties.
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A hastily contrived coalition, the JD-led United Front (UF), headed by the JD’s H.D. Deve Gowda, soon was able to form a government. But the UF relied on the backing of the Congress from the outside (i.e., support without being a member of the coalition), in exchange for continuing certain…
Read MoreA hastily contrived coalition, the JD-led United Front (UF), headed by the JD’s H.D. Deve Gowda, soon was able to form a government. But the UF relied on the backing of the Congress from the outside (i.e., support without being a member of the coalition), in exchange for continuing certain…
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Sivaji GanesanPolitical career…merged the TMM with the Janata Dal party. His political career gradually faded in the early 1990s.
Read More…merged the TMM with the Janata Dal party. His political career gradually faded in the early 1990s.
Read More- H.D. Deve Gowda
…Gowda assumed leadership over the Janata Dal party and became Karnataka’s chief minister. In the parliamentary elections held in 1996, the United Front (a Janata Dal-led 13-party coalition) formed a government at the centre with the support of the Congress (I) Party in order to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party…
Read More…Gowda assumed leadership over the Janata Dal party and became Karnataka’s chief minister. In the parliamentary elections held in 1996, the United Front (a Janata Dal-led 13-party coalition) formed a government at the centre with the support of the Congress (I) Party in order to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party…
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Devi LalDeputy prime ministership…newly formed anti-Congress party, the Janata Dal (JD), consisting of members of the JP and other parties. The elections were contentious and fiercely partisan, but, in the end, the JD-led United Front (UF) prevailed. Lal nominated fellow JD member V.P. Singh, one of the principal founders of the party, to…
Read More…newly formed anti-Congress party, the Janata Dal (JD), consisting of members of the JP and other parties. The elections were contentious and fiercely partisan, but, in the end, the JD-led United Front (UF) prevailed. Lal nominated fellow JD member V.P. Singh, one of the principal founders of the party, to…
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…founder in 1988 of the Janata Dal (JD), a merger of three small centrist opposition parties. Using the JD as the cornerstone, he soon began assembling a larger nationwide opposition coalition called the National Front (NF), which contested the general parliamentary elections of November 1989. After that election, Singh, as…
Read More…founder in 1988 of the Janata Dal (JD), a merger of three small centrist opposition parties. Using the JD as the cornerstone, he soon began assembling a larger nationwide opposition coalition called the National Front (NF), which contested the general parliamentary elections of November 1989. After that election, Singh, as…
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Sharad Yadav…to the founding of the Janata Dal (JD) in 1988, under the leadership of V.P. Singh. When Singh became prime minister of a short-lived coalition government (1989–90), Yadav joined the cabinet as head of the Textiles and Food Processing Industries Ministry.
Read More…to the founding of the Janata Dal (JD) in 1988, under the leadership of V.P. Singh. When Singh became prime minister of a short-lived coalition government (1989–90), Yadav joined the cabinet as head of the Textiles and Food Processing Industries Ministry.
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