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Janata Dal (JD(U))
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- Abbreviation JD(U)
- Founder Sharad Yadav, George Fernandes, Nitish Kumar
- Founded 30 October 2003 (21 Years Ago) (30 October 2003)
- Headquarters 7, Jantar Mantar Road, New Delhi, India-110001
- Eci Status State Party:Bihar, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh
- Ideology Social Democracy, Secularism
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Janata Dal (JD(U)) BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 02 Feb 2025
Janata Dal (United): A Profile The Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), a social-democratic and secularist party, emerged on October 30, 2003, from the merger of Sharad Yadav's Janata Dal faction, the Samata Party, and the Lok Shakti party. Veteran socialist George Fernandes, a prominent figure in the Sam...
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India’s 1st AI-powered integrated township near Bidadi faces protest from JD(S)
September 28, 2025 9:46 pm
H D Kumaraswamy alleged that Bengaluru Development Minister D K Shivakumar was pushing for the project to loot land.
Ex-PM Deve Gowda expels C M Ibrahim from JD(S) for ‘opposing alliance with BJP’
December 10, 2023 9:41 am
The decision also came ahead of a December 11 meeting of a parallel national executive called by ousted party leader Ibrahim.
Recall, redeploy, reinvent: How INDIA partners are reclaiming socialist icons JP, Kanshi Ram, Karpoori Thakur
October 15, 2023 12:25 pm
If Congress is holding Dalit Gaurav Samaj meetings across UP with the late BSP founder Kanshi Ram in the front, Nitish's JD(U) is holding Karpoori Charchas, and Akhilesh just made a splash with his 'JP moment'
As ex-Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav celebrates 76th birthday, a look at his political journey
June 11, 2023 8:16 pm
Lalu Prasad Yadav political journey truly set off on July 5 in 1997, after Lalu broke ranks with his then colleagues and top Janta Dal leaders to form his own party, the RJD, and install his wife Rabri Devi as the new CM a few days late
Protesting snub to Kumarswamy, JD(S) workers throw eggs at BJP MLC's car
October 03, 2022 6:47 am
Even as CM Basavaraj Bommai condemns the attack on C P Yogeshwar, Kumaraswamy targets minister C N Ashwathnarayan.
When Jagdeep Dhankhar stood by Devi Lal, impressed Chautala family
July 18, 2022 2:13 am
Ranjit Singh Chautala – Devi Lal’s son and a Cabinet minister in Haryana’s Manohar Lal Khattar-led government – told The Indian Express: “Dhankhar is like a member of our family. He came into politics after being influenced by Devi Lal.”
JD(S) Lingayat face and longtime MLC Basavaraj Horatti to join BJP
April 04, 2022 7:13 pm
Horatti confirmed that he held talks with BJP national president JP Nadda and former chief minister BS Yediyurappa who invited him into the party.
February 4, 1982, Forty Years Ago: Kerala Crisis
February 03, 2022 10:57 pm
The ruling side and the Opposition fought every inch of the ground as the assembly began its two-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 38-day old Karunakaran ministry.
Accurate data on caste will aid govts in targeting policies, help parties to focus political outreach
August 12, 2021 8:53 am
Accurate data on the caste composition of the population is needed to maximise the gains of policies such as reservation in education and employment.
In Kerala, Janata Dal factions prepare to merge
December 10, 2019 8:02 pm
The LJD came into being under the helm of Sharad Yadav after the latter split with JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar. Kumar ended his alliance with the RJD and the Congress in Bihar to return to the fold of the NDA.
