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Janata Party (JP)
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- Abbreviation JP
- President Navneet Chaturvedi
- Founder Jayaprakash Narayan
- Founded 23 January 1977; 48 Years Ago (1977-01-23)
- Eci Status Registered Unrecognised Political
- Ideology Conservatism, Hindu Nationalism, Liberalism, Social Democracy, Economic Nationalism
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- Navneet Chaturvedi,
- Jayaprakash Narayan,
Janata Party (JP) BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 02 Feb 2025
Janata Party: A Brief History The Janata Party (JP), a now largely unrecognised political party in India, emerged as a coalition of parties opposing Indira Gandhi's Emergency (1975-77). Its diverse constituents included the Congress(O), Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Bharatiya Lok Dal, and the Socialist Part...
JANATA PARTY NEWS
Janata Party chief booked after AAP MLAs say their signatures forged in his RS bypoll papers
October 14, 2025 7:30 am
Chaturvedi filed two nominations for the elections — one on October 6 and another on October 13.
Janata Party: The giant slayer slayed by own giants
June 26, 2025 7:33 am
How in the very origin of the front, comprising parties with conflicting ideologies and agendas coming together in opposition to Indira Gandhi, lay the seeds of its unravelling
45 years ago, a Janata Party faction formed the Bharatiya Janata Party
April 06, 2025 10:30 am
BJP stalwart L K Advani writes in his autobiography, My Country My Life, “If the birth of the Janata government was a lesson in defending democracy, its demise was a harsh reminder about the propensity of power-hungry leaders to undo the gains of a popular democratic movement.”
16 hours for this no-trust motion debate, longest lasted 24 hours
August 08, 2023 6:49 pm
Indira govt faced as many as 15 no-trust motions, longest debate faced by Lal Bahadur Shastri, Nehru won by biggest margin.
Opposition unity needs rational narrative, says Prashant Kishor
July 04, 2023 5:08 pm
Prashant Kishor said, "Mere political arithmetic, devoid of a rational narrative, is unlikely to strike a chord with people."
February 14, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Assam goes to polls amid violence
February 14, 2023 6:48 am
The first of the three-phase poll in Assam begins on February 14 when 61 seats go to polls amid violence.
January 28, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Congress-I Shake-up
January 27, 2023 10:28 pm
Following hectic political activity, all union ministers submitted their resignations to the Prime Minister to pave the way for the reconstitution of her ministry.
January 10, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Janata Party's chances of forming a govt in Karnataka brightens
January 10, 2023 7:17 am
Bangarappa’s boycott of the meeting which elected Ramakrishna Hegde, as leader of legislature party, gave rise to speculation about the prospect of forming a Janata ministry.
January 9, 1983, Forty Years Ago: NTR is Chief Minister
January 08, 2023 11:54 pm
N T Rama Rao listed 10 “dos and don’ts” and asked his partymen to strive to implement in letter and spirit the promises made in the party’s manifesto.
December 28, 1982, Forty Years Ago: Delhi University Strike
December 28, 2022 1:18 am
Delhi University teachers are determined to continue the strike and fight “tooth and nail” for their demands following a deadlock in their talks with the University Grants Commission (UGC).
