List of Janata Dal breakaway parties

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Janata Dal was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) and the Jan Morcha under the leadership of V. P. Singh on 11 October 1988 on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan.[1][2]

By 1996 Indian general election Janata Dal gradually disintegrated into various smaller factions, largely regional parties Biju Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (Secular) and Janata Dal (United).[3]

Some of the breakaway organisations have thrived as independent parties, some have become defunct, while others have merged with the parent party or other political parties.

## List of breakaway parties

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2019)

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1990 | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Uttar Pradesh | Abolished
1990 | Janata Dal (Gujarat) | Chimanbhai Patel, Chhabildas Mehta | Gujarat | Abolished
1990 | Janata Dal (Ajit) | Ajit Singh | Uttar Pradesh | Merged with the Indian National Congress in the early 1990s
1992 | Samajwadi Party | Mulayam Singh Yadav | Uttar Pradesh | Active
1994 | Samta Party | George Fernandes, Nitish Kumar | Bihar | Active now led by Uday Mandal.[4][5]
1997 | Indian National Lok Dal | Chaudhary Devi Lal | Haryana | Active
1997 | Biju Janata Dal | Naveen Patnaik | Odisha | Active
1997 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Lalu Prasad Yadav, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Kanti Singh | Bihar | Active
1998 | Lok Shakti | Ramakrishna Hegde | Karnataka | Merged with Janata Dal (United)
1998 | Rashtriya Lok Dal | Ajit Singh | Uttar Pradesh | Active
1999 | Janata Dal (Secular) | H. D. Deve Gowda | Karnataka | Active
2000 | Lok Janshakti Party | Ram Vilas Paswan | Bihar | Split into two Factions
2003 | Janata Dal (United) | George Fernandes, Nitish Kumar, Sharad Yadav, Ramakrishna Hegde | Nagaland, Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh | Active
2009 | National Jan Morcha | Ajeya Pratap Singh | Uttar Pradesh | Merged with the Indian National Congress
2010 | Socialist Janata (Democratic) | M. P. Veerendra Kumar | Kerala | Merged with Janata Dal (United) on 29 December 2014
2013 | Rashtriya Lok Samta Party | Upendra Kushwaha | Bihar | Merged with Janata Dal (United) on 14 March 2021
2014 | Socialist Janata Dal | V. V. Rajendran[6] | Kerala | Active[6]
2015 | Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) | Jitan Ram Manjhi | Bihar | Active
2015 | Jan Adhikar Party Loktantrik | Pappu Yadav | Bihar | Merged with Indian National Congress
2018 | Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) | Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) | Uttar Pradesh | Merged with Samajwadi Party
2018 | Jannayak Janta Party | Ajay Singh Chautala, Dushyant Chautala | Haryana | Active
2018 | Loktantrik Janata Dal | Sharad Yadav | Bihar
Kerala | Merged with Rashtriya Janata Dal
2021 | Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party | Pashupati Kumar Paras | Bihar | Active
2021 | Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) | Chirag Paswan | Bihar | Active
2023 | Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal | Upendra Kushwaha | Bihar | Active party renamed as Rashtriya Lok Morcha in 2024

## References

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1. ^ N. Jose Chander (1 January 2004). Coalition Politics: The Indian Experience. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-81-8069-092-1. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
2. ^ India Since Independence: Making Sense of Indian Politics. Pearson Education India. 2010. pp. 334–. ISBN 978-81-317-2567-2. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
3. ^ "Lalu green signal for Janata Parivar unity". Madan Kumar. The Times of India. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
4. ^ "BBCHindi". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
5. ^ "महंगाई व बेरोजगारी के खिलाफ किया प्रदर्शन". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
6. ^ a b "കേരളത്തില്‍ വര്‍ഗീയ രാഷ്ട്രീയത്തിന്റെ വേരറുക്കണം: സോഷ്യലിസ്റ്റ് ജനത ദള്‍ മധ്യമേഖലാ സമ്മേളനം". CCTV NEWS | KUNNAMKULAM. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2025. "Communal politics must be uprooted in Kerala: Socialist Janata Dal Central Region Conference"

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Leaders of Janata Dal

Prime Ministers of Janata Dal|

* V. P. Singh
* Inder Kumar Gujral
* H. D. Deve Gowda

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Janata Parivar parties

Parties in INDIA|

* Samajwadi Party
* Rashtriya Janata Dal

Parties in NDA|

* Janata Dal (United)
* Hindustani Awam Morcha
* Janata Dal (Secular)
* Rashtriya Lok Dal
* Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party
* Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal
* Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)

Others|

* Biju Janata Dal
* Indian National Lok Dal
* Jannayak Janta Party

Defunct Parties|

* Bihar People's Party
* Bharatiya Lok Dal
* Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
* Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya)
* Lokdal
* Loktantrik Janata Dal
* Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
* Janata Party * Janata Dal
* Janata Dal (Ajit)
* Janata Dal (Gujarat)
* Janata Dal (Left)
* Janata Party (Secular)
* Jan Morcha
* Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)
* Lok Shakti
* Samata Party
* Socialist Janata Dal
* Samajwadi Janata Dal (Democratic)
* Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
* Samras Samaj Party
* Socialist Janata (Democratic)

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