Janata Party

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The Janata Party was a major Indian political party formed in the 1970s as a broad coalition opposing Indira Gandhi’s Emergency rule and briefly governing India after the 1977 general election.

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Janata Party canonical 10
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 1
Janata Party leaders 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party
political party
alliedOrganization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
cameToPower 1977
country India
dissolved 2013
formedAs coalition of opposition parties
formedGovernment Government of India
founded 1977
foundedBy Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Chaudhary Charan Singh
surface form: Charan Singh

Jagjivan Ram
Jayaprakash Narayan
L. K. Advani
surface form: Lal Krishna Advani

Morarji Desai
governedIndiaFrom 1977
governedIndiaUntil 1979
hadPrimeMinister Chaudhary Charan Singh
surface form: Charan Singh

Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
surface form: Morarji Desai
headquarters New Delhi, India
surface form: New Delhi
ideology Gandhian socialism
anti-Congressism
democratic socialism
internalConflictOver dual membership of RSS
mergedInto Bharatiya Janata Party
notableLeader Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Chandra Shekhar
Chaudhary Charan Singh
surface form: Charan Singh

George Fernandes
Jagjivan Ram
L. K. Advani
surface form: Lal Krishna Advani

Madhu Limaye
Morarji Desai
opposed Indian National Congress
Indira Gandhi
originatedFrom Bharatiya Janata Party
surface form: Bharatiya Jana Sangh

Bharatiya Lok Dal
Congress
surface form: Congress (O)

Socialist Party
Swatantra Party factions
parliamentaryRepresentation Lok Sabha
Rajya Sabha
politicalPosition centre
centre-right
president Subramanian Swamy
primeMinisterFromParty Chaudhary Charan Singh
surface form: Charan Singh

Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
surface form: Morarji Desai
purpose oppose the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi
splitLedTo formation of Bharatiya Janata Party
successor Bharatiya Janata Party
wonElection 1977 Indian general election

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Jayaprakash Narayan memberOf Janata Party
Ram Manohar Lohia influenced Janata Party
this entity surface form: Janata Party leaders
Bharatiya Janata Party precededBy Janata Party
this entity surface form: Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Morarji Desai politicalParty Janata Party
Vijay Mallya politicalAffiliation Janata Party
Dhanik Lal Mandal politicalParty Janata Party
Jagjivan Ram memberOf Janata Party