Janata Parties announces merger, Mulayam to head

mangaloretoday.com

New Delhi, April 15: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh will lead the new party formed after the merger of the Janata Parivar comprising the SP, the Janata Dal (United), the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Janata Dal (Secular), the Samajwadi Janata Party and the Indian National Lok Dal.

A six-member committee including former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, Lalu Prasad, Sharad Yadav and Ramgopal Yadav will decide on issues such as the name and flag of the new party.

 

The SP has five seats in the Lok Sabha and 15 in the Rajya Sabha. It’s in power in Uttar Pradesh with 232 MLAs in the 403-member Assembly.

On the other hand, the RJD has four Lok Sabha members and one in the Rajya Sabha, while the JD (U) has two in the Lok Sabha and 12 in the Rajya Sabha.

Former Prime Minister Deve Gowda’s Janata Dal (Secular) has two seats in the Lok Sabha and one in the Rajya Sabha, while the INLD has two members in the Lower House and one in the Upper House.

In total, the new party will have strength of 15 members in the Lower House and 30 in the Upper House.

The Janata merger experiment: From The Hindu archives:

October 21, 2014 - Finishes way behind in Haryana as the BJP outplays it in social engineering.

October 2, 2014 - Though not a Third Front yet, there are signs that the Janata Parivar — and some of its old friends — is shaken out of its lethargy by the year’s general election results.

August 21, 2010 - JD(S) is all set to lure back Janata Parivar members.

February 6, 2007 - H.D. Deve Gowda blamed for breaking Janata Parivar.

January 29, 2007 - JD(S) says it will work for unification of Janata Parivar.

May 6, 2006 - Sharad Yadav vows to unite Janata Parivar.

April 14, 2004 - CPI(M) accuses Congress, BJP of keeping Janata Parivar divided.

February 25, 2004 - Subramanian Swamy says Janata Parivar will come together.

July 4, 2003 - JD(S), JD(U) agree to merge ‘unconditionally’.

January 8, 2001 - Janata parivar: Another split.