Founded 2015 | No. of members 5 Parties | |
Seats in Lok Sabha 9 / 545Present Members 541 + 1 Speaker Seats in Rajya Sabha 15 / 245Present Members 244 | ||
Janata Parivar is an alliance in Indian politics to describe the various political parties that emerged from Janata Dal or others. The 'Janata Parivar' includes, amongst others, Janata Dal (United) and Janata Dal (Secular).
On 14 April 2015, the Janata Dal (United), Janata Dal (Secular), Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Indian National Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party, and Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) announced that they would merge into a new national Janata Parivar alliance in order to oppose the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Janata Parivar formation took place ahead of the crucial Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015. Before the elections, Samajwadi Party broke from the alliance on seat sharing dispute.
Janata Parivar parties
Parties in the new Janata Parivar Alliance
Parties in the United Progressive Alliance
Parties in the National Democratic Alliance
Other Janata Parivar parties
Parties in the new Third Front (Socialist Secular Morcha)