Janata Party (Secular)

The Janata Party (Secular) was an Indian political party founded by Raj Narain in July 1979.

Janata Party (Secular)
Abbreviation	JP(S)
Founder	Raj Narain
Founded	July 1979
Split from	Janata Party
Merged into	Lokdal (1980) Janata Dal (1988)
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
Politics of India Political parties Elections

On 16 July 1979, Chaudhary Charan Singh assumed its leadership and became the Prime Minister of India on 28 July 1979 with the support of the Indian National Congress (I) but resigned on 20 August 1979 after their withdrawal of support. The Janata Party led by Charan Singh was later renamed as Lok Dal before the 1980 Indian general election^[1] but officially contested in the elections under its previous name. In the elections for the 7th Lok Sabha in 1980, the party won 41 seats and received 9.39% of the total votes polled.^[2]

In 1980 the party was merged into the Lokdal, that would form, along with other parties, the Janata Dal in 1988.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Janata Party
• Lokdal