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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Biju Janata Dal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Biju Janata Dal is a regional party of the Indian state of Orissa.
		After splitting from Janata Dal, the BJD has participated in several ruling coalitions with the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party both at the Centre and in Orissa.
		Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger one of the major Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal and a group of Congressmen led by V.P. Singh.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Biju-Janata-Dal (484 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
		Dal (United) rebel Devendra Prasad Yadav dubbed the move “illegal” and said: “The merger is undemocratic and violative of the party constitution.”
		The merger, Devendra Prasad alleged, was aimed at saffronising the Dal (United) which, unlike the Samata, had always stridently opposed the BJP agenda both inside and outside Parliament — “whether it is Ayodhya, Gujarat, disinvestment or farmers’ plight”.
		Dal (United) general secretary K.C. Tyagi, who is a confidant of former party chief Sharad Yadav, said the reunited party was not bothered about Devendra Prasad.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1031101/asp/nation/story_2524013.asp (558 words)

	Know your party: Janata Dal (United)
		The problem was, and is, that the Janata Parivar had too many leaders.
		Two of the constituents -- the Samata Party and the Janata Dal (United) -- that decided to join hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party merged into a single unit on October 30, 2003.
		Supporters of the Janata Party, which formed the first non-Congress government at the Centre in 1977, are still nostalgic about the Parivar but also realise its shortcomings.
	inhome.rediff.com /election/2004/apr/29espec1.htm?zcc=rl (609 words)

	HardNews - A many-splintered thing
		December 1989 — In alliance with the BJP (a splinter group of the Janata Party, formed in April 1980), the Janata Dal defeats Congress (I) in the 1989 parliamentary elections.
		The remaining faction of the party is named as Janata Dal (United), which joins hands with the BJP to become a part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
		Janata Dal (U) may not have remained the largest offshoot of the Janata parivar, but it still has a big say in national politics due to the number of heavyweights it has within its ranks.
	www.hardnewsmedia.com /sep2004/ppols.php (1145 words)

	Janata Dal United Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Janata Dal United Party is a political party in India.
		The new party will be called the Janata Dal United Party and will be led by Samata Party president George Fernandes.
		A legal entity which represents a faction of the people from a country and is united under one specific political platform of issues.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Janata_Dal_United_Party.html (211 words)

	Sharad denies opposing Advani's arrest in 1990, says Lalu lying
		Janata Dal (United) President Sharad Yadav today charged Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal President Lalu Prasad with ''fraud with the history'' by alleging that as minister in the United Front government he had told the latter not to arrest L K Advani during his Rath Yatra in October, 1990.
		The JD(U) leader said that the allegation made by Mr Lalu Prasad in a recent interview was ''a damn lie and a fraud with the history.'' He claimed that the RJD leader made the allegation in the backdrop of defeat of his party in the recent parliamentary byelections in Bihar.
		The Janata Dal break was not sufficient for his lust of power, so he broke Bihar and manipulated majority,'' he said.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20061113/506766.html (617 words)

	Netguruindia News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		According to sources, at least 10 legislators of the BJP's allies are to be sworn in as ministers-six of Cabinet rank and four of the rank of ministers of state.
		Janata Dal (United) legislator Inder Singh Namdhari is likely to become the speaker of the Jharkhand Assembly.
		The meeting, which was attended by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), decided to raise a mass movement against the appointment of "a person chargesheeted in the Babri Masque demolition case" as the first governor of Jharkhand.
	www.netguruindia.com /news/Nov00/17/NAT3.html (215 words)

	February 2005
		United States: Samuel Bodman is sworn in as energy secretary and Jim Nicholson as veterans affairs secretary.
		United States: Alberto Gonzales is confirmed by the Senate (60-36) and sworn in as attorney general.
		United States: Michael Chertoff is confirmed by the Senate (98-0) and sworn in as secretary of homeland security.
	www.rulers.org /2005-02.html (2030 words)

	Gulfnews: Fernandes rebuffed by former Janata allies
		Speculation on merger moves began after senior leaders of the Janata Dal (United), the Samata Party and the INLD met at the residence of the Samata Party chief and the federal Defence Minister George Fernandes on Wednesday.
		This is the third serious move to reunite various splinter groups of the erstwhile Janata Dal.
		While the JD (U) and the Samata Party have been in touch for sometime due to their understanding that divided they stand no chance to take on the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar, the initiative to bring them together was taken by Chautala.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/03/10/17/100428.html (390 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Rashtriya Janata Dal’s 15-year rule was particularly infamous for it.
		Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has turned out to be the flag-bearer of a clean-up when he ordered the registration of an FIR against Janata Dal (United) MLA Anant Singh during his weekly janata durbar.
		The JD(U) MLA’s men claimed that the Imam family had “gifted” the land to their servants and that they, in turn, had sold it to the MLA.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main19.asp?filename=Ne093006Nitish_cracks.asp (974 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Main parties allied to the BJP
		This socialist party is one of the many manifestations of the erstwhile Janata Dal (People's Party), which was formed in 1989 and formed a short-lived government after defeating the then Congress Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
		The Janata Dal (United) was a powerful member of the previous National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition with 20 seats in the outgoing parliament after a strong performance in Bihar in the last elections.
		The Akali Dal formed a formidable alliance with the BJP in 1997 which has endured despite the combination losing the Punjab state elections in 2002.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/3551067.stm (788 words)

	Paswan finally splits JD(United) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		THE JANATA Dal (United) in the Lok Sabha split on Sunday night with Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan and three other party MPs requesting Speaker G M C Balayogi to recognise them as a separate group in the House.
		He claimed that the truncated JD(U) would cease to be a force in Bihar from now on: "The politics of the State would be determined by us and Laloo Yadav and not those occupying positions in the JD(U).
		JD(U) general secretary M. Raghupathy stated that though the presidents of several state units of the party had expressed anger at Paswan's behaviour and demanded his expulsion, "that move will not come from us".
	www.ambedkar.org /News/hl/Paswanfinally.htm (514 words)

	The Hindu : Fernandes to head Janata Dal (United)
		The Defence Minister, George Fernandes, will be the president of the newly-merged Samata and Janata Dal (United), which will be called the Janata Dal (United) within the ruling National Democratic Alliance.
		The Indian National Lok Dal leader, Om Prakash Chautala, had attended a meeting but was against a merger, he said.
		The aim of the merger is to strengthen the party and its ideology.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/2003/10/31/stories/2003103104371100.htm (633 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Jamshedpur
		Janata Dal (United) state parliamentary board chairman Ramchandra Kesri said his party has decided to field Namdhari in Chatra and Indradeo Mahto in Giridih.
		According to the JD(U) high command’s decision, Jharkhand ministers interested in contesting the Lok Sabha election will first have to tender their resignation from the Arjun Munda Cabinet.
		The Janata Dal-United had demanded Chatra, Koderma, Giridih and Palamau Lok Sabha seats, but the BJP decided to field candidates in all the constituencies.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040326/asp/jamshedpur/story_3048887.asp (284 words)

	A NEW ERA IN BIHAR
		The Janata Dal (United)'s vote percentage went up from 14.59 per cent in the February polls to 20.32 per cent this time, while the BJP registered an increase from 10.96 per cent to 15.49 per cent.
		It is notable that despite suffering its worst loss in 15 years, the RJD continues to be the party with the largest individual share of votes (23.24 per cent as compared to the Janata Dal (United)'s 20.32).
		In an interesting reaction to the results, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said the message of the polls had to be studied objectively and it had to be perceived as something that opened avenues for the future.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2225/stories/20051216006500400.htm (1427 words)

	Janata Dal (United) Party, India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Janata Dal (United), with 7 members of the Lok Sabha, is an ally of the BJP.
		The web page on the union between it and the Samata party claims the unified party would retain the JD(U)'s symbol of arrow and the green-and-white flag of the Samata.
		At http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050118/elec3.jpg one finds a version of the Janata Dal (United) flag, a horizontally divided green-white green flag with the party symbol of the arrow and some writing above it on the white field.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/in}janp.html (151 words)

	Janata Dal (U) to press for wheel, Bangalore office
		Speaking to newspersons, Byre Gowda said the symbol would have to be automatically restored to the Janata Dal (United) as the party had won 20 Lok Sabha seats.
		Byre Gowda added that the Janata Dal (United) would now separately form a group in the new Assembly and would fight against any anti-people policies formulated by the ruling party.
		On the question of continuing its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party, he said that the Janata Dal (United) was still part of the National Democratic Alliance.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19991011/ipo11066.html (254 words)

	Shifting loyalties
		The erosion of its Muslim support base is worrying the Rashtriya Janata Dal, but on the eve of the first phase of polling no other party or alliance appears strong enough to emerge a powerful winner.
		Incidentally, the Janata Dal (United) is the only party that has advocated the idea of reservation for Dalit Muslims: it has included this in its manifesto.
		Aware of the erosion in the support base of the RJD-Congress, Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar, who is the NDA's chief ministerial candidate, is a confident man. The only thing that worries him is Lalu Prasad's "booth management at the micro level".
	www.flonnet.com /fl2222/stories/20051104004602500.htm (1523 words)

	Janata Parivar members cosy up : JD(U), JD(S), Gowda, Yadav, bonhomie : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
		In a goodwill gesture, JD(U) withdrew its candidate in favour of JD(S) for a Legislative Council seat.
		Party sources feel that the ideological differences between the JD(U) and JD(S) have narrowed down after Gowda's son Kumaraswamy joined hands with BJP to form the Government in Karnataka and after the death of senior JD(S) leader Madhu Dandavate.
		When George Fernandes was heading the JD(U), a meeting had taken place between him and Gowda and the talks had veered around bringing the two parties nearer.
	www.ibnlive.com /news/janata-parivar-members-cosy-up/11653-4.html (488 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/All India Progressive Janata Dal
		AIJD was launched on December 11 2002 by several leaders of Janata Dal (Secular) and Janata Dal (United) in Karnataka, including the main JD(U) leader in the state R.K. Hedge.
		AIPJD was later disintegrated, with two Lok Sabha MPs and 11 members of the Karnataka assembly joing the Indian National Congress ahead of the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.
		The rump AIPJD merged with Janata Dal (United).
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/All_India_Progressive_Janata_Dal (195 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		While the JD(U) claimed that it was a larger force to reckon with in Bihar having a “larger social base”, the Samata asserted that its claim to more seats was legitimate in view of its performance in the recent Lok Sabha elections.
		NEW DELHI, Jan 23 — Having overcome the Bihar imbroglio involving the sharing of seats with the Samata Party and the Janata Dal (United), the BJP is keeping its fingers crossed on its alliance with the INLD in Haryana and the Biju Janata Dal in Orissa.
		According to the BJP General Secretary, Mr Narendra Modi, who is in charge of the party’s Haryana unit, the BJP’s claim for 35 seats in Haryana is based on its performance in the 1996 Assembly elections.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000124/main1.htm (1516 words)

	All-India Janata Dal in offing-Bangalore-Cities-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		bangalore: the janata parivar, comprising the janata dal (secular), (united) and (neutral), is all set to float a national level party which will be called all-india janata dal.
		to a question, byre gowda said the jd(u) had taken a decision to come out of the nda government at the centre.
		jd(u) leader sharad yadav was aware of the merger developments, he claimed.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_Id=6300080 (355 words)

	Indian American Center for Political Awareness
		Union Railway Minister and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Lalu Prasad Yadav, left, and his wife, former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi addressing reporters in Patna on Feb. 28.
		Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, whose Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) held power for 15 uninterrupted years in the state, was clearly the biggest loser in the elections.
		Fierce infighting between the Jats and non-Jats in the Haryana unit of the Congress Party in the wake of the election results had delayed a decision on the occupant of the chief minister’s post.
	www.iacfpa.org /p_news/nit/iacpa-archieve/2005/03/11/diary1-11032005.shtml (656 words)

	Janata Dal (U) to contest 14 seats in Punjab assembly
		The Janata Dal (United) will contest 14 seats in the assembly elections in Punjab due to be held by February next year.
		A party spokesman said here today that names of 11 candidates had already been forwarded to the party high command in New Delhi while names of three more contestants would be decided soon.
		The party is also planning to organise a public rally in Ludhiana soon, the spokesman added.
	news.webindia123.com /news/articles/India/20061128/520566.html (110 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The JD(U) in turn has two main reservations: the likelihood of voter intimidation by Lalu's strongmen, and the likely effect of some of the BJP campaigners on voters.
		The Rashtriya Janata Dal president does not even mind ticket-seekers calling on him early in the morning at the official residence of his wife, former chief minister Rabri Devi.
		The Rashtriya Janata Dal leader says he is sorry that he hurt the sentiments of party workers and alliance partners by selecting wrong candidates in the February elections.
	www.the-week.com /25oct16/currentevents_article10.htm (3455 words)

	Vijay Mallya joins Janata Dal(United) - Sify.com
		In a sudden development, liquor baron Vijay Mallya, Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka, Saturday formally joined the Janata Dal(United) and was appointed as its senior National Vice-President.
		He vowed to strive for the unity of the Janata Dal Parivar, he added.
		Yadav declined to comment on the merger move among the Janata Dal factions in Karnataka.
	sify.com /fullstory.php?id=11815304 (247 words)

	Development Board recommended for Kodagu-Bangalore-Cities-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The former minister dropped broad hints of many people from other parties expressing willingness to join the All-India Janata Dal as and when it comes into being and alleged that the BJP and the Congress were making desperate attempts to engineer splits in the Janata Parivar.
		The Janata Party, after the merger, will be a force to reckon in the country ``within a month'', Nanaiah said.
		The Janata Dal is holding a convention in Kushalnagar on May 4 but the contours of it are not yet known.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_Id=8404784 (612 words)

	Janata Dal(U) may go it alone in State: George - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Janata Dal (U) national president George Fernandes, however, said he was optimistic that seat-sharing talks with the BJP will succeed.
		The Janata Dal (United) will go it alone in Karnataka if talks on seat sharing with BJP fails, Janata Dal (United) national president and Defence Minister George Fernandes said on Sunday.
		Mr Fernandes, accompanied by Union Minister of State for External Affairs Digvijay Singh, was addressing a meeting of workers of JD (U) and the now-merged All India Progressive Janata Dal (merger at national level but retains separate identity in State) and later a public meeting of Urs Samyukta Paksha and Janata Dal (united) in Bangalore.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/mar152004/i4.asp (373 words)

	Janata Parivar will emerge as Third Front: Sharad Yadav (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mr Yadav, who is currently on tour of Karnataka as part of his mission of re unification of Janata Parivar, said that he would meeting Janata Dal (Secular) National President H D Deve Gowda in New Delhi on May Nine.
		Replying to a question, he said that the unification efforts would continue and there is no time frame for the merger of all splinter groups.
		Speaking to newsmen at Almatti in Bijapur district, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said that he was in favour of reunification of Janata Parivar and assured to extend his full support if anybody takes a lead in his regard.
	news.oneindia.in /2006/05/06/janata-parivar-will-emerge-as-third-force-to-upa--nda-sharad-yadav-1146904439.html (353 words)

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