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	Janata Dal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		The National Front coalition that was formed consisted of the Janata Dal and a few smaller parties in the government, and had outside support from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communists.
		Amongst the larger splinter groups include the Rashtriya Janata Dal (which rules the state of Bihar), Samajwadi Party (a major force in Uttar Pradesh), Biju Janata Dal (governing Orissa), Janata Dal (Secular) (governing Karnataka) and the Janata Dal (United), whose leader George Fernandes was the Defense Minister of India.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Janata_Dal (315 words)

	Rashtriya Janata Dal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD- "National People's Party") is a political party in India.
		The RJD is also a member of India's governing coalition led by the Congress Party.
		The RJD was formed when Laloo Yadav broke away from Janata Dal in 1997.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/RJD (181 words)

	Encyclopedia: Rashtriya Janata Dal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Janata Dal is an Indian political party which broke off from the Janata Party.
		Amongst the larger splinter groups include the Rashtriya Janata Dal, which rules the state of Bihar, and the Janata Dal United Party, whose leader George Fernandes is India's Defense Minister.
		Amongst the larger splinter groups include the Rashtriya Janata Dal (which rules the state of Bihar), Biju Janata Dal (governing Orissa), Janata Dal (Secular) (governing Karnataka) and the Janata Dal (United), whose leader George Fernandes was the Defense Minister of India.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rashtriya-Janata-Dal (1226 words)

	Encyclopedia: Rashtriya Janata Dal (Democratic) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The President of the Janata Dal (U) State unit, B. Somashekar, has said that his party is likely to finalise seat adjustments with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday.
		Somashekar said the Janata Dal (U) President, George Fernandes, was holding talks with the Prime Minister, A.B. Vajpayee, and the BJP national President, M. Venkaiah Naidu, in New Delhi in this regard.
		The Janata Dal (U) had decided to have an electoral alliance with the BJP to bring the National Democratic Alliance Government back to power at the Centre and remove the "corrupt" Congress Government in the State.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rashtriya-Janata-Dal-(Democratic) (314 words)

	Rashtriya Janata Dal - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		It held power in the Indian state of Bihar, under the Chief Ministers Laloo Yadav and then Rabri Devi, who is also Laloo's wife, but after the elections in February 2005 the state of Bihar has come under President's Rule through Governor of Bihar Sardar Buta Singh.
		The party was formed when Laloo Yadav broke away from Janata Dal in 1997.
		Rashtriya Janata Dal and Political parties in India.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal (155 words)

	The Hindu : National : Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal begin seat-sharing talks
		Senior Congress leaders, Arjun Singh and M.L. Fotedar, met the RJD chief, Lalu Prasad, and his party colleague, Prem Chand Gupta, for a round of talks here in the backdrop of the RJD having stated earlier that the party was not willing to concede more than 10 seats in the 243-strong Assembly.
		The Janata Dal (United) is restive over the current relationship with the Bharatiya Janata Party, with some senior leaders expressing willingness to join hands with Mr.
		In the 1995 Assembly polls, the combined Janata Dal polled nearly 28 per cent as against 1.44 per cent by the Congress.
	www.hindu.com /2004/12/26/stories/2004122605640800.htm (600 words)

	Lalu re-elected RJD chief
		Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has been re-elected unopposed the party national president on Thursday for the fifth time in a row.
		Lalu Yadav was the sole applicant for the post when he filed his nomination on Wednesday in the RJD party office, said the returning officer, Ramchandra Purve, declaring his nomination valid.
		The RJD elected its organisation head from block to district level recently to strenghten the party before assembly polls this year.
	in.rediff.com /news/2005/aug/25lalu.htm (149 words)

	The churning in Bihar
		Paswan is ready to accept the Janata Dal (U)'s support but rejects the idea of any association with the BJP, stating that the fight against Laloo Prasad Yadav is basically a fight for good governance within the framework of secular politics.
		First, that a departure from the RJD camp would enhance the esteem of the Congress among the upper-caste sections of society, which have been consistently opposed to the RJD, and motivate these castes to leave the BJP and support the Congress.
		Janata Dal (U) representative and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Upendra Kushwaha even made statements that "if the Congress is willing to leave the RJD and join hands with Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP, we are willing to reconsider our alliance with the BJP and join them".
	www.flonnet.com /fl2202/stories/20050128002403300.htm (1494 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)

	tribuneindia... Nation
		PATNA, Oct 21 —Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Laloo Prasad Yadav was today interrogated for six hours by the CBI in a disproportionate assets case.
		PATNA, Oct 21 (PTI) — The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief, Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav, was today subjected to a marathon six-hour interrogation by the CBI in a disproportionate assets case.
		When asked whether the Janata Dal would be part of the proposed third front, Mr Paswan said the party was part of the United Front and the third front must take a concrete shape first.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1998/98oct22/nation.htm (5057 words)

	Shifting loyalties
		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".
		RJD leaders, including Lalu Prasad and his wife and former Chief Minister Rabri Devi, are telling the people "give us more chance and we will not repeat the mistakes of the past 15 years".
	www.flonnet.com /fl2222/stories/20051104004602500.htm (1523 words)

	Over to Ranchi
		RASHTRIYA Janata Dal supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav's troubles seem to have taken a turn for the worse with the Supreme Court asking him to surrender before a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)-designated Special Court in Ranchi on November 26 in connection with the fodder scam cases while refusing to grant him blanket bail.
		He alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre was using the CBI to conspire against him and "making use of all means at its disposal to send me to jail".
		The problems of having to go to jail in Jharkhand may be less important than the fact that he will not be around in Patna to deal with the political threat posed by dissidents in his party, who are reportedly ganging up against his "autocratic style of functioning".
	www.flonnet.com /fl1824/18240540.htm (1015 words)

	tribuneindia... Nation
		PATNA, Aug 27 — Rashtriya Janata Dal president Laloo Prasad Yadav will seek re-election from the prestigious Madhepura seat in the Lok Sabha polls from Bihar, where he is likely to be locked in a direct fight with Janata Dal (United) president Sharad Yadav.
		NEW DELHI, Aug 27 The Election Commission today turned down a Janata Dal (Secular) plea to cancel the facility of free air time on Doordarshan and All India Radio to the Samata Party and Lok Shakti but directed that their leaders using free air time should not be contesting on any other party ticket.
		The Janata Dal (S) headed by former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda had asked for the withdrawal of free air time facility to Samata and Lok Shakti on the ground that these two parties had merged with the Janata Dal (United) led by Mr Sharad Yadav.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99aug28/nation.htm (4864 words)

	The Hindu : State parties to use reserved symbols
		Prominent among these parties are the Janata Dal (Secular), Indian National Lok Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist-Liberation), Janata Dal (United), All India Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya), Rashtriya Lok Dal, Republican Party of India, Janata Party, All India Forward Bloc and Samta Party.
		The Janata Dal (United), which is a State party in Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Nagaland, has been allotted the "arrow'' for all the 70 seats, Mr.
		The Janata Dal (Secular), which is a State party in Karnataka, has been allotted the symbol of "a lady farmer carrying paddy on her head'' for 41 seats.
	www.hindu.com /2003/11/16/stories/2003111605860400.htm (479 words)

	Sampurna Vikas Dal - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sampurna Vikas Dal, a political party in the Indian state of Bihar.
		SVD was formed by ex-Rajya Sabha MP and former Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Ranjan Prasad Yadav on October 20 2003.
		Yadav had differed with RJD leader Laloo Prasad Yadav when the latter appointed his wife, Rabri Devi, as the Chief Minister of the state.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Sampurna_Vikas_Dal (104 words)

	ScienceDaily: Rashtriya janata dal
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	Janata Dal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The National Front coalition that was formed consisted of the Janata Dal and a few smaller parties inthe government, and had outside support from the BJP and the Communists.
		In November 1990, this coalition collapsed, and anew government headed by Chandra Shekhar which had the support of the Congress (I) and a faction of the Janata Dal cameto power.
		Amongst the larger splinter groups include the Rashtriya Janata Dal, which rules the state of Bihar, and the Janata Dal UnitedParty, whose leader George Fernandes is India's DefenseMinister.
	www.therfcc.org /janata-dal-207411.html (239 words)

	ScienceDaily: Rashtriya janata dal democratic
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	tribuneindia... Nation
		NEW DELHI, Jan 29 — The Rashtriya Janata Dal and the BJP today traded charges on the issue of tacit support to the outlawed Ranvir Sena, a private army of landlords in Bihar, which had unleashed a reign of terror in the state.
		NEW DELHI, Jan 29 — The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the BJP today traded charges on the issue of tacit support to the outlawed Ranvir Sena, a private army of landlords in Bihar, which had unleashed a reign of terror in the state.
		The Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi unit President, Mr Avtar Singh Hit, said if wearing headgear other than a turban is forbidden in a religion, a law that makes it compulsory for men or women of that community to use helmets while riding two-wheelers is an encroachment on their right to practise what their faith dictates.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99jan30/nation.htm (4142 words)

	Paswan demands Bihar polls be postponed:- - News - Webindia123.com
		He reiterated that his party would neither support the NDA led Janata Dal (United) nor the Lalu Prasad Yadav led Rashtriya Janata Dal, in the elections.
		The main fight in Bihar is expected to be between the NDA led by the Janata Dal (United) partnering with the BJP, and the UPA consisting of the RJD, Congress and the CPI.
		We recognise that the RJD is the major secular force in the state.
	news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=113255&cat=India (376 words)

	From Jal Khambata
		The House was stalled by the Samajwadi Party, RJD and Republican Party members crowding in the well repeatedly with slogans drowning business in a bid to prevent piloting of the Constitution Amendment Bill for 33 per cent reservation to women in Parliament and Assemblies.
		RJD leader Raghuvansh pleaded with her to declare the women's bill introduction as invalid.
		Even as he was talking to them, Congress ally RPI’s Ramdas Athavale too joined the shouting brigade of SP and RJD in the well while the ruling NDA partnber Janata Dal(U) member Prabhunath Singh tried to plead their case amid the din.
	www.angelfire.com /in/jalnews/2312991.htm (503 words)

	Gulfnews: Rashtriya Janata Dal suspends lawmaker over bribery scandal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav issued the order to this effect three days after the scandal broke out.
		RJD general secretary Ramdeo Bhandari did not elaborate on the reasons behind the unusual delay in suspending the tainted lawmaker.
		RJD sources, however, say that since the party is packed with a number of tainted lawmakers, Lalu was reluctant to suspend Manoj Kumar fearing repercussions.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/05/12/16/10005279.html (413 words)

	rediff.com: T V R Shenoy on the Congress non-stand
		But grant these two inveterate foes the virtue of absolute clarity, we know that the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Samata Party, and the Janata Dal United are opposed to the Rashtriya Janata Dal and vice-versa.
		The Rashtriya Janata Dal boss had gone around swearing that the new state would be carved out only over his dead body...
		The Bharatiya Janata Party, rightly or wrongly, is determined to make a success of its leagues with various regional forces scattered across the country.
	www.rediff.com /news/2000/mar/11flip.htm (748 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Laloo Yadav splits Janata Dal, sets up Rashtriya Dal
		Laloo Yadav claimed his faction was the original Janata Dal as most of the party workers had refused to participate in the JD presidential poll on Thursday.
		Political observers believe the RJD's birth is a bad omen for the United Front government as the Janata Dal, with 45 Lok Sabha members, is the largest constituent of the 13-party coalition government.
		The Dal drama is being keenly watched by the Congress; that party believes the downfall of the Gujral government will arise out of the inner contradictions within the UF coalition.
	www.rediff.com /news/jul/05laloo.htm (695 words)

	The Hindu : Opinion / News Analysis : The battle for Bihar
		THE SUMMER of 2004 saw one of the most one-sided elections ever fought and won in Bihar with the Lalu Prasad-led Rashtriya Janata Dal alliance coasting to a superlative victory with 29 of 40 seats and a vote share of 44.4 per cent.
		Prasad, and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, as to the chemistry among the constituents — the RJD, the Congress, the Lok Jan Shakti Party and the Left.
		To quote the RJD chief, it is a "free-for-all" where friendships have turned sour, political boundaries have blurred and parties are engaged in a futile chase of one another's so-called "vote banks."
	www.hindu.com /2005/02/13/stories/2005021300881400.htm (1549 words)

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