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	GN Online: Samata Party suffers a body blow
		Samata Party, a key ally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faced a major setback yesterday with one of its senior leaders joining the rival Congress party accusing a pro-Hindu BJP of saffronising its allies.
		Dr. Shambhu Srivastava, national general secretary and spokesperson of the Samata Party was formally welcomed into the Congress party fold later in the evening by his Congress counterpart R.K. Dhawan and Ahmed Patel, political secretary to the Congress president Sonia Gandhi after he had a meeting with her.
		Although Srivastava, hailing from eastern Bihar province, is not a leader with a mass base, his decision to leave the Samata Party with barely 17 months remaining for the next general elections, has come as a major embarrassment for the party.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=87407 (654 words)

	State Samata Party to merge with JD(S) - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Samata Party General Secretary Mohan Kumar, after a meeting with party workers said on Friday that Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs in the NDA government at the Centre Srinivas Prasad is expected to resign soon.
		Though the Samata Party has not put any conditions with respect to tickets to its workers or supporters, it has identified certain constituencies where its workers and supporters are strong and the JD(S) leaders have assured good representation to them, he said.
		Though the Samata Party was a part of the NDA, it had no say unlike Bharatiya Janata Party, in the State matters, he observed.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/feb212004/s3.asp (436 words)

	A spell of President's Rule
		The State Samata Party under Koijam was instrumental in the collapse of the 11-month-old coalition government of the Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) and the Federal Party of Manipur (FPM), headed by Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh, in February this year.
		On May 28, a meeting was held with Samata and BJP leaders in the presence of Vajpayee and Advani and it was decided that neither the BJP nor the Samata would be in the race for power in Manipur.
		Samata leaders urged the BJP president Jana Krishnamurthy to restrain the BJP legislators from straying away from the decisions taken on the May 28 meeting.
	www.flonnet.com /fl1812/18121210.htm (1173 words)

	Samata Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Samata Party is a (An organization to gain political power) political party in (A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) India.
		It was led by (additional info and facts about George Fernandes) George Fernandes.
		One minority in the party refused to go along with the merger, and maintained itself as a separate party.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/samata_party.htm (149 words)

	A DISMISSAL BACKFIRES
		It is debatable whether the BJP and the Samata Party would have embarked on an adventurist course of this kind had it not been for the perceived change in the Congress(I)'s stance in the first week of February.
		While some Samata Party leaders claim that they were misled by Sonia Gandhi's discord with the RJD Government, some others say that in any case something drastic had to be done as pressure was mounting from the State units of their party and the BJP.
		It is evident that the BJP and the Samata Party have botched this round.
	www.flonnet.com /fl1605/16050160.htm (2519 words)

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		The expulsion of Jha and Mandal, expelled Samata Party leaders said, was a tactical move by party president George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar to prevent a formal split in the party in the Lok Sabha.
		With the expulsion of Jha and Mandal, the Samata strength in the Lok Sabha is reduced to ten.
		However, the first and only task of the breakaway Loktantrik Samata Party is to damage the NDA in general and the Samata in particular.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=76160 (1329 words)

	A fractured verdict in Manipur
		Its ally, the Samata Party, which was instrumental in bringing down the United Front government of the MSCP and the FPM, won three seats.
		Several party leaders had maintained on the eve of the February elections that they were averse to seat adjustments or a pre-poll alliance.
		Although the BJP and the Samata Party are both partners in the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre, the BJP, with six MLAs in the Assembly, did not join the Koijam government.
	www.thehindu.com /thehindu/fline/fl1905/19050150.htm (1075 words)

	rediff.com: Fernandes calls for review of government's policies
		The 72-year-old politician was elected unanimously at the party's national executive meeting to replace V V Krishna Rao, who had taken over from Jaya Jaitly when she was forced to quit in the wake of the Tehelka corruption expose.
		Party MP Arun Kumar criticized Modi for his handling of the situation in Gujarat during the communal violence earlier this year and demanded his resignation.
		Worried at the manner in which some party members and legislators in these states are indulging in anti-party activities, the central leadership felt it was high time for him to take charge and halt the drift.
	inhome.rediff.com /news/2002/sep/01fern.htm (688 words)

	Netguruindia News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The dramatic move comes in the wake of the strong opposition of a majority of the 11 Samata Party MPs to his proposal of merging the party with the Janata Dal (United).
		Samata Party spokesperson Shambhu Shrivastava has questioned senior party leader, Nitish Kumar's decision to push his party's Bihar unit towards a merger.
		Earlier reports had said the split in the Samata Party was averted late last night with the dissident MPs agreeing to stay on in the party.
	www.netguruindia.com /news/Jan01/05/NAT3.html (697 words)

	archive: 'All mainstream parties are secular' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ghafoor said the Samata Party of candidates to be fielded in the ensuing elections.
		Ghafoor said the real issue was to strengthen the party and be able to win the maximum number of seats in the forth-coming elections so that the NDA was able to a~ a comeback and remain in power.
		When asked what the Samata Party planned to get back its status of a national party, Ghafoor replied that the party President, George Fernandes, was trying his level best to keep the herd together and a strategy was being to this effect.
	www.hvk.org /articles/0599/70.html (705 words)

	News Headings
		But party sources said the change in the strategy was adopted to prevent differences within the party coming to the fore with the CLP sharply divided on the issue of supporting the Rabri government.
		In a significant development, four of the eight MLAs of the Samata Party, including founders of the party Shivanand Tiwari and Brishen Patel, floated a party Samata (Patel) — after resigning from the primary membership of the parent organisation.
		Suggesting the top leadership of the party should apply its mind in running the party, he said decisions on important issues should be taken through consensus.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99mar18/head.htm (699 words)

	Samata gets its first CM, irks BJP
		NEW DELHI, FEB 14: The Samata Party is all set to have its first chief minister in place in Manipur soon, but the downfall of the Nipamacha ministry in Imphal has brought to the surface the simmering tensions between the Samata and the BJP.
		A few days back, the Samata Party, along with the BJP and a breakaway group of the MSCP and some others, had formed a front with a view to dislodging the Chief Minister.
		As the Samata Party is finally going to make its debut as the ruling party in a state capital, the last few weeks' developments have come as a setback for both the major parties, the BJP and the Congress.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20010215/ina15024.html (615 words)

	Election 2004 - HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Samata Party is an offshoot of the caste-based politics in the Janata Dal party.
		A regional party in Tamil Nadu, it was founded by Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MGR and is currently headed by state chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
		Communist Party of India was founded on December 26, 1925 and started functioning legally from July 1942 when the ban on the party was lifted.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/7019_0,00160055.htm (557 words)

	`Dalit Sena Holds Impressive Rally' - Dalit Sena in the News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The differences were as much visible with none of the top Samata Party leaders present at the rally, while the BJP leaders made their presence felt in good number and, more importantly acknowledged the leadership and importance of Mr.
		Some of the Samata Party functionaries complained that their leaders were not extended an "honourable" invitation.
		The first one was the Samata Party?s State executive meeting where its leaders were against a merger with the JD(U), notwithstanding the official line ratifying the proposal in this regard.
	www.dalitstan.org /sena/samachar/dsimpral.html (535 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		P.K. Sinha, Samata leader in the Bihar Legislative Council and national executive member, belonging to defence minister George Fernandes’ camp thus thrust the party into a fresh crisis.
		In a veiled attack on Kumar, Jha said: “I want the party to function democratically, (and) not (be controlled) by a group of MPs.” He referred to the suspension of Brahmanand Mandal, Lok Sabha MP, for “daring to criticise the railway minister”.
		Early last month, the party was on the verge of a split with seven of 14 party MPs close to Kumar demanding Jha’s scalp.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030211/asp/nation/story_1659004.asp (547 words)

	GN Online: A Question of Answers: 'Samata Party will not split... it will disintegrate'
		The Samata, which is one of the major parties despite its small numbers, has three members in the Union Cabinet – Defence Minister George Fernandes, Railway Minister Nitish Kumar and Minister of State for External Affairs Digvijay Singh.
		In an interview with Gulf News, Shrivastav recalled his reasons for joining the Samata Party after he left the Communist Party of India (CPI), his admiration for George Fernandes which ended in disillusionment, and the role he sees for himself in the Congress.
		When the Samata Party joined the NDA in 1996, Fernandes argued that it was necessary to recognise the political fact that the BJP is the single largest party in parliament, and it will not do to treat it as an untouchable.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=87979 (910 words)

	Samata Samaj Party - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Samata Samaj Party, was a political party in India.
		SSP was formed by expelled Bahujan Samaj Party leader Phool Singh Baraiyya (formerly BSP Madhya Pradesh state president) on October 30 2003.
		On July 7 2004 SSP merged into Lok Janshakti Party.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Samata_Samaj_Party (112 words)

	CNN.com - Ally threatens India's ruling coalition - May 21, 2001
		The Samata Party says it will quit Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajapayee's Federal Government if the ruling coalition's main party does not support a vote of confidence for Radhabinode Koijam, the chief minister in the state of Manipur.
		Samata hinted that it might withdraw from the ruling coalition, despite an assurance it would not do so for now.
		Samata's threat comes only a week after elections in five Indian states saw the opposition Congress Party of Sonia Gandhi and her allies winning in four.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/05/21/india.samata.threat (433 words)

	1996 General Elections in Bihar - Walter Hauser
		The Samata Party candidate in the October 1996 by-elections was Brijkishore Narain Singh, a second place finisher in the 1995 assembly election on the Congress ticket, a four time MLA and former minister of the state government.
		On the other hand, while the Samata Party's ally, BJP won only one of the six seats it contested, the difficult Paliganj seat, it was a very close second in Ziradei and Warisnagar and tallied in excess of 27,000 votes in the two SC reserved constituencies of Warisnagar and Barachatti.
		This is clearly a pattern of a JD under political and electoral stress in which the BJP and the Samata Party are the strongest beneficiaries given their role as the largest opposition alliance in the state.
	www.lib.virginia.edu /area-studies/SouthAsia/Misc/Sss/eleoct97.html (10208 words)

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		Samata sources said Fernandes was unlikely to raise the fresh Tehelka revelations as a specific issue in the NDA meeting slated to be held here on Monday.
		Though the party leadership is publicly continuing its demand for an “immediate” FIR, privately, it is reconciled to wait as long as it takes to draw up a foolproof case against the news portal for its use of prostitutes in a sting operation miring a section of the ruling and defence establishment in corruption.
		He vouchsafed that his party’s ousted treasurer, R.K. Jain, had falsely claimed that he (Jain) struck several defence deals through him (Fernandes) when he was the defence minister, and pledged that all the defence deals were on merit and in accordance with the defence needs of the country.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1010826/national.htm (3625 words)

	Samata Party rider for merger --George must replace Sharad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		NEW DELHI, JANUARY 4: Two days before its formal merger with the Janata Dal (United) and the Lok Shakti, the Samata Party is sticking to its demand for replacing Sharad Yadav with either George Fernandes or J H Patel as president of the new entity.
		They are arguing that the initiative for the merger of the three parties was taken by Fernandes and not Sharad Yadav and, therefore, the former or his nominee should lead the unified party.
		The Samata leaders also took exception to JD(U) spokesman Mohan Prakash's recent statement that when the decision to merge was taken it had been resolved that Sharad Yadav would remain the president.
	www.indianexpress.com /ie/daily/20000105/ina05027.html (308 words)

	Samata Party,Samta Party,Latest Election News for Samata Party,India
		Samata Party was formed in 1994 when a faction lead by George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar broke away from Janta Dal.
		The reason was that the party ideology had shifted to castism.
		In 1996 Samata Party came into alliance with BJP and won on eight seats, six in Bihar and one each in Uttar Pradesh and Orissa.
	www.indian-elections.com /partyprofiles/samta-party.html (213 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Storm in Lok Sabha over Patna high court's view
		As the verbal duel between the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Samata Party members erupted into a scuffle in the well of the Lok Sabha, Colonel Ram Singh, who was in the chair at that time, adjourned the House for half an hour.
		This was objected to by Brahmanand Mandal and Anand Mohan of the Samata Party.
		Samata Party leader George Fernandes demanded the court's recommendation be implemented.
	www.indiaabroad.com /news/aug/13bihar.htm (1011 words)

	Daily Excelsior.........State
		Samata Party president Jaya Jaitley today regretted the withdrawal of 15-day ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir by Hizbul Mujahideen and accused Islamabad of sabotaging the peace process.
		Jaitley, who was here to address her party functionaries, attributed the growth of terrorism to increasing unemployment and lack of opportunities to youth.
		On her party stand on power tariff increase in Andhra Pradesh, Jaitley said, "the hike should have been in a phased manner instead of a steep rise in one stroke".
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /00aug10/state.htm (4368 words)

	Samata Party will not split, says Nitish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		NEW DELHI, APRIL 20: Samata Party leader Nitish Kumar today charged the Opposition with trying to "engineer" a split in his party, but said the party stood united behind Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and there was no possibility of members switching sides.
		Samata Party national president George Fernandes had in a letter to President K R Narayanan yesterday pledged "full support" of the party's 13-MPs to the BJP-led government and there was no question of the members going against it, Kumar added.
		On the question of action against party leader Kalpnath Rai who had struck a discordant note prior to the trust vote, by speaking against the Vajpayee government, Kumar saidsince Rai went along with the party during the confidence vote action against him had been dropped.
	www.financialexpress.com /ie/daily/19990421/ipo21043.html (316 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> India -> Samata Party meet to focus on current political scene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Party president George Fernandes and other front ranking leaders will participate in the conference, he told reporters.
		Announcing the new set of office-bearers for the Tamil Nadu unit, Mohan Kumar said the party's headquarters would be inaugurated within a month in the city, after which the new office bearers would tour the entire state in two phases to strengthen the party.
		About his party's stand on the three bypolls in the state on May 31, he said it would maintain neutrality as none had approached it seeking support.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2002/05/25/25samata.html (204 words)

	The Hindu : Samata Party in State merges with Janata Dal (S)
		The Samata Party in the State today announced its decision to unconditionally merge with the Janata Dal (Secular) and justified it as an inevitable step to fight the Congress.
		Later, he joined the Samata Party, headed by the Defence Minister, George Fernandes, which ceased to exist after its merger at the national level with the Janata Dal (U) whose base had by then eroded in Karnataka.
		While the groundwork (for the merger) had been done earlier, the decision to merge with the Janata Dal (S) was announced after a lengthy discussion with Samata Party leaders from Mysore, Chamarajanagar, and Mandya in the presence of Mr.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/02/21/stories/2004022106580300.htm (289 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was being impressed upon the Samata Party leadership that since the BJP had 26 MLAs, as against the 13 MLAs of the Samata Party, the BJP had much more at stake in the North-Eastern State.
		The Samata Party had felt cheated ever since BJP members defying the whip voted out the Samata Chief Minister Radhabinod Koijam, but it has since withdrawn its threat to pull out of the Central Government and so the BJP leadership is confidently pursuing its agenda of installing its own Government in the state.
		The latest development has caught the Samata Party off-guard because in the meantime, resistance to its demand that Manipur be placed under President's Rule has started building up within the National Democratic Alliance.
	www.angelfire.com /in/jalnews/2001/25053.htm (317 words)

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