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Charan Singh left the Congress party in 1967, and formed his own political party, Bharatiya Kranti Dal. With the help and support of Raj Narain and Ram Manohar Lohia , he became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1967, and later in 1970.
After only three weeks in office, Charan Singh resigned. With no other political party in position to establish a majority government, President Reddy dissolved the Parliament and called fresh elections for January 1980. [9] After 1980 elections, Charan Singh came out of the Janata Alliance with his party and renamed it as Lok Dal.
The rebels were upset because of Charan Singh's dissociation with the coordination committee set up to facilitate the merger of the Lok Dal, Janata Party and Congress (Secular). [8] Later, in January 1983, Lok Dal led by Karpoori Thakur merged into Janata Party. [9]
Bharatiya Kranti Dal was a political party in India, founded by Chaudhary Charan Singh, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. The party was founded at a meeting in Lucknow in October 1967. [2] After the 1977 general election, the successor party of the BKD, Bharatiya Lok Dal was merged into the Janata Party. [3] Charan Singh, founder of Bharatiya ...
Lok Dal (Charan) or Lok Dal (Charan Singh), a political party in Uttar Pradesh, India. LD(C) was formed on 7 June 2003 when Rashtriya Lok Dal vice-president Rameshwar Singh split. Singh was opposed to the move of RLD to withdraw support from the Mayawati state cabinet.
Majority party Minority party Third party Leader Chandra Bhanu Gupta: Charan Singh: Party INC: BKD: ABJS: Leader's seat Ranikhet: Chhaprauli: Last election 199 New 98 Seats won 211 98 49 Seat change 12 New 49 Popular vote 6,912,104 4,989,116 4,200,175 Percentage 33.69% 21.29 17.93% Swing 1.49% New 3.74%
The Janata Party, an amalgam of socialists and Hindu nationalists, split in 1979 when several coalition members including the Bharatiya Lok Dal of Charan Singh and several members of the Socialist Party withdrew support for the government. Subsequently, Desai lost a vote of confidence in parliament and resigned.
Home Minister Charan Singh argued that the ruling party had been resoundingly rejected by voters and would need to win a new mandate from the people of the states. The Congress (R) was defeated in all the states, and the Janata party took power in seven – Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.