Bharatiya Lok Dal
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Bharatiya Lok Dal | |
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Founded | 1974 |
Dissolved | 1977 |
Preceded by | Bharatiya Kranti Dal Swatantra Party Utkal Congress |
Merged into | Janata Party |
Succeeded by | Janata Party (Secular) Lokdal |
ECI Status | Dissolved |
Bharatiya Lok Dal (
History
In 1977, the BLD combined with the
Despite a strong start, the Janata government began to wither as significant ideological and political divisions emerged. Through 1979, support for Morarji Desai had declined considerably due to worsening economic conditions as well as the emergence of allegations of nepotism and corruption involving members of his family. Protesting Desai's leadership, Charan Singh resigned and withdrew the support of his BLD. Desai also lost the support of the secular and socialist politicians in the party, who saw him as favoring the Hindu nationalist BJS. On 19 July 1979 Desai resigned from the government. Dissidents projected Charan Singh as the new prime minister in place of Desai.
President Reddy appointed Charan Singh as the Prime Minister of a minority government on the strength of 64 MPs, calling upon him to form a new government and prove his majority. The departure of Desai and the BJS had considerably diminished Janata's majority, and numerous Janata MPs refused to support Charan Singh. MPs loyal to
After 1980 elections, Charan Singh came out of the Janata Alliance with his BLP and renamed it has Lok Dal.
Subsequently, Ajit Singh (son of Charan Singh) founded the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). Now BLD is led by Chaudhary Sunil Singh of Aligarh[2]
Constituent Parties
- Bharatiya Kranti Dal
- Swatantra Party
- Samyukta Socialist Party
- Utkal Congress
- Rashtriya Loktantrik Dal
- Kisan Mazdoor Party
- Punjabi Khetibari Zamindari Union[3]
References
- ^ Harsh Singh Lohit. Charan Singh, A Brief Life History. Charan Singh Archives. p. 32.
- ^ "Lok Dal jumps into poll fray as Chaudhary's heir". The Times of India. 20 January 2012.
- ^ "Charan Singh Archives". charansingh.org. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2021.