23-474: Progressive Democratic Front may refer to: Progressive Democratic Front (Kerala) , India Progressive Democratic Front (Uttarakhand) , India Republican Progressive Democratic Front , Italy See also [ edit ] Democratic Front (disambiguation) Left Democratic Front (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
46-550: A breakaway faction of JDU. However, Umesh Kushwaha , who was re-elected to the post of party's state chief in November 2022, continued to serve party in that position for the second term. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, JDU was granted 16 seats against Bharatiya Janata Party's 17 seats and it contested in alliance with BJP and Chirag Paswan led Lok Janashakti Party (Ram Vilas). It won 12 seats in this election and played important role in formation of Third modi government in
69-710: A claim that the new government in Bihar, a coalition of nine parties including the RJD and the INC would be a "Mahagathgandhan 2.0." The JD(U), just like its parent Samata Party , had the core support of Kushwaha and Kurmi caste, which emanated from the great rally organised in 1993 at Gandhi Maidan , Patna . In 2020 Assembly elections, the party performed badly, and its seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly reduced to 43 from 75 in 2015 elections. The breakaway of
92-585: A new Chief Minister. When the trust vote was demanded by the BJP to prove majority in Bihar Legislative Assembly , the RJD supported the JD(U) in the assembly on 23 May 2014 to pass the majority mark. On 29 December 2014, Kerala-based Socialist Janata (Democratic) merged with the JD(U) with its leader M.P. Veerendra Kumar , accepting the party flag from JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar . This was an important milestone in bringing
115-577: A pan-Indian appeal to the JD(U) which is largely limited to the state of Bihar . On 14 April 2015, the JD(U), Janata Dal (Secular) , Rashtriya Janata Dal , the Indian National Lok Dal , Samajwadi Party , and Samajwadi Janata Party announced that they would merge into a new national Janata Parivar alliance in order to fight against the BJP in cooperation with one another, thus leaving the UPA. But for some reason this did not take place and
138-1329: Is a political front in the Indian state of Kerala . It was founded in April 2004 and consisted of the National Janata Party , Janata Dal (United) , Rashtriya Janata Dal , Samajwadi Party and Secular National Dravida Party None of these parties carry any significant weight in Kerala . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Progressive_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)&oldid=1011387038 " Categories : Political parties in Kerala 2004 establishments in Kerala Political parties established in 2004 Hidden categories: Articles lacking sources from December 2009 All articles lacking sources Use dmy dates from August 2019 Use Indian English from August 2019 All Misplaced Pages articles written in Indian English Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"), abbreviated as JD(U) ,
161-524: Is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India . JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar and Manipur and is a part of government in both the states. JD(U) heads the government in Bihar and is part of the NDA government in Manipur . JD(U) won 12 seats in the 2024 Indian general election , making it the seventh largest party in
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207-508: The BJP in Bihar in protest against the elevation of Narendra Modi as ahead of the election campaign committee of BJP for 2014 Indian general election . JD(U) President Sharad Yadav and then Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced their end of coalition at a press conference on 16 June 2013, exactly a week after Narendra Modi was made the BJP's campaign committee chairman, who was later made
230-790: The Lok Sabha . JD(U) states that they believe in promoting social justice and lifting up marginalized peoples. The Janata Dal (United) was formed with the merger of the Sharad Yadav faction of the Janata Dal , the Lok Shakti Party and the Samata Party on 30 October 2003. But the Election Commission of India refused the merger of the Samata Party , then Brahmanand Mandal became the president , but he
253-664: The National Democratic Alliance , leading to the split in the Janata Dal leading to the formation of Janata Dal (Secular) under H. D. Deve Gowda , who wanted to remain equidistant from both national parties; and Janata Dal under Sharad Yadav was called Janata Dal (United). The Janata Dal (United) was formed with the merger of the Sharad Yadav faction of the Janata Dal, the Lok Shakti and
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#1732776176248276-596: The Samata Party . On 30 October 2003, the Samata Party led by George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar merged with the Janata Dal. The merged entity was called Janata Dal (United) with the arrow symbol of Janata Dal (United) and the green and white flag of the Samata Party. The uniting force is believed to be common opposition to Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar especially after the Rashtriya Janata Dal welcomed Samata Party rebels like Raghunath Jha into
299-536: The Legislative Assembly, the Congress gave a berth to its ally. On 26 July 2017 5 pm, Nitish Kumar tendered his resignation as Chief Minister of Bihar , ending 20-month-old Mahgathbandhan (grand alliance) rule. The next day on 27 July 2017 10 am he again took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar with the support of BJP . Same day evening, Kerala JD(U) chief M.P. Veerendra Kumar announced
322-544: The Samajwadi Party was subsequently offered 3 seats out of an assembly of 243 in the Bihar elections. Unhappy with this deal, it left the alliance and fought the elections separately. On 9 May, MLA Jitan Ram Manjhi was expelled from the JD(U) and he later founded the Hindustani Awam Morcha along with 17 other dissent JD(U) MLAs. In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election JD(U) contested
345-485: The centre. With this victory, JDU changed the narrative that it has been weakened over the time under the leadership of Nitish Kumar with latter's growing age and lack of next generation of leaders in the party. This election also revealed JDU's hold and support base amongst the members of Extremely Backward Castes, which turned out to be the reason behind party's spectacular performance in the constituencies dominated by them. In order to consolidate its support base amongst
368-630: The election in an alliance with the RJD and Congress. It won 71 seats out of the 101 seats it contested and the alliance won 178 seats out the 243 seats in the assembly. Subsequently, Nitish Kumar again became the Chief Minister of Bihar. In the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha held in March 2016, the ruling UDF of Kerala state gave one seat to JD(U) Kerala State Unit President M.P. Veerendra Kumar . In spite of having just 2 MLAs in
391-403: The faction led by Upendra Kushwaha , who founded Rashtriya Lok Samata Party , was recognised as one of the principal reason behind reduction in support base of the party in many constituencies. In a bid to retain its support amongst its core vote base, the party made several organisational changes, like appointing Ramchandra Prasad Singh as national president of the party and Umesh Kushwaha as
414-545: The party. JD(U) joined NDA and along with its alliance partner, the BJP defeated the RJD -led UPA government in Bihar in November 2005. New government was headed by JD(U) leader, Nitish Kumar and NDA continued to govern state. The alliance contested 2009 Indian general election and won 32 seats. BJP won 12 while JD(U) won 20. JD(U) won 115 and BJP won 91 seats in 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election . Thus together holding 206 seats in 243 member Bihar Legislative Assembly . JD(U) broke its 17 years old alliance with
437-623: The prime ministerial candidate of NDA. Just after this split, Sharad Yadav relinquished his position as the NDA convenor. The JD(U) contested the election in Bihar in an alliance with the Communist Party of India but they won only two seats out of total forty seats of Bihar while the BJP- LJP alliance won 31 seats. Following poor performance in election, Nitish Kumar resigned as Chief Minister of Bihar and Jitan Ram Manjhi sworn in as
460-406: The split of Kerala unit of the JD(U) from the party, due to Nitish Kumar led Bihar unit joined hands with the BJP. On 28 July 2017, new NDA government won trust vote in Bihar assembly by 131 votes in favour and 108 against, four legislators did not vote. On 9 August 2022, Nitish Kumar announced that the JD(U)'s alliance with the BJP in the Bihar Legislative Assembly was over. He further made
483-566: The state president. Meanwhile, it also tried to give effect to the merger of the Upendra Kushwaha led RLSP with itself. The RLSP was formed as a result of a split in JD(U) in 2013. Immediately after the merger, Upendra Kushwaha was made president of parliamentary board of the party. On 20 February 2023, Upendra Kushwaha resigned from the post of president of parliamentary committee of JDU and membership of Bihar Legislative Council and formed another party named Rashtriya Lok Morcha as
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529-484: Was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and not physically well, so Uday Mandal became president and he has taken charge of the Samata Party. Janata Dal (United)'s party mentor and patron is the veteran socialist leader George Fernandes . JD(U) is currently a part of the National Democratic Alliance . The Janata Dal (United)'s origin goes back to the period before 1999 General Election . A faction led by then Chief Minister of Karnataka J. H. Patel had lent support to
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