Janata Dal (Ajit)

The Janata Dal (Ajit) was a political party in India. It merged with the Indian National Congress in the early 1990s. Its leader, Ajit Singh became a Ministry of Food Processing Industries in government lead by P.V. Narasimha Rao from 1991 to 1996.[1]

Later Ajit Singh quit the Indian National Congress and later formed a new party, the Bharatiya Kisan Kamghar Party in 1996. In 1998, Mr Ajit Singh launched the Rashtriya Lok Dal which was one of the original parties run by his father and former Prime Minister of India, Ch Charan Singh and was part of NDA and UPA governments.[2]

References
  1. Ajit Singh's expulsion from Janata Dal causes uncertainty
  2. Janata Dal(A) leader Ajit Singh dumps his party in favor of Congress(I)


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