Loktantrik Janata Dal

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Loktantrik Janata Dal
AbbreviationLJD
Leader Sharad Yadav
PresidentJaved Raza
Secretary Zubair Ahmad quraishi
Founder Sharad Yadav
Founded18 May 2018(6 years ago) (2018-05-18)
Split from Janata Dal (United)
Merged into Rashtriya Janata Dal
HeadquartersSharad Yadav Bhawan,H.No.BP 8, DDA Flats,Bindapur,Dwaraka, New Delhi, New Delhi district, New Delhi - 110059
Youth wing Lokatantrik Yuva Janata Dal
Ideology Socialism [1]
Mulnivasism [2]
Bahujanism [3]
ECI StatusRegistered Unrecognized Party

The Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) was an unrecognised registered political party in India. It was nationally launched by Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar [4] in May 2018. [5] [6] [7] The party was formed after Yadav parted ways from Janata Dal (United), due to its alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. [8] [9] [10] Sharad Yadav merged with Rashtriya Janata Dal but not the whole Lokatantrik Janata Dal. After Sharad Yadav's death in 2023, the party made his president Javed Raza. [11]

Bahujan Mukti Party a political wing of BAMCEF was merged with Loktantrik Janata Dal. [12] [13] Pravendra Pratap Singh is the current president of the Bahujan Mukti party. [14]

The Veerendra Kumar fraction of the Janata Dal (United) unit of Kerala under the leadership of M. P. Veerendra Kumar merged with the party. [15]

LJD merged with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on 20 March 2022, Sharad Yadav has taken up the task of re-uniting all the former Janata Dal factions and other parties with similar ideologies to put forward a united opposition for 2024 Lok Sabha elections. [16] [17] [18] Though the Kerala unit led by M. V. Shreyams Kumar of the party did not join RJD. [19] The Kerala faction merged with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on 12 October 2023. [20]

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