Janata

This page is about the concept in Indian politics. For the Palestinian town, see Jannatah.

Janata (janatā), is a Hindi word for "the populace"; or "the people". Following the first Janata coalition in the 1970s between the Lok Dal, the Congress (O) and the Socialist Party, it has become part of the name of a number of federal- and state-level, present and historical, political parties in India or neighbouring states (many of which claim descent from constituents of the original coalition), including:

In Indian federal politics:

• Janata Party
• Janata Parivar
• Bharatiya Janata Party
  • Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
• Hindustan Janata Party
• Janata Dal
• Janata Dal (Ajit)
• Janata Dal (Bidhuri)
• Janata Dal (Left)
• Janata Dal (Secular)
• Janata Dal (United)
• Janata Party (Secular)
• Garib Janta Dal (Secular)
• Jai Prakash Janta Dal
• Loktantrik Janata Dal
• Rashtriya Janata Dal
• Socialist Janata (Democratic)
• Samajwadi Janata Dal
• Samajwadi Janata Dal (Democratic)
• Samajwadi Janata Party
• Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)

In Indian constitutive states:

• Asom Bharatiya Janata Party (Assam)
• Biju Janata Dal (Odisha)
• Chhattisgarh Janata Congress
• Gujarat Janata Congress
• Janata Dal (Gujarat)
• Karnataka Janata Paksha
• Kerala Janatha
• Mizo Janata Dal (Mizoram)
• Rashtravadi Janata Party
• Rashtriya Janata Party
• Sikkim Janata Congress
• Sikkim Janata Party
• Tamizhaga Janata Party (Tamil)
• Telangana Janata Party (Andhra Pradesh)
• Vidarbha Janata Congress (Maharashtra)

Outside India:

• Krishak Shramik Janata League (Bangladesh)
• Janata Dal (Samajbadi Prajatantrik) (Nepal)
• Rastriya Janata Party Nepal
• Nepal Samajwadi Janata Dal
• Janata Bank, state-owned bank in Bangladesh

See also

• Jana (disambiguation), people in Hindi
• Lok (disambiguation), people in Hindi
• Awam (disambiguation), people in Urdu
• Awami (disambiguation)