Samajwadi Janata Party

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History

Chandra Shekhar, Devi Lal founded SJP(R) in 1990, Jan 03 2017: The Times of India

The Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) (SJP-R) is the party of the late Chandra Shekhar who was PM for seven months in the early 1990s.

The SJP(R) was founded by Chandra Shekhar and he led the party until his death on July 8, 2007.Shekhar was the only Lok Sabha MP of the party at the time of his death. The party was formed on November 5, 1990 when Chandra Shekhar and Haryana leader Devi Lal broke from Janata Dal with 60 MPs and formed a government with Congress support which lasted seven months.Kamal Morarka, who was minister in the government headed by Chandra Shekhar, is the 2017 head of the party.

In April 2015, Morarka was also present in the meeting of the Janata Parivar splinters at Mulayam Singh Yadav's residence in Lucknow, exploring the merger of their parties to forge a national anti-BJP front. However, Mulayam had backtracked, leaving the entire plan in limbo.

One of the ministers in the Akhilesh government, Ram Govind Choudhary , was SJP president until he joined the Samajwadi Party . Choudhary is currently an MLA from Bansdih in Ballia and was one of the prominent names dropped from the Samajwadi Party list of candidates finalised by Mulayam and Shivpal. Chandra Shekhar's son Neeraj Shekhar, a Rajya Sabha MP , is also among the trusted loyalists of Akhilesh Yadav .