The Janata Dal (Ajit Jat) was a political party in

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. It merged with the

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in the early 1990s. Its leader, Ajit Singh became a

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in government led by P.V. Narasimha Rao from 1991 to 1996. Later Ajit Singh quit the

and later formed a new party, the Bharatiya Kisan Kamghar Party in 1996. In 1998, Mr Ajit Singh launched the

Rashtriya Lok Dal Rashtriya Lok Dal (abbreviated as RLD) (translation: National People's Party) is a political party in India founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh. He was carrying on the political legacy of his father and former Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Ch ...

which was one of the original parties run by his father and former

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, Ch

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and was part of NDA and UPA governments.Janata Dal(A) leader Ajit Singh dumps his party in favor of Congress(I)
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