Insaf Party (Justice Party), was a Muslim
political party
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founded by
Syed Shahabuddin
Syed Shahabuddin (4 November 1935 – 4 March 2017) was an Indian politician and diplomat from Gaya, Bihar. He began as a diplomat working for the Indian Foreign Service, but later became well known as one of the most articulate Muslim poli ...
[ , Retrieved on 14 June 2013] in 1989. It was formed as a split from the
Janata Party
The Janata Party (JP, ) is an unrecognised political party in India. Navneet Chaturvedi is the current president of the party since November 2021, replacing Jaiprakash Bandhu.
The JP was established as an amalgam of Indian political partie ...
, as a protest against the tie-up between
V.P. Singh
Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008) was an Indian politician who served as the prime minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the Raja Bahadur of Manda.
He was educated at Allahabad University and Fergusson College in ...
and
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...
. When the V.P. Singh government fell in 1990, the Insaf Party was dissolved.
Syed Shahabuddin later revived the party, although it appears to have been disbanded again.
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Defunct political parties in India
Political parties established in 1989
1989 establishments in India
Political parties disestablished in 1990
1990 disestablishments in India
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