The Janata Dal (Ajit) 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 Ministry of Food Processing Industries 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 ( RLD; ) is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. It was founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh, son of the former prime minister of India, Chaudhary Charan Singh in 1996 as a brea ...

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

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, Ch Charan Singh 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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Defunct political parties in India Janata Parivar Political parties with year of establishment missing Political parties disestablished in 1996 1996 disestablishments in India Janata Dal Political parties established in 1987 1987 establishments in India {{India-party-stub