Janata Dal (Secular)
The Janata Dal (Secular) ( Kannada : ಜನತಾ ದಳ (ಜಾತ್ಯಾತೀತ)), abbreviated to JD (S) , is an Indian regional party . It was founded in 1999 under the leadership of the former Indian Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda as a spin-off from the Janata Dal and is mainly based in the state of Karnataka . She also runs for elections in the state of Kerala . From 2004 to 2007, the JD (S) was part of the government of Karnataka, between 2006 and 2007 they presented with HD Kumaraswamy the Chief Minister (head of government) in the state.
The party symbol of the JD (S) represents a peasant woman with rice stalks on her head, the party color is green.
history
The roots of Janata Dal (Secular) lie in the all-Indian party Janata Dal (JD, "People's Party"). This, in turn, was founded in 1988 from parts of the Janata Party , which had formed as a united opposition force during the state of emergency imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (1975–1977). The Janata Dal provided the Indian Prime Minister 1990–1991 and 1996–1998. After losing the 1998 election to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Janata Dal split into a number of splinter groups: One faction split off as Janata Dal (United) (JD (U)) to join the BJP-led Join the National Democratic Alliance . As a counter-reaction , the Janata Dal (Secular) formed in 1999 under HD Deve Gowda , who had held the office of Prime Minister of India for the JD from 1996-1997. The addition of the name Secular (" secular ") refers to the rejection of the Hindu nationalist policy of the BJP.
The Janata Dal (Secular) was able to create a base especially in the state of Karnataka , the home of the party founder HD Deve Gowda. Its predecessor organizations had already been successful in Karnataka: The Janata Party ran the state from 1983 to 1988, the Janata Dal from 1988 to 1989 and again from 1994 and 1999. In the 1999 state election in Karnataka, the competing factions JD (S) and JD (U) took away each other's votes, so that the JD (S) could only win 10 of 224 seats and the Congress Party won the election. In the next election in Karnataka in 2004, the JD (S) was able to improve its result and, with 58 members, moved into parliament as the third strongest party behind the BJP and Congress. To prevent the formation of a government by the BJP, which did not have a majority of its own, Congress and JD (S) formed a coalition government with Congress politician N. Dharam Singh as Chief Minister (head of government). After less than two years, however, the JD (S), under the leadership of HD Kumaraswamy , the son of party founder HD Deve Gowda, broke the coalition and allied with the BJP. It was agreed that HD Kumaraswamy would take over the post of Chief Minister for the first and BS Yeddyurappa from the BJP for the second half of the remaining legislative term. In February 2006, HD Kumaraswamy was sworn in as Chief Minister. When BS Yeddyurappa was supposed to move up to the post of Chief Minister in October 2007, Kumaraswamy refused to resign, which led to the breach of the coalition and the imposition of President's rule . The new election due in 2008 was decided by the BJP, the JD (S) was again only the third strongest force with 28 constituencies won. In the next election in 2013, the JD (S) could not benefit from the anti-BJP sentiment: While the Congress Party won the election with an absolute majority, the JD (S) came in second with 40 seats, tied with the BJP. In heavily on box loyalties dominated politics in Karnataka, the JD (S) is mainly from the Vokkaliga supported a sizeable and politically influential caste. Traditionally, the JD (S) wins most of the constituencies in the Vokkaliga-dominated areas of southern Carnataka in parliamentary elections.
Aside from Karnataka, the JD (S) also competes in elections in the state of Kerala , but only plays a subordinate role there. In the last state election in 2011, she participated as part of an electoral alliance led by the two communist parties Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)) and Communist Party of India (CPI). It has four of 140 members of parliament in Kerala.
The JD (S) competes in Karnataka in the elections for Lok Sabha , the lower house of the all-India parliament. In 2004 she won two of the 28 constituencies in Karnataka. In 2009 she joined the electoral alliance of the left-wing Third Front and won three of the 21 constituencies in which she ran.
Individual evidence
- ^ Election Commission of India: Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka. (PDF; 1.0 MB)
- ^ Election Commission of India: Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka. (PDF; 1.4 MB)
- ^ Election Commission of India: Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka. (PDF; 1.2 MB)
- ↑ The Times of India, July 10, 2012: “Lingayats and Vokkaligas rule the roost in Karnataka politics”.
- ^ Election Commission of India: Statistical Report on General Election, 2011 to the Legislative Assembly of Kerala. (PDF; 857 kB)
