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{{Infobox Indian political party<br />
| name = Congress Jananayaka Peravai<br />Congress Democratic Front <br />
| logo = CJP-flag.svg<br />
| founder = [[P. Chidambaram]]<br />
| general_secretary = [[P. Chidambaram]]<br />
| foundation = 2001<br />
| split = [[Tamil Maanila Congress]] in 2001<br />
| merged = [[Indian National Congress]] in 2004<br />
}}<br />
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'''Congress Jananayaka Peravai''' ('''Congress Democratic Front''') was a [[political party]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It was founded in 2001 by former union finance minister [[P. Chidambaram]], as a splinter group of the [[Tamil Maanila Congress]], when the TMC allied itself with the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]. [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]] [[P. Chidambaram]] other side Party [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]-[[BJP]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]) Joint Meet to Assembly election. <br />
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In the [[2004 Lok Sabha elections]] Chidambaram ran as the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from Sivagangai, and won with 400 393 votes (60,01%).{{fact|date=October 2020}}<br />
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On 25 November 2004 CJP merged into the Indian National Congress. Discussions about a merger had taken place during a long time, but the merger was resisted by the Tamil Nadu Congress leadership. In the end the merger was pushed through by the national Congress leadership.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://hindu.com/2004/11/26/stories/2004112605371100.htm|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130720183911/http://hindu.com/2004/11/26/stories/2004112605371100.htm|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2013-07-20|title = CJP merges with Congress|date = 2004-11-26|work = [[The Hindu]]|accessdate = 2013-07-20}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Indian National Congress breakaway parties]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Defunct political parties in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:2001 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties established in 2001]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 2004]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress breakaway groups]]<br />
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