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{{Short description|Indian political party}}
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The '''Jai Prakash Janta Dal''' ('''JPJD''')<ref>jpjantadal.com ''[http://jpjantadal.com/ Party Official Website]''</ref> is a [[political party]] in [[India]] based on the [[ideology]] of [[Jayaprakash Narayan]] popularly known as [[Lok Nayak]] who as an [[India|Indian]] Independence Activist, [[Social Reformer]], Theorist and a Political Leader, deeply remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against PM [[Indira Gandhi]]. The primary motive of the party is to work for the [[welfare]] of the common [[citizens]] of [[India]] by providing them their [[constitutional]] [[rights]], Jai Prakash Janta Dal aims to solve the fundamental issues of [[economical]], [[social]] and [[political]] inequality along with the issues of [[underdevelopment]], [[poverty]] and the [[discrimination]] prevailing in the [[society]]. The party has been registered by the [[Election Commission of India]] in the year 2002 and has been allotted the symbol of Diesel Pump.<ref>Party Symbol ''[http://jpjantadal.com/jp-janta-dal.html/19/Party%20Symbol#.WfrwFdOCzIU Diesel Pump]''</ref> The JPJD is a [[right-wing]] party following the vision of JP.

As of 2014 [[Pankaj Sahay]]<ref>Pankaj Sahay ''[https://twitter.com/Pankaj_Kr_Sahay Public Figure]''</ref> becomes the National President of the party with [[B.K. Singh]] as the guiding head of the party. In the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general election]], JPJD under the leadership of [[Pankaj Sahay]], contested the [[Lok Sabha]] elections for the very first time and the party fought these elections on 7 Parliamentary Seats in [[Bihar]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu & Kashmir]]. The Party Headquarter is located at Pratap Nagar, [[Mayur Vihar]] Phase-1 in [[New Delhi]].

==History==
===Formation===
The party was founded in 2002, as four Members of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] broke away from the [[Janata Dal (United)]]. The four founding legislators were [[Laxmi Narayan Yadav]], [[Jainandan Yadav]], [[Vishwanath Singh]] and [[Sashi Kumar Rai]], with Rai heading the legislative faction.<ref>rediff.com. ''[http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/jul/25bihar1.htm Split in Bihar unit of JD (U) is formalised]''</ref> The party supported the government of [[Rabri Devi]].<ref>''Arab News''. ''[http://www.arabnews.com/node/222778 Janata Dal-U splits in Bihar]''</ref> However, in 2004 the four legislators broke their links with the Devi government and merged back into JD(U).<ref>''The Hindu''. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20040215234607/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/03/stories/2004020305991200.htm 4 JD MLAs withdraw support to Rabri Government]''</ref> As of 2004 MP [[Jai Narain Prasad Nishad]] served as president of the party.<ref>''Times of India''. ''[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Make-voters-ID-cards-mandatory-Nishad/articleshow/415127.cms?referral=PM Make voters' ID cards mandatory: Nishad]''</ref>

==Leadership==
The party leadership went from [[Jai Narain Prasad Nishad]] to [[B.K. Singh]] in the year 2012. While in the year 2014 keeping the 16th [[Lok Sabha]] elections in mind, [[Pankaj Sahay]] was elected the National President<ref>Party President ''[http://jpjantadal.com/jp-janta-dal.html/15/LeaderShip#.Wfryk9OCzIU Pankaj Sahay]''</ref> of the Jai Prakash Janta Dal who is also the current Party President. He took the charge of the party in 2014 and had played a very prominent role in the expansion of the party across the nation and under his leadership the party contested the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general election]] on 7 of the Parliamentary Seats in [[Bihar]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu & Kashmir]], this was the first time when JPJD fought the [[Lok Sabha]] elections.<ref>Election Results ''[http://jpjantadal.com/jp-janta-dal.html/28/Election%20Results Performance By The Candidates Of JPJD]''</ref>

[[Pankaj Sahay]] had carried out several [[political campaign]]s for the party in the different [[States and union territories of India|States]] of [[India]] and associated many new members, [[social worker]]s and [[youths]] with JPJD. He also gave the [[slogan]] of "Shanti Sadbhav Shamridhi" to the party.

==National Executive Meetings, 2018==
In the year 2018, two major National Executive Meetings of '''Jai Prakash Janta Dal''' ('''JPJD''') took place. The first National Executive Meet of the party took place on 11 February 2018, in which the Prime Agendas were the expansion of the party across the country and to set up the Political Training Centers at every branch of the Party Office across India for youths and general citizens of the country to make their future in [[Politics]]. These agendas were laid down by the Party's President, [[Pankaj Sahay]]<ref>North South Block ''[http://www.northsouthblock.in/politics/jai-prakash-janta-dal-jpjd-national-president-pankaj-sahay-ensured-the-expansion-of-the-party-into-10-states/ Expansion of JPJD in 11 States of India]''</ref> in the meeting.

While on 5 August 2018, the second National Executive Meet of the party took place in which the prime agendas were Election of the Party's National President and Formation of the Party's National Council. For the post of the Party's National President, party's face [[Pankaj Sahay]] was nominated and he was re-appointed as the National President<ref>National President ''[http://www.northsouthblock.in/politics/jai-prakash-janta-dal-jpjd-in-the-hands-of-young-and-dynamic-leader-shri-pankaj-sahay/ National President of JPJD]''</ref> of the party with a complete mandate to his name by the party leaders. Moreover, the newly appointed National President [[Pankaj Sahay]] proposed the creation of party's National Council soon after holding his post which got too constituted in this meet and the Party's Former President, [[B.K. Singh]] was appointed as the head of the National Council by Party's Current National President, [[Pankaj Sahay]].

==References==
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[[Category:Political parties in Bihar]]
[[Category:Memorials to Jayaprakash Narayan]]
[[Category:2002 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2002]]
[[Category:Political parties in India]]

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