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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
| party_name = Jan Kranti Party
| party_logo = [[Image:Jan Kranti Party flag.png|150px]]
| foundation = {{start date|df=yes|2010|01|05}}
| founder = [[Kalyan Singh]]
| chairman = Rajveer Singh
| secretary = Brish Bhan Agrawal
| ideology = [[Hindutva]]
| colorcode = saffron
| position = Right-wing
|dissolution = {{End date|df=yes|2013|01|21}}
| split = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| merged = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
'''Jan Kranti Party''' was a [[political party]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India, based on [[Hindutva]]. It was founded by [[Kalyan Singh]], a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, on 5 January 2010 (in connection with Singh's 76th birthday). The party adopted Almirah as its [[Election symbol]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100118150945/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/uttarpradesh/Kalyan-forms-new-Jan-Kranti-Party/Article1-493965.aspx Hindustan Times]</ref> The launching of the new party occurred two months after an alliance between Singh and the [[Samajwadi Party]] broke down.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jan/05/kalyan-singh-launches-jan-kranti-party.htm|title=Kalyan Singh launches Jan Kranti Party}}</ref> Upon the founding of the party, Singh handed over the leadership of the party to his son, Rajveer Singh, who was named national president.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/06/stories/2010010660081400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108124445/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/06/stories/2010010660081400.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 January 2010 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Kalyan's son to lead new party | date=6 January 2010}}</ref>

== Foundation ==

Citing neglect and humiliation by his then party, the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), [[Kalyan Singh]], who was a former state [[Chief minister|Chief Minister]], resigned his membership and position as a national vice-president of the party on 20 January 2009.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/Kalyan_Singh_resigns_from_BJP/articleshow/4006807.cms | work=The Times of India | title=Politics/Nation | date=20 January 2009}}</ref> On the following day, after meeting [[Samajwadi Party]] (SP) leaders [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] and [[Amar Singh (politician)|Amar Singh]], Kalyan Singh announced that he would campaign for the SP in the [[2009 Indian general elections]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200901211431.htm |location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu |title=Kalyan to campaign for SP |date=21 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103185730/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200901211431.htm |archivedate= 3 November 2012 }}</ref> Meanwhile, his son Rajveer Singh, whose treatment was one of the main reasons for his disenchantment with the BJP, joined the SP.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=5050928&programId=1073754912&pageTypeId=1073754893&contentType=EDITORIAL|title=The Week}}</ref>

On 14 November, Yadav said that the poor performance of the SP at the [[Firozabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Firozabad by-election]] was due to the loss of Muslim support and attributed it to the involvement of Kalyan Singh.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article49369.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | first=Atiq | last=Khan | title=Kalyan Singh calls Mulayam an 'opportunist' | date=16 November 2009}}</ref> Snubbed by Yadav, Kalyan Singh reaffirmed his allegiance to the BJP and the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]]. He indicated that he was willing to rejoin the BJP, and his son resigned from the SP.
<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-15/india/28082140_1_kalyan-singh-sp-supremo-bjp-leader | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214221823/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-15/india/28082140_1_kalyan-singh-sp-supremo-bjp-leader | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-12-14 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Kalyan Singh's son Rajbir quits Samajwadi Party}}</ref>
In January 2010, Kalyan Singh announced the formation of a new [[Hindutva]]-oriented political party, the Jan Kranti Party, but chose to take the role of patron while his son became the leader.<ref name="Kalyan's son to lead new party">{{cite news |title=Kalyan's son to lead new party |date=6 January 2010 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/06/stories/2010010657111000.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114080418/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/06/stories/2010010657111000.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 January 2012 |accessdate=30 April 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

At the time of the founding of the new party, Kalyan Singh declared that the intention of the party was to contest all 403 constituencies in the [[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="hindu"/>

== Merger with BJP ==

On 21 January 2013, Kalyan Singh announced the merger of both of his parties - the Rashtriya Kranti Party (RKP), which he formed after being suspended from the BJP in 1999,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/third-time-lucky-kalyan-singh-bjp-reunion-on-the-cards/1/223944.html|title = Third time lucky? Kalyan Singh-BJP reunion on the cards}}</ref> and also the Jan Kranti Party (JKP) - with the BJP.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/kalyan-singh-merged-his-jan-kranti-party-with-bjp-restrained-himself-from-joining-1358856516-1#sthash.C3bwbb3S.dpuf|title = Kalyan Singh merged his Jan Kranti Party with BJP, restrained himself from Joining|date = 22 January 2013}}</ref> However, he chose not to "officially join the BJP" on the advice of senior party leaders. The reason for this was that the BJP leadership did not want Kalyan Singh to have to resign his seat in the [[Lok Sabha]], representing [[Etah]], which he had won in the 2009 parliamentary election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/uttar-pradesh/kalyan-singhs-party-merges-with-bjp_824152.html|title = Kalyan Singh's party merges with BJP|date = 21 January 2013}}</ref>

==References==

{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Defunct political parties in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2010]]
[[Category:2010 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party breakaway groups]]
[[Category:Hindutva]]

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