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| party_name = Lok Shakti<br />
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| founder = [[Ramakrishna Hegde]]<br />
| leader = [[Ramakrishna Hegde]]<br />
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| foundation = 1997<br />
| dissolution = 2003<br />
| merged = [[Janata Dal (United)]]<br />
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| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance]] <br/> (1998-2003) <br />
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'''Lok Shakti''' ([[Literal translation|lit.]] People's Power) was a political party in India. Lok Shakti was one of several parties that were formed when the [[Janata Dal]] crumbled in the mid-1990s. LS was formed in February 1997 after [[Ramakrishna Hegde]] was expelled from [[Janata Dal]]. Lok Shakti emerged as a major party in [[Karnataka]]. It was a founding member of the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041026005253/http://frontlineonnet.com/fl1520/15200380.htm Frontline: A divided party]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ramakrishna Hegde launches Lok Shakti to keep Deve Gowda on tenterhooks|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/19970315-ramakrishna-hegde-launches-lok-shakti-to-keep-deve-gowda-on-tenterhooks-831192-1997-03-15|access-date=2021-07-29|website= India Today|date=15 March 1997 }}</ref> It eventually merged with [[Janata Dal (United)]] .<br />
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== Merger ==<br />
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Before the [[1999 Indian general election|1999 general election]], the faction led by then [[List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka|Chief Minister of Karnataka]] [[J. H. Patel]] lent support to the NDA, leading to the split in the [[Janata Dal]]. This caused the formation of [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] under [[H. D. Deve Gowda]], who wanted to remain equidistant from both national parties, and [[Janata Dal (United)]] under [[Sharad Yadav]].<ref>[https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/jan/06jdu.htm Samata Party breaks away from JD (U)]</ref> <br />
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[[Janata Dal (United)]] was formed with the merger of the [[Sharad Yadav]] faction of the Janata Dal, the Lok Shakti and the [[Samata Party]].<ref>[http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2108/stories/20040423006701900.htm Janata Parivar's home base]</ref> On 30 October 2003, the [[Samata Party]] led by [[George Fernandes]] and [[Nitish Kumar]] merged with the [[Janata Dal]]. The merged entity was called [[Janata Dal (United)]] with the arrow symbol of [[Janata Dal (United)]] and the green and white flag of the [[Samata Party]]. But [[Election Commission of India]] refused the merger of [[Samata Party]]. [[Brahmanand Mandal]] became the [[President (corporate title)|president]], but he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and not physically well so Uday Mandal<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uday Mandal – SAMATA PARTY|url=https://samataparty.org/uday-mandal/|access-date=2022-02-08|language=en-US}}</ref> became President<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-19|title=उदय मंडल बने समता पार्टी के कार्यकारी अध्यक्ष|url=https://www.gaamgharnews.com/uday-mandal-becomes-working-president-of-samta-party/|access-date=2022-02-19|website=Gaam Ghar|language=en-US}}</ref> and took charge of the Samata Party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBCHindi|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/regionalnews/story/2004/03/printable/040320_politics_delhi|access-date=2022-02-15|website=www.bbc.com}}</ref> The uniting force is believed to be the components' common opposition to [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] in Bihar especially after the [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] welcomed [[Samata Party]] rebels like [[Raghunath Jha]] into the party.<br />
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== Party Presidents ==<br />
[[Snigdha Suwalka]]<br />
== General Secretary ==<br />
[[Abdul Samad Siddiqui]]<br />
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== State Units ==<br />
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=== Karnataka ===<br />
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==== Presidents ====<br />
[[Jeevaraj Alva]] (1999)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bangalore|first=PARVATHI MENON in|title=The fallout in Karnataka|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/article30257767.ece|access-date=2021-12-13|website=Frontline|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{National Democratic Alliance}}<br />
{{Indian political parties}}<br />
{{Janata Parivar parties}}<br />
[[Category:1997 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:1999 disestablishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct political parties in Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Former member parties of the National Democratic Alliance]]<br />
[[Category:Janata Dal]]<br />
[[Category:Janata Dal (United)]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1999]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties established in 1997]]<br />
[[Category:1997 establishments in Karnataka]]<br />
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