Janata Dal was a political party in India that V. P. Singh led. It was formed in 1988 as a merger of several opposition parties, including the Janata Party, the Lok Dal, and the Congress (S). The party's main goal was to oppose the Congress party, which had been in power since India's independence in 1947.
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