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Samata Party
Indian political party / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Samata Party (disambiguation).
The Samata Party (SAP) is a political party in India, initially formed in 1994 by George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar, is now being led by Uday Mandal as its National President.[3][4] Samata Party once launched Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of Bihar.[5] It was an offshoot of the Janata Dal, with the alleged casteism of the parent party being the reason given for the split.[6] The party has socialist leanings; at one point, it wielded considerable political and social influence in North India, particularly in Bihar. In 2003, most Samata Party members joined Janata Dal (United). Only a faction led by MP Brahmanand Mandal remained in the Samata party and continued to use the party name and symbols.[7][8]
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Abbreviation | SAP |
President | Uday Mandal[1] |
Founder | George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar |
Founded | 1994 |
Split from | Janata Dal |
Ideology | SocialismNationalism |
Political position | Centre to centre-left[2] |
Alliance | National Democratic Alliance(1996 - 2003) |
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