The National Front was a coalition of political parties, led by the Janata Dal

Janata Dal

Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...

, which formed India

India

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's government between 1989 and 1990 under the leadership of N. T. Rama Rao

N. T. Rama Rao

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao , also known as NTR and fondly referred to as Anna Garu, was an Indian film actor, director, producer, and a politician...

 as President and V. P. Singh

V. P. Singh

Vishwanath Pratap Singh was the seventh Prime Minister of India and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda.-Early life:...

 as Convener. The coalition's prime minister was V. P. Singh

V. P. Singh

Vishwanath Pratap Singh was the seventh Prime Minister of India and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda.-Early life:...

. The parties in the Front were: Janata Dal

Janata Dal

Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...

 of North India, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. It is a Dravidian party founded by C. N. Annadurai as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam headed by Periyar...

 of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

, Telugu Desam Party

Telugu Desam Party

Telugu Desam Party or TDP is a regional political party in India's Andhra Pradesh state. It was founded by former Telugu film star N. T...

 of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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, and Asom Gana Parishad

Asom Gana Parishad

Asom Gana Parishad is a state political party in Assam, India. The AGP was formed after the historic Assam Accord of 1985 when Prafulla Kumar Mahanta was elected as the youngest chief minister of the country...

 of Assam

Assam

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 and Indian Congress (Socialist). They were supported from outside by the Left Front

Left Front

The Left Front is an alliance of Indian leftist parties. After a 34-year reign in West Bengal, the Left Front was swept from power in the 2011 election...

 and the Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

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The Leader of the Opposition

Leader of the Opposition (India)

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, P. Upendra was a General Secretary of the Front at its formation.

In 1991, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

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 became a part of the front. The front got defunct before 1996 LS polls when NF tried to rope in both DMK and AIADMK resulting in the walking out of the DMK. In 1995 TDP also split with a minority faction siding with N. T. Rama Rao and the majority faction chose to side with Chandrababu Naidu. After NTR died of heart attack in January 1996, Janata Dal stood by Rama Rao's widow Lakshmi Parvathi

NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)

NTR Telugu Desam Party is a regional political party in the India state of Andhra Pradesh. The party was founded by Lakshmi Parvathi, the widow of the film star and Telugu Desam Party politician N.T. Rama Rao...

 while Left parties formed an alliance with Chandrababu Naidu.

After the 1996 elections, Janata Dal, Samajwadi Party

Samajwadi Party

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, DMK, TDP, AGP, All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)

All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)

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, Left Front

Left Front

The Left Front is an alliance of Indian leftist parties. After a 34-year reign in West Bengal, the Left Front was swept from power in the 2011 election...

 (4 parties), Tamil Maanila Congress

Tamil Maanila Congress

The Tamil Maanila Congress was a political party in Tamil Nadu. It was started by G K Moopanar by breaking away from the Indian National Congress protesting the decision of the party high command to form an alliance with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. After the death of Moopanar, his...

, National Conference

National Conference

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, and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

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 formed a 13 party United Front

United Front (India)

The United Front was a coalition government of 13 political parties formed in India after the 1996 general elections. The coalition formed two governments in India between 1996 and 1998. The government was headed by two Prime Ministers from Janata Dal - H. D. Deve Gowda, and I. K. Gujral...

. H. D. Deve Gowda

H. D. Deve Gowda

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 became the prime minister after both V. P. Singh

V. P. Singh

Vishwanath Pratap Singh was the seventh Prime Minister of India and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda.-Early life:...

 and Jyoti Basu

Jyoti Basu

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 declined to become PM. He was later succeeded by I. K. Gujral. Both governments were supported from outside by the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

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 under Sitaram Kesri

Sitaram Kesri

Sitaram Kesri was elected to the Lok Sabha from Katihar Lok Sabha Constituency when he won on a janata party ticket and was given a last moment call by then Bihar Janata Party President S N Sinha; he represented Bihar in the Rajya Sabha several times: July 1971 to April 1974, April 1974 to April...

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