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Janata

/ ˈdʒʌnətɑː /

noun

  1. (in India) the general public; the people

  2. a political party in India: founded in 1976 and came to power in 1977

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of Janata1

Hindi
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That’s due in part to his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party’s animus toward Muslims and Christians, and the government’s crackdown on civil society groups.

Today, the RSS provides the ideological inspiration for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

For its next project, a Mumbai residential tower, the organization licensed its brand to a property developer called Lodha Group, whose billionaire founder is a prominent member of India’s current ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP.

The new law, introduced by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led government, amended the act to add new provisions, including changes to how a waqf property is determined.

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The new Janata government - a rag-tag coalition of parties - rolled back many of the laws she'd passed.

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