Congress Jananayaka Peravai
Congress Jananayaka Peravai (Congress Democratic Front) was a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was founded in 2001 by former union finance minister P. Chidambaram, as a splinter group of the Tamil Maanila Congress, when the TMC allied itself with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
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| Leader | P. Chidambaram |
| Founder | P. Chidambaram |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Split from | Tamil Maanila Congress in 2001 |
| Merged into | Indian National Congress in 2004 |
In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections Chidambaram ran as the Indian National Congress candidate from Sivagangai, and won with 400 393 votes (60,01%).
On 25 November 2004 CJP merged into the Indian National Congress. Discussions about a merger had taken place during a long time, but the merger was resisted by the Tamil Nadu Congress leadership. In the end the merger was pushed through by the national Congress leadership.[1]
References
- "CJP merges with Congress". The Hindu. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
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