# Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The seat of the Assembly is at Shimla, the capital of the state. There are 68 Members of Legislative Assembly, all directly elected from single-seat constituencies. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.

## History

Himachal Pradesh was the first state in India to launch a paperless legislative assembly.

## List of assemblies

| Election year | Assembly | Ruling party | Chief Minister | Seats |
| 1952–1957 | Legislative Assembly of Part-C State of Himachal Pradesh | Indian National Congress | Yashwant Singh Parmar | INC: 24; IND: 8; KMPP: 3; SCF:1 Total: 36 |
| 1957–1962 | Territorial Council | Indian National Congress | Thakur Karam Singh | |
| 1962–1967 | First Assembly | Indian National Congress | Yashwant Singh Parmar (2) | |
| 1967–1972 | Second Assembly | Indian National Congress | Yashwant Singh Parmar (3) | INC: 34; IND: 16; ABJS: 7; CPI(M): 2; SP:1 Total: 60 |
| 1972–1977 | Third Assembly | Indian National Congress | Yashwant Singh Parmar (4) | INC: 53; IND: 7; ABJS: 5; LRP: 2; CPI(M): 1; SP:1 Total: 68 |
| 1977–1982 | Fourth Assembly | Janata Party | Shanta Kumar | JP: 53; INC: 9; IND: 6 Total: 68 |
| 1982–1985 | Fifth Assembly | Indian National Congress | Thakur Ram Lal | INC: 31; BJP: 29; IND: 6; JP: 3 Total: 68 |
| 1982–1985 | Fifth Assembly | Indian National Congress | Virbhadra Singh | INC: 31; BJP: 29; IND: 6; JP: 3 Total: 68 |
| 1985–1990 | Sixth Assembly | Indian National Congress | Virbhadra Singh (2) | INC: 58; BJP: 7; IND: 2; LD: 1 Total: 68 |
| 1990–1992 | Seventh Assembly | Bharatiya Janata Party | Shanta Kumar (2) | BJP: 46; JD: 1; INC: 9; IND: 1; CPI(M): 1 Total: 68 |
| 1993–1998 | Eighth Assembly | Indian National Congress | Virbhadra Singh (3) | INC: 52; BJP: 8; IND: 7; CPI(M): 1 Total: 68 |
| 1998–2003 | Ninth Assembly | Bharatiya Janata Party | Prem Kumar Dhumal | BJP: 31; INC: 31; HVC:5; IND:1 Total: 68 |
| 2003–2007 | Tenth Assembly | Indian National Congress | Virbhadra Singh (4) | INC: 43; BJP: 16; IND: 6; HVC: 1; LJP: 1; LMHP: 1 Total: 68 |
| 2007–2012 | Eleventh Assembly | Bharatiya Janata Party | Prem Kumar Dhumal (2) | BJP:41; INC: 23; IND: 3; BSP:1 Total: 68 |
| 2012–2017 | Twelfth Assembly | Indian National Congress | Virbhadra Singh (5) | INC: 36; BJP: 26; IND:6 Total: 68 |
| 2017–2022 | Thirteenth Assembly | Bharatiya Janata Party | Jai Ram Thakur | BJP: 44; INC: 21; IND: 2; CPI(M):1 Total: 68 |
| 2022– | Fourteenth Assembly | Indian National Congress | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | INC: 40; BJP: 28 Total: 68 |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| District | Constituency | Name | Party | Remarks | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Chamba | Churah (SC) | Hans Raj | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Kangra |
| Chamba | Bharmour (ST) | Janak Raj | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Mandi |
| Chamba | Chamba | Neeraj Nayar | Indian National Congress | | Kangra |
| Chamba | Dalhousie | D S Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Kangra |
| Chamba | Bhattiyat | Kuldeep Singh Pathania | Indian National Congress | Speaker | Kangra |
| Kangra | Nurpur | Ranveer Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Kangra |
| Kangra | Indora (SC) | Malender Rajan | Indian National Congress | | Kangra |
| Kangra | Fatehpur | Bhawani Singh Pathania | Indian National Congress | | Kangra |
| Kangra | Jawali | Chander Kumar | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister | Kangra |
| Kangra | Dehra | Hoshyar Singh | Independent | Resigned on 22 March 2024 | Hamirpur |
| Kangra | Dehra | Kamlesh Thakur | Indian National Congress | Elected on 13 Jul 2024 | Hamirpur |
| Kangra | Jaswan-Pragpur | Bikram Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Hamirpur |
| Kangra | Jawalamukhi | Sanjay Rattan | Indian National Congress | | Kangra |
| Kangra | Jaisinghpur (SC) | Yadvinder Goma | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister | Kangra |
| Kangra | Sullah | Vipin Singh Parmar | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Kangra |
| Kangra | Nagrota | Raghubir Singh Bali | Indian National Congress | | Kangra |
| Kangra | Kangra | Pawan Kumar Kajal | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Kangra |
| Kangra | Shahpur | Kewal Singh Pathania | Indian National Congress | | Kangra |
| Kangra | Dharamshala | Sudhir Sharma | Indian National Congress | Disqualified on 28 February 2024 | Kangra |
| Kangra | Dharamshala | Sudhir Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | Elected on 4 Jun 2024 | Kangra |
| Kangra | Palampur | Ashish Butail | Indian National Congress | | Kangra |
| Kangra | Baijnath (SC) | Kishori Lal | Indian National Congress | | Kangra |
| Lahaul and Spiti | Lahaul and Spiti (ST) | Ravi Thakur | Indian National Congress | Disqualified on 28 February 2024 | Mandi |
| Lahaul and Spiti | Lahaul and Spiti (ST) | Anuradha Rana | Indian National Congress | Elected on 4 Jun 2024 | Mandi |
| Kullu | Manali | Bhuvneshwar Gaur | Indian National Congress | | Mandi |
| Kullu | Kullu | Sunder Singh Thakur | Indian National Congress | | Mandi |
| Kullu | Banjar | Surender Shourie | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Mandi |
| Kullu | Anni (SC) | Lokendra Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Mandi |
| Mandi | Karsog (SC) | Deepraj Kapoor | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Mandi |
| Mandi | Sundernagar | Rakesh Jamwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Mandi |
| Mandi | Nachan (SC) | Vinod Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Mandi |
| Mandi | Seraj | Jai Ram Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | Leader of Opposition | Mandi |
| Mandi | Darang | Puranchand Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Mandi |
| Mandi | Jogindernagar | Prakash Rana | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Mandi |
| Mandi | Dharampur | Chandershekhar | Indian National Congress | | Hamirpur |
| Mandi | Mandi | Anil Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Mandi |
| Mandi | Balh (SC) | Inder Singh Gandhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Mandi |
| Mandi | Sarkaghat | Dalip Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Mandi |
| Hamirpur | Bhoranj (SC) | Suresh Kumar | Indian National Congress | | Hamirpur |
| Hamirpur | Sujanpur | Rajinder Singh Rana | Indian National Congress | Disqualified on 28 February 2024 | Hamirpur |
| Hamirpur | Sujanpur | Ranjit Singh | Indian National Congress | Elected on 4 Jun 2024 | Hamirpur |
| Hamirpur | Hamirpur | Ashish Sharma | Independent | Resigned on 22 March 2024 | Hamirpur |
| Hamirpur | Hamirpur | Ashish Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | Elected on 13 July 2024 | Hamirpur |
| Hamirpur | Barsar | Inder Dutt Lakhanpal | Indian National Congress | Disqualified on 28 February 2024 | Hamirpur |
| Hamirpur | Barsar | Inder Dutt Lakhanpal | Bharatiya Janata Party | Elected on 4 Jun 2024 | Hamirpur |
| Hamirpur | Nadaun | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | Indian National Congress | Chief Minister | Hamirpur |
| Una | Chintpurni (SC) | Sudarshan Singh Babloo | Indian National Congress | | Hamirpur |
| Una | Gagret | Chaitanya Sharma | Indian National Congress | Disqualified on 28 February 2024 | Hamirpur |
| Una | Gagret | Rakesh Kalia | Indian National Congress | Elected on 4 Jun 2024 | Hamirpur |
| Una | Haroli | Mukesh Agnihotri | Indian National Congress | Deputy Chief Minister | Hamirpur |
| Una | Una | Satpal Singh Satti | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Hamirpur |
| Una | Kutlehar | Devender Kumar Bhutto | Indian National Congress | Disqualified on 28 February 2024 | Hamirpur |
| Una | Kutlehar | Vivek Sharma | Indian National Congress | Elected on 4 Jun 2024 | Hamirpur |
| Bilaspur | Jhanduta (SC) | Jeet Ram Katwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Hamirpur |
| Bilaspur | Ghumarwin | Rajesh Dharmani | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister | Hamirpur |
| Bilaspur | Bilaspur | Trilok Jamwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Hamirpur |
| Bilaspur | Sri Naina Deviji | Randhir Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Hamirpur |
| Solan | Arki | Sanjay Awasthy | Indian National Congress | | Shimla |
| Solan | Nalagarh | K.L. Thakur | Independent | Resigned on 22 March 2024 | Shimla |
| Solan | Nalagarh | Hardeep Singh Bawa | Indian National Congress | Elected on 13 July 2024 | Shimla |
| Solan | Doon | Ram Kumar Chaudhary | Indian National Congress | | Shimla |
| Solan | Solan (SC) | Dhani Ram Shandil | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister | Shimla |
| Solan | Kasauli (SC) | Vinod Sultanpuri | Indian National Congress | | Shimla |
| Sirmaur | Pachhad (SC) | Reena Kashyap | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Shimla |
| Sirmaur | Nahan | Ajay Solanki | Indian National Congress | | Shimla |
| Sirmaur | Sri Renukaji (SC) | Vinay Kumar | Indian National Congress | Deputy Speaker | Shimla |
| Sirmaur | Paonta Sahib | Sukh Ram Chaudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Shimla |
| Sirmaur | Shillai | Harshwardhan Chauhan | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister | Shimla |
| Shimla | Chopal | Balbir Singh Verma | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Shimla |
| Shimla | Theog | Kuldeep Singh Rathore | Indian National Congress | | Shimla |
| Shimla | Kasumpti | Anirudh Singh | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister | Shimla |
| Shimla | Shimla | Harish Janartha | Indian National Congress | | Shimla |
| Shimla | Shimla Rural | Vikramaditya Singh | Indian National Congress | Cabinet minister | Shimla |
| Shimla | Jubbal-Kotkhai | Rohit Thakur | Indian National Congress | Cabinet minister | Shimla |
| Shimla | Rampur (SC) | Nand Lal | Indian National Congress | | Shimla |
| Shimla | Rohru (SC) | Mohan Lal Brakta | Indian National Congress | | Shimla |
| Kinnaur | Kinnaur (ST) | Jagat Singh Negi | Indian National Congress | Cabinet Minister | Shimla |

## List of speakers and deputy speakers
### List of speakers

List of speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1963–71)
(union territory with legislature) :
| No. of Assembly & its period | Date of its first sitting | Speaker | Time period | Time period |
| No. of Assembly & its period | Date of its first sitting | Speaker | From | To |
| 1st (Territorial Council) | 3 October 1963 | Desh Raj Mahajan | 4 October 1963 | 18 March 1967 |
| 2nd (1967 elections) | 18 March 1967 | Desh Raj Mahajan | 20 March 1967 | 19 March 1972 |
| List of speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1971–present) (state) |||||
| 3rd (1972 election) | 27 March 1972 | Kultar Chand Rana | 28 March 1972 | 9 June 1977 |
| 4th (1977 election) | 29 June 1977 | Sarvan Kumar | 30 June 1977 | 18 April 1979 |
| 4th (1977 election) | 29 June 1977 | T.S. Negi | 8 May 1979 | 21 June 1982 |
| 5th (1982 election) | 21 June 1982 | T.S. Negi | 22 June 1982 | 14 September 1984 |
| 6th (1985 elections) | 11 March 1985 | Vidya Stokes | 11 March 1985 | 19 March 1990 |
| 7th (1990 elections) | 21 March 1990 | Radha Raman Shastri | 21 March 1990 | 17 August 1990 |
| 7th (1990 elections) | 21 March 1990 | T.S. Negi | 20 August 1990 | 14 December 1993 |
| 8th (1993 elections) | 15 December 1993 | Kaul Singh Thakur | 15 December 1993 | 12 March 1998 |
| 9th (1998 elections) | 12 March 1998 | Gulab Singh Thakur | 30 March 1998 | 7 March 2003 |
| 10th (2003 elections) | 10 March 2003 | G.R. Mussafir | 10 March 2003 | 4 January 2007 |
| 11th (2007 elections) | 11 January 2007 | Tulsi Ram | 11 January 2007 | 9 January 2013 |
| 12th (2012 elections) | 9 January 2013 | Brij Behari Lal Butail | 9 January 2013 | 10 January 2018 |
| 13th (2017 elections) | 10 January 2018 | Rajeev Bindal | 10 January 2018 | 26 February 2020 |
| 13th (2017 elections) | 10 January 2018 | Vipin Singh Parmar | 26 February 2020 | 10 December 2022 |
| 14th (2022 elections) | 19 December 2022 | Kuldeep Singh Pathania | 5 January 2023 | Incumbent |

### List of deputy speakers

List of deputy speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1963–71)
(union yerritory with legislature) :
| No. of Assembly & its period | Date of its first sitting | Deputy Speaker | Time period | Time period |
| No. of Assembly & its period | Date of its first sitting | Deputy Speaker | From | To |
| 1st (Territorial Council) | 3 October 1963 | Tapendra Singh | 17 October 1963 | 12 January 1967 |
| 2nd (1967 elections) | 18 March 1967 | Amin Chand | 29 March 1967 | 17 March 1972 |
| List of deputy speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1971–present) (state) |||||
| 3rd (1972 election) | 27 March 1972 | Lekh Ram Thakur | 30 March 1972 | 21 April 1977 |
| 4th (1977 election) | 29 June 1977 | Ranjit Singh Verma | 4 July 1977 | 9 May 1977 |
| 5th (1982 election) | 21 June 1982 | Vijay Kumar Joshi | 29 June 1982 | 23 January 1985 |
| 6th (1985 elections) | 11 March 1985 | Dev Raj Negi | 7 March 1986 | 16 March 1989 |
| 7th (1990 elections) | 21 March 1990 | Ram Nath Sharma | 29 March 1989 | 3 March 1990 |
| 7th (1990 elections) | 21 March 1990 | Rikhi Ram Kaundalh | 17 August 1990 | 15 December 1992 |
| 8th (1993 elections) | 15 December 1993 | Kuldip Kumar | 17 December 1993 | 18 October 1995 |
| 8th (1993 elections) | 15 December 1993 | Ishwar Dass | 31 October 1995 | 23December1997 |
| 9th (1998 elections) | 12 March 1998 | Ram Dass Malanger | 20 August 1999 | 28 January 2003 |
| 10th (2003 elections) | 10 March 2003 | Dharam Pal Thakur | 27 March 2003 | 30 December 2007 |
| 11th (2007 elections) | 11 January 2007 | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant |
| 12th (2012 elections) | 9 January 2013 | Jagat Singh Negi | 12 March 2013 | 21 December 2017 |
| 13th (2017 elections) | 10 January 2018 | Hans Raj | 10 January 2018 | 10 December 2022 |
| 14th (2022 elections) | 19 December 2022 | Vinay Kumar | 19 December 2023 | |

## List of Leaders of the House

Representation of chief ministers by party
The Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh was formed on 15 April 1948 through the integration of 30 erstwhile princely-states. In 1951, Himachal Pradejsh become a Part C state, under the Government of Part C State, 1951 and was brought under a lieutenant governor with 36-member Legislative Assembly. First elections to the Assembly were held in 1952. The Indian National Congress won 24 seats to form a government under Yashwant Singh Parmar.
In 1954, Bilaspur, another part-C State, was merged with Himachal Pradesh. In 1956 it was made a Union Territory and was placed under a lieutenant governor with a Territorial Council with limited powers.
List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh (1951–56)
(Part 'C' State) :
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Assembly (election) | Party | Party |
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | From | To | Days in office | Assembly (election) | Party | Party |
| 1 | | Yashwant Singh Parmar | Pachhad | 8 March 1952 | 31 October 1956 | 4 years, 237 days | Legislative Assembly (1952 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| Office abolished, 1956–63 (Himachal Pradesh became a Union Territory) ||||||||||
In 1963, Himachal Pradesh though being a Union Territory was provided with a Legislative Assembly. The Territorial Council was converted into the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory. The assembly has its first sitting on 1 October 1971. On 18 December 1970, the State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament and the new state came into being on 25 January 1971. Thus Himachal Pradesh emerged as the 18th state of Indian Union.
List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh (1963–71)
(Union Territory with Legislature) :
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Assembly (election) | Party | Party |
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | From | To | Days in office | Assembly (election) | Party | Party |
| (1) | | Yashwant Singh Parmar | Shri Renukaji | 1 July 1963 | 4 March 1967 | 7 years, 208 days | 1st (Territorial Council) | Indian National Congress | |
| (1) | | Yashwant Singh Parmar | Shri Renukaji | 4 March 1967 | 25 January 1971 | 7 years, 208 days | 2nd (1967 elections) | Indian National Congress | |
| List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh (1971–present) (State) ||||||||||
| (1) | | Yashwant Singh Parmar | Shri Renukaji | 25 January 1971 | 10 March 1972 | 6 years, 3 days | 2nd (1967 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| (1) | | Yashwant Singh Parmar | Shri Renukaji | 10 March 1972 | 28 January 1977 | 6 years, 3 days | 3rd (1972 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| 2 | | Thakur Ram Lal | Jubbal-Kotkhai | 28 January 1977 | 30 April 1977 | 92 days | 3rd (1972 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| – | | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 30 April 1977 | 22 June 1977 | 53 days | Dissolved | N/A | |
| 3 | | Shanta Kumar | Sullah | 22 June 1977 | 14 February 1980 | 2 years, 237 days | 4th (1977 election) | Janata Party | |
| (2) | | Thakur Ram Lal | Jubbal-Kotkhai | 14 February 1980 | 15 June 1982 | 3 years, 53 days | 4th (1977 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| (2) | | Thakur Ram Lal | Jubbal-Kotkhai | 15 June 1982 | 8 April 1983 | 3 years, 53 days | 5th (1982 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| 4 | | Virbhadra Singh | Jubbal-Kotkhai | 8 April 1983 | 8 March 1985 | 6 years, 331 days | 5th (1982 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| 4 | | Virbhadra Singh | Jubbal-Kotkhai | 8 March 1985 | 5 March 1990 | 6 years, 331 days | 6th (1985 elections) | Indian National Congress | |
| (3) | | Shanta Kumar | Palampur | 5 March 1990 | 15 December 1992 | 2 years, 285 days | 7th (1990 elections) | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| – | | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 15 December 1992 | 3 December 1993 | 353 days | Dissolved | N/A | |
| (4) | | Virbhadra Singh | Rohru | 3 December 1993 | 24 March 1998 | 4 years, 111 days | 8th (1993 elections) | Indian National Congress | |
| 5 | | Prem Kumar Dhumal | Bamsan | 24 March 1998 | 6 March 2003 | 4 years, 347 days | 9th (1998 elections) | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| (4) | | Virbhadra Singh | Rohru | 6 March 2003 | 30 December 2007 | 4 years, 299 days | 10th (2003 elections) | Indian National Congress | |
| (5) | | Prem Kumar Dhumal | Bamsan | 30 December 2007 | 25 December 2012 | 4 years, 361 days | 11th (2007 elections) | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| (4) | | Virbhadra Singh | Shimla Rural | 25 December 2012 | 27 December 2017 | 5 years, 2 days | 12th (2012 elections) | Indian National Congress | |
| 6 | | Jai Ram Thakur | Seraj | 27 December 2017 | 11 December 2022 | 4 years, 349 days | 13th (2017 elections) | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 7 | | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | Nadaun | 11 December 2022 | incumbent | 2 years, 53 days | 14th (2022 elections) | Indian National Congress | |

## List of Leaders of Opposition

| No | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Assembly | Chief Minister | Party |
| 1 | Dina Nath | | 1 July 1963 | 11 January 1967 | 3 years, 194 days | 1st | Yashwant Singh Parmar | Swatantra Party |
| 2 | Kanwar Durga Chand | Sullah | 18 March 1967 | 1 March 1972 | 4 years, 349 days | 2nd | Yashwant Singh Parmar | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 3 | Shanta Kumar | Khera | 27 March 1972 | 30 March 1977 | 5 years, 3 days | 3rd | Yashwant Singh Parmar Thakur Ram Lal | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 4 | Thakur Ram Lal | Jubbal-Kotkhai | 29 June 1977 | 13 February 1980 | 2 years, 229 days | 4th | Shanta Kumar | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | Jagdev Chand | Hamirpur | 11 March 1985 | 3 March 1990 | 4 years, 357 days | 6th | Virbhadra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 6 | Vidya Stokes | Theog | 21 March 1990 | 15 December 1992 | 2 years, 269 days | 7th | Shanta Kumar | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | Jagat Prakash Nadda | Bilaspur | 1 December 1993 | 24 December 1997 | 4 years, 23 days | 8th | Virbhadra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 8 | Virbhadra Singh | Rohru | 25 March 1998 | 4 March 2003 | 4 years, 344 days | 9th | Prem Kumar Dhumal | Indian National Congress |
| 9 | Prem Kumar Dhumal | Bamsan | | | | 10th | Virbhadra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| (6) | Vidya Stokes | Kumarsain | 22 January 2008 | 25 December 2012 | 4 years, 338 days | 11th | Prem Kumar Dhumal | Indian National Congress |
| (9) | Prem Kumar Dhumal | Hamirpur | 2 January 2013 | 18 December 2017 | 4 years, 350 days | 12th | Virbhadra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 10 | Mukesh Agnihotri | Haroli | 23 August 2018 | 11 December 2022 | 4 years, 110 days | 13th | Jai Ram Thakur | Indian National Congress |
| 11 | Jai Ram Thakur | Seraj | 25 December 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 39 days | 14th | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | Bharatiya Janata Party |