Lok Shakti

Lok Shakti (People's Power), a political party in India.  LS was one of several parties that were formed when the Janata Dal crumbled in the mid-1990s.  LS was formed in February 1997 after Ramakrishna Hegde was expelled from JD.  LS emerged as a major party in Karnataka. 

LS was a founding member of the National Democratic Alliance. 

On 23 December 1999 LS merged with the Sharad Yadav faction of Janata Dal and Samata Party to form Janata Dal (United).  One group did however oppose the merger, and continued to run LS as an independent party. 

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 Frontline: A divided party 

Category:Defunct political parties in Karnataka
Category:Political parties established in 1997
Category:Defunct political parties in India
Category:1997 establishments in India
Category:Political parties disestablished in 1999
Category:1999 disestablishments in India