Desai -led Janata Party government (1977-79). The DMK's Murasoli Maran joined the V.P. Singh Ministry in 1989 . The DMK shared power with the subsequent United Front governments led by H.D. Deve Gowda and I.K. Gujral . In the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ministry (1998-99), three parties from Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK, the