Which one of the following is a constituent of the Janata Party?

Samyukta Socialist Party

The correct answer is Option 1: Samyukta Socialist Party

Since the late 1960s, various sections had been leaving the Congress fold and forming separate political parties of their own. While these developments weakened the Congress party, they did not enable any single party to replace the Congress. One long-term development of this period was the rise of Other Backward Classes as a political force. These are communities other than SC and ST who suffer from educational and social backwardness. These are also referred to as ‘backward castes’. The support for the Congress among many sections of the ‘backward castes’ had declined. This created a space for non-Congress parties that drew more support from these communities. You would recall that the rise of these parties first found political expression at the national level in the form of the Janata Party government in 1977. Many of the constituents of the Janata Party, like the Bharatiya Kranti Dal and the Samyukta Socialist Party, had a powerful rural base among some sections of the OBC.