[1] AIJD president was former Union minister S. R. Bommai (coming from JD(S)) and vice-president was Rajya Sabha member Vijay Mallya (previously vice-president of JD(U)).
C. M. Ibrahim was also the National President for a brief period[3] On March 14, 2003, the Janata Party of Subramanian Swamy merged with AIJD.
Swamy was appointed chairman of the political affairs committee of the party.
Mallya and Swamy later left AIPJD to reconstitute the Janata Party.
AIPJD was later disintegrated, with two Lok Sabha MPs and 11 members of the Karnataka assembly joining the Indian National Congress ahead of the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.