The Charan Singh ministry was a union council of ministers of India, headed by the prime minister of India, Chaudhary Charan Singh, that was formed after Singh was sworn in as prime minister of India on 28 July 1979, with outside support by the Indian National Congress and Yashwantrao Chavan of Congress (Socialist).

[1][2] Morarji Desai resigned as prime minister of India on 28 July 1979 due to internal conflicts within the Janata Party, the party that was a coalition of various factions, united primarily to oppose Indira Gandhi, and faced several ideological and personal differences after coming to power in 1977.

Singh and his faction largely represented farmers and rural interests, accusing Desai of favoring industrialists and failing to address agrarian concerns.

This crisis escalated when the Janata party split, with Charan Singh breaking away with his Lok Dal faction.

[3][4][5] After Desai’s resignation, president Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy invited Charan Singh to form a new government, which he did with external support from Indira Gandhi Congress (I), and the Charan Singh ministry was formed on 28 July 1979.