United Front (India, 1996)

The United Front was a coalition government of 13 political parties formed in India after the 1996 general elections.

N. Chandrababu Naidu of the Telugu Desam Party served as the convener of United Front.

[4] During its tenure, the government was led by two prime ministers belonging to the Janata Dal – H. D. Deve Gowda and I. K. Gujral The Indian general election in 1996 returned a fractured verdict.

[5] At a meeting of all the other parties, the Indian National Congress, with a substantial 140 seats, declined to head the government and agreed to extend outside support to the coalition,[6] whereas the Communist Party of India (Marxist) agreed to join the coalition with the Janata Dal at its head,[7] named the United Front.

[12] Later, when N. Chandrababu Naidu stepped down as convener of the United Front to extend outside support to the National Democratic Alliance, the coalition disbanded.