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Charan Singh ministry

Council of Ministers headed by Chaudhary Charan Singh

Summary

Council of Ministers headed by Chaudhary Charan Singh

Field	Value
cabinet_name	Chaudhary Charan Singh ministry
cabinet_type	ministry
cabinet_number	10th
jurisdiction	the Republic of India
flag	Flag of India.svg
flag_border	true
image	Charan Singh, Prime Minister.jpg
caption	Prime Minister, Charan Singh
date_formed
date_dissolved
government_head	Charan Singh
deputy_government_head	Yashwantrao Chavan
state_head	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
political_party	Janata Party (Secular)
(Janata (Secular) alliance) (Supported by INC(U) 75/543 and (INC(I) 79/543 MPs).
legislature_status	Coalition
last_election	1980
legislature_term
opposition_party	Indian National Congress
(Congress alliance)
opposition_leader	Yashwantrao Chavan (In Lok Sabha)
Kamalapati Tripathi (In Rajya Sabha)
previous	Desai ministry
successor	Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry

(Janata (Secular) alliance) (Supported by INC(U) 75/543 and (INC(I) 79/543 MPs). (Congress alliance) Kamalapati Tripathi (In Rajya Sabha)

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).

History

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.

One of the key issues was the growing tension between Desai and Charan Singh, who was the deputy prime minister and home minister of India at that time. 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. Losing majority support in parliament, Desai was forced to resign on 28 July 1979.

President [[Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy]] swearing in Singh as PM

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.

However, before Charan Singh could prove majority in parliament, Indira Gandhi withdrew her support after Singh said that his government would not drop cases against her, which had been initiated after the emergency (1975-1977), leading to his resignation after just 23 days in office, becoming the only prime minister of India who didn't faced the parliament and Singh continued as caretaker prime minister until 14 January 1980.

List of Ministers

Cabinet Ministers

!Remarks And also in-charge of all other important portfolios and policy issues not allocated to any Minister. Minister of Home Affairs and Ministry of Social Welfare.

Ministers of State (with Independent Charge)

Ministers of State

References

(21 August 2019). "Forty Years Ago, August 21, 1979: Charan Govt Resigns".
(27 July 1979). "Dour farm leader of 76 named as India's fifth PM". [[The Montreal Gazette]].
(2023-07-15). "From HT Archives: Morarji Desai stepsdown as PM amid Janata Party crisis". Hindustan Times.
(2019-07-16). "Forty years ago, July 16, 1979: Desai resigns".
(2019-07-16). "From the Archives (July 17, 1969): Morarji Desai resigns". The Hindu.
Aron, Sunita. (2019-07-20). "Charan Singh — the only Indian PM who did not face Parliament even once".
Times, Michael T. Kaufman; Special to The New York. (1979-08-21). "Singh's Resignation After 24 Days Leaves Indian Politics in Turmoil". The New York Times.
(2019-08-21). "Forty Years Ago, August 21, 1979: Charan Govt Resigns".
(31 July 1979). "Press Communique".

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