Samajwadi Jana Parishad (translation: "Socialist People's Congress"), is a socialist political party in India.
The party was founded in 1995 by late Kishen Pattanayak and many grassroot level political organisations who believed in creating an alternative political culture. Active members of the party cannot have any association with foreign funded NGOs. The ideology of the party is based upon the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi, Ram Manohar Lohia, Jayaprakash Narayan and Ambedkar. It is active in 15 states. It believes that Globalisation is a counter-revolution phase and hence associates itself with anti-globalisation struggles.
It has involved in many historic struggles in various parts of India such as Mehdiganj, Mau (UP), Betul, Kesla (MP), Niyamgiri, Jagjitsinghpur-POSCO (Odisha), Jalpaiguri (North Bengal), Kudankulam (Tamil Nadu) etc...
This was the only party to have protested and almost barged into the Commonwealth Games Office at Central Delhi protesting against the huge spending by the Govt.
The party is very close to many popular people's movements. It is a founding member of the National Alliance of People's Movements N.A.P.M.
In the 14th biennial national conference held at Titilagarh (Odisha) on November 22 and 23, 2025. the following are elected as its new office bearers.
It has been participating and contesting in general elections, but has not won any seats in the Rajyasabha or Loksabha or state assembly elections.
The party took part in Madhya Pradesh elections, with four candidates:
Sayeed Kasam Sayeed Jamruddin 192-Gangapur