which political party did he represent?
Janata Party
Morarji Desai
Janata Party as their parliamentary leader, and thus became the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India.
who has been the only lok sabha speaker to have become the president of india Neelam Sanjiva Reddy when did he become the president? 21 July 1977 whom did he defeat in the election? The presidential election of 1977 was necessitated by the death in office of the incumbent Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. Reddy was elected unopposed who was the prime minister then? Morarji Desai
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Morarji Desai [SEP] Janata wave of 1977
The popular anti-corruption movement led by Jayaprakash Narayan and the Janata-wave in 1977 led to the complete routing of the Congress party in Northern India, and a landslide victory for the opposition Janata alliance in the National elections held in March 1977. Morarji Desai was selected by the Janata alliance, later Janata Party as their parliamentary leader, and thus became the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India.