Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"),abbreviated as JD(U),is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar and Manipur and is a part of government in both the states. JD(U) heads the government in Bihar and is part of the NDA government in Manipur. JD(U) won 12 seats in the 2024 Indian general election,making it the seventh largest party in the Lok Sabha. JD(U) states that they believe in promoting social justice and lifting up marginalized peoples.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal is an Indian political party,mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Sushil Kumar Modi was an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party who was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Bihar. He was a Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar as well as the Finance Minister of Bihar from 2005 to 2013 and 2017 to 2020. He was a lifelong member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He was appointed the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers for the Implementation of Goods and Service Tax in July 2011.
Although India is a parliamentary democracy,the country's politics has become dynastic or with high level of nepotism,possibly due to the absence of party organizations,independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party,or centralized financing of elections. The dynastic phenomenon is present at the national,state,regional,and district level. The Nehru–Gandhi family has produced three Indian prime ministers,and family members have largely led the Congress party since 1978. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties,other national and regional parties such as Shiromani Akali Dal,Shiv Sena,Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal Secular,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,Kerala Congress,Jammu &Kashmir National Conference,Indian Union Muslim League,AIMIM,and the Nationalist Congress Party are all dominated by families,mostly those of the party founders.
Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh is an Indian politician from Bihar,India. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. In 2018,he was elected to Rajya Sabha from Bihar as member of Congress. He belongs from a Bhumihar family. He was appointed Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee President on 5 December 2022. Her wife belongs to Bhumihar Caste.
Nand Kumar Sai is an Indian politician. He is former member of the Indian National Congress and also Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,1989–1991 and 1996–1998,from Raigarh when it was in Madhya Pradesh. In 2004 he was elected a member of the 14th Lok Sabha representing Surguja constituency of Chhattisgarh. He was elected a Rajya Sabha MP from Chhattisgarh in 2009 and 2010. He remained an MP until 2016.
Giridhari Yadav is an Indian politician,Member of Parliament (Loksabha) and member of Janata Dal (United) political party. He represents Banka Lok Sabha Constituency,Bihar.
Ranjeet Ranjan also known as Ranjeeta is an Indian politician serving as Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh. She was member of the 14th Lok Sabha as a Member of Parliament from Supaul,Bihar from the Indian National Congress party.
Mahendra Prasad was an Indian politician from Janata Dal (United) party,a Member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha. He was the richest Indian MP. Prasad also owned two pharmaceutical companies,Aristo Pharmaceuticals and Mapra Laboratories Pvt Ltd. He died at Apollo Hospital in Delhi on 27 December 2021,at the age of 81.
Sharad Yadav was an Indian politician from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha seven times and to the Rajya Sabha four times from JD(U). He was the first national president of Janata Dal (United),serving from its formation in 2003 until 2016. He was disqualified from the Rajya Sabha in 2017 and removed from party leadership positions for engaging in anti-party activities.
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Cheria-Bariarpur is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Mahabali Singh Kushwaha(born 20 April 1955) is an Indian politician belonging to Bhabua,Kaimur district,Bihar. He was a member of the Indian Parliament,representing Karakat.
Chhedi Paswan is a former member of 16th Lok Sabha and a former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. He represented the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2014 to 2024. At various points,he has been with Janata Party,then its Charan Singh faction,then the reunited Janata Dal,Bahujan Samaj Party,Nationalist Congress Party,Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD and Nitish Kumar's JD(U).
Santosh Kumar alias Santosh Kushwaha is an Indian politician and a former Member of Parliament representing the Purnia constituency in Bihar. He was first elected in the 2014 Indian general election,having run as the Janata Dal (United) candidate in the constituency. In 2010 he was also elected as Member of Legislative assembly of the Baisi of Purnea district as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. One month before 2014 lok sabha election he joined JD(U) as he was nominated as the party candidate for Lok Sabha election for Purnea constituency.
Ram Chandra Prasad Singh is an Indian politician and former national president of Janata Dal (United). He is a former Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from Bihar from 2010 to 2022. He was a Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer before joining politics. He was also principal secretary of Nitish Kumar. He became Minister of Steel in Second Modi ministry when cabinet overhaul happened.
Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2009,to elect members of the Rajya Sabha,Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held to elect respectively four members from Jammu and Kashmir,three members from Kerala and one member from Pondicherry for the Council of States,the Rajya Sabha.
Rajya Sabha elections were held throughout 2022,to elect the retiring members of the Rajya Sabha,the Indian Parliament's upper house.
