The Rashtriya Janata Dal is an Indian political party,based in the states of Bihar,Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Mohammad Shahabuddin was a politician and former Member of Parliament from the Siwan constituency in the state of Bihar. He was a former member of the National Executive Committee of the Janata Dal and the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Shahabuddin was disqualified from contesting elections following his conviction for the kidnapping and disappearance of Chote Lal Gupta,an activist of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation for which he was serving a life sentence. He was also accused of killing 15 other Communist Party activists,including the former student leader Chandrashekhar Prasad.
Alok Kumar Mehta is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. He is a founder member of Rashtriya Janata Dal and has served as Principal General Secretary of the party. Mehta is said to be political mentor of Tejashwi Yadav.
Giridhari Yadav is an Indian politician. He is currently a member of the Lok Sabha
Ram Sundar Das was an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Bihar state. He was a two-time Member of Parliament from Hajipur constituency.
Siwan Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election,Siwan will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.
Bhola Singh was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Indian Parliament and represented Begusarai which he won on a ticket from the BJP. Before joining the BJP he had been part of almost every political party in Bihar including the Communist Party,the Indian National Congress,and the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Before getting elected to the Indian Parliament he was the Urban Development Minister of Bihar. He was the Deputy Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2005. He was a professor in History before getting elected from Begusarai in 1967 as an independent candidate.
Bhudeo Choudhary is an Indian politician currently serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Dhoraiya seat in Bihar representing the Rashtriya Janata Dal and former member of parliament. He has been the state president of the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party in Bihar till September 2020. Prior to the Bihar Assembly Elections 2020,he joined Rashtriya Janata Dal. He has also been the representative of the Dhauraiya constituency in the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2009. Choudhary was elected to the Indian parliament in 2009 for one term as the representative of the Jamui constituency. He is a former member of the Janata Dal (United).
Vijay Kumar Shukla,also known as Munna Shukla,is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Bihar. He has been elected on three occasions to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He served a jail term for murder. He was left out of jail on bail later.
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician and former professional cricketer who served as the 5th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar,from 10 August 2022 to 28 January 2024.
Manoj Kumar Singh is an Indian politician. He hails from Pratappur Village,Hasainganj thana Siwan district.
Brij Behari Prasad,also spelled Brij Bihari Prasad was an Indian politician. A member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD),Prasad served as Minister for Science and Technology in the Government of Bihar. He was arrested for alleged involvement in corrupt admissions to technical institutes and was murdered on 13 June 1998 at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna,where he was undergoing treatment. It was claimed that his death was in retribution for his involvement in assassination of gangster Chhottan Shukla and five other people,who were killed on 4 December 1994,while returning home from a campaign organised in context of 1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections. Shukla was a gangster from the Bhumihar community,whereas Prasad was a Bania. Supporters of Prasad were thought to be responsible for the killing of Shukla.
Azazul Haque is an Indian politician from Bihar. A two-time Member of Legislative Assembly from the Ziradei constituency (2000-2005),he served as a minister of state in the Rabri Devi government. He left the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) to join Samras Samaj Party in 2010. His name is also transliterated as Ejaz-ul-Haq.
Shakuni Choudhary is an Indian politician who is a founding member of Samata Party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency as member of the Samata Party. Choudhary has been known for political defection and has remained Deputy Speaker in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
Ramesh Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician. He is State President of Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal,Bihar. He is former member Of Bihar Legislative Assembly from 106th Ziradei constituency in Siwan district.
Akhtarul Iman is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. He is a member of 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly,representing the Amour seat as MLA. He is also the Bihar State President of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).
Md. Nematullah is an Indian politician from Bihar,belonging to Janata Dal (United) aka JD(U). He was also the vice-president of JD(U) between 2009-10. During the general elections in 2009,he was one of the top contenders for contesting from Siwan district.
Samrat Choudhary alias Rakesh Kumar is an Indian politician,who is currently serving as Deputy Chief minister of Bihar under Nitish Kumar. He is a Member of Bihar Legislative Council from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been the party president of BJP Bihar State unit from March 2023. He has also remained Member of Legislative Assembly and a minister in Government of Bihar in Rashtriya Janata Dal government.Chaudhary has been a former Vice President of BJP for the state of Bihar and currently elected for the second term as MLC in 2020 after his first term ended in 2019. In 2014,Samrat planned a split in Rashtriya Janata Dal by defecting thirteen MLAs as splinter group of the party. He later joined BJP. In 2022,he was selected as the Leader of Opposition in Bihar Legislative Council.
ThePlurals Party is an Indian political party founded in the state of Bihar by Pushpam Priya Choudhary,alumna of the London School of Economics and Institute of Development Studies,whose central policies include employment,education,healthcare,rural development,industrialisation,urban centres and capabilities inclusion of people and the regions. Plurals started its political journey by contesting 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election against the National Democratic Alliance of Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (United) and Grand Alliance of Rashtriya Janata Dal,Indian National Congress and several leftist parties.
Vyas Deo Prasad also known as Vyas Deo Prasad Kushwaha is an Indian politician,former Minister of state in the Government of Bihar from April 2008 to November 2010. He represented Siwan in the Bihar Legislative Assembly thrice in a row winning 2005,2010,2015 elections. In 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election,he was denied a ticket to contest from Siwan in favour of Om Prakash Yadav who lost the election to Awadh Bihari Choudhary.
