Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"),abbreviated as JD(U),is a social-democratic and secularist Indian political party,rooted mainly in eastern and north-eastern India,whose stated goals are promoting social justice and lifting up marginalised people. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar,where it heads the government,Manipur,where it is part of the government coalition in the legislative assembly,and Arunachal Pradesh. JD(U),as part of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance,won 12 seats in the 2024 Indian general election,making it the seventh largest party in the Lok Sabha.
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.
Rajiv Ranjan Singh,also known as Lalan Singh,is an Indian politician who is serving as 11th Minister of Panchayati Raj,and 3rd Minister of Fisheries,Animal Husbandry and Dairying since 2024. He is also the Member of Parliament representing Munger in the 17th Lok Sabha from Janata Dal (United). He was the national party president of JDU from 31 July 2021 to 29 December 2023. He was also the former JD(U) Bihar unit President.
Lovely Anand is an Indian politician from the Janata Dal United,and a Member of Parliament representing Sheohar in Bihar,India and former Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. She also served as a member of 10th Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India.
There was a political crisis in Bihar state of India during February 2015 over the post of the Chief Minister of Bihar. Incumbent Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi did not vacate the post for former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar,who wanted to return,resulting in a split in the political party,JD(U). After days,the Governor asked Manjhi to prove majority in house by trust vote. Manjhi quit the post on day of vote and later Nitish Kumar took oath as chief minister again on 22 February 2015 ending the crisis.
Jitan Ram Manjhi is an Indian politician,serving as the Minister of Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises since 2024. He is currently a Member of Parliament from Gaya constituency and was Bihar's 23rd Chief Minister from 20 May 2014 to 20 February 2015. He was the founding President of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM). Previously,he had served as minister for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes welfare in Nitish Kumar's cabinet. He has been a minister in several Bihar state governments,under multiple chief ministers like Chandrashekhar Singh,Bindeshwari Dubey,Satyendra Narayan Sinha,Jagannath Mishra,Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi.
The Legislative Assembly election was held over five phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015.
Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) (English:Indian People's Front),abbreviated HAM(S),is an Indian political party with a presence in Bihar. In Bihar,this party is also a natural Allies of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) similar to Janata Dal (United). It received a new election symbol,the wok,for the Bihar Assembly election in 2020.
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.
Mahagathbandhan,also known as Grand Alliance,is a coalition of political parties in the Eastern state of Bihar in India,formed ahead of the 2015 Vidhan Sabha elections in Bihar. The alliance consists of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD),Indian National Congress (INC) and Left parties including Communist Party of India (CPI),Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation-CPIML (Liberation) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM),with Tejashwi Yadav as the chairperson.
Ramesh Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician. He was the State President of Rashtriya Lok Morcha till March 2024. He is former member Of Bihar Legislative Assembly from 106th Ziradei constituency in Siwan district. In March 2024,he joined Janata Dal (United) along with his wife.
Vijay Kumar is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Gaya in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the ruling Janata Dal (United),part of the National Democratic Alliance. His mother was Bhagwati Devi,a stone-crusher who became an MP in 1996 from Gaya as well.
Er. Ajit Kumar is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Kanti in the February 2005,October 2005 and 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Janata Dal (United). He joined Hindustani Awam Morcha when former Chief Minister of Bihar,Jitan Ram Manjhi,who left the Janata Dal (United) along with 18 others to form the party following the 2015 Bihar political crisis. He lost Kanti seat in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.
Anil Kumar is an Indian politician from Bihar. He was a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Tikari Assembly constituency and a former Minister of State in the Government of Bihar.
Abhay Kushwaha alias is an Indian politician from the Rashtriya Janata Dal,and a Member of Parliament representing Aurangabad in Bihar,India and former Member of Legislative Assembly for Tikari in the Gaya district of Bihar. An erstwhile member of Janata Dal (United);he won the 2015 Legislative Assembly election to the Tekari constituency by defeating Anil Kumar of Hindustani Awam Morcha,a political party led by former Bihar Chief Minister,Jitan Ram Manjhi. He defeated Anil Kumar by a huge margin of votes. While Abhay secured 86,975 votes,Anil managed to get 55,162 votes only. In 2024 Indian general election,he won the Aurangabad,Bihar Lok Sabha constituency by defeating BJP's four term member of parliament,Sushil Kumar Singh. He contested on the symbol of Rashtriya Janata Dal in this election.
The Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar was constituted on 23 November 2020 as a result of Bihar Legislative Assembly election,2020 held between 28 October 2020 to 7 November 2020.
Chetan Anand is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. He is elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Sheohar constituency representing the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in the 2020 election to the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
Vijay Kumar Yadav popularly known as Vijay Samrat is an Indian politician who was elected as a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Sheikhpura Assembly constituency in 2020 as a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Deepa Kumari popularly known as Deepa Manjhi is an Indian politician. She is serving as the member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Imamganj Assembly constituency since 23 November 2023. She won on the symbol of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular),a party led by Jitan Ram Manjhi.
