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,Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur and is a part of government in Bihar. JD(U) heads the government in Bihar and has remained the second largest party in Manipur. JD(U) won 16 seats in the 2019 Indian general election,making it the seventh largest party in the Lok Sabha.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal is an Indian political party,based in the states of Bihar,Jharkhand. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Ram Vilas Paswan was an Indian politician from Bihar and the Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs,Food and Public Distribution in the first and second Modi ministries. Paswan was also the president of the Lok Janshakti Party,nine-times Lok Sabha member and two-time Rajya Sabha MP. He started his political career as member of Samyukta Socialist Party and was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1969. Later,Paswan joined Lok Dal upon its formation in 1974,and became its general secretary. He opposed the emergency,and was arrested during this period. He first entered the Lok Sabha in 1977,as a Janata Party member from Hajipur constituency,and was elected again in 1980,1989,1991,1996,1998,1999,2004 and 2014.
Rajiv Pratap Rudy is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party,and a Member of Parliament representing Saran in Bihar,India.
Sushil Kumar Modi is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party who is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Bihar. He is a former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar as well as the Finance Minister of Bihar from 2005 to 2013 and 2017 to 2020. He is 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.
Dr Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur or C. P. Thakur is a former member of Rajya Sabha,a former minister in the Government of India,a physician and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a cabinet minister from 1999 to 2004 in the BJP government.
Ram Kripal Yadav is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha from the Pataliputra parliamentary constituency in Bihar. He was a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal and was a close confidant of Lalu Yadav. Later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party. He was first a mayor in Bihar,and later the Minister of State for Rural Development in central cabinet in Delhi from 2014 to 2019.
Bindeshwari Dubey was a freedom fighter,trade unionist and politician who served as Chief Minister of Bihar between 12 March 1985 and 13 February 1988.
Jabir Husain,is an Indian politician and the former Member of the Parliament representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha. He is affiliated with the Rashtriya Janata Dal. He currently resides in his private residence in Patna.
Subhash Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician belonging to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) from Gopalganj in Bihar. He was a Member of Parliament representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house from 2004 to 2010.
Ali Anwar Ansari is an Indian journalist,social activist and politician. He is the founder of Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz,concerned with fighting discrimination against lower-caste and Dalit Muslims.
Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz is an Indian Muslim activist organization based in Patna,Bihar. Founded in 1998,it represents the concerns the "Pasanda" Muslims,a new identity that integrates the Dalit Muslims (Arzals) and backward-caste Muslims (Ajlafs),representing about 80 percent of Indian Muslims. The organsisation represents the union of several and Dalit and backward-caste Muslim organisations under the leadership of Ali Anwar,who is himself a backward-caste Muslim of the Ansari (weaver) caste.
Nawab Mir Akbar Ali Khan was governor of Uttar Pradesh in India from 1972 to 1974 and governor of Odisha from 25 October 1974 to 17 April 1976. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha for 18 years and he was deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha for 12 years. He was associated with Osmania University and was a member of the Senates of Aligarh Muslim University,Jamia Millia Islamia and Jawaharlal Nehru University. Later in 1957 he founded a Polytechnic in Hyderabad.
Anugrah Narayan College,Patna is a co-educational institution of the state of Bihar,India. It is located in Patna,the state capital city,on a 13 acres (53,000 m2) site. A Constituent unit of Patliputra University,the college was established in January,2003 and its first principal was economist Dr. Gorak Nath Sinha. The college has 22 Undergraduate departments and 23 Postgraduate departments. The college has been selected for Chancellor Award 2021 in Best College and Best Principal of Bihar.
Dr. Madan Prasad Jaiswal was a member of the 11th Lok Sabha,12th Lok Sabha,and 13th Lok Sabha of India. He represented Bettiah constituency of Bihar from 1996 to 2004,and was a founding member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Chandradeo Prasad Verma was a politician who was elected to the Lok Sabha's lower house of the Parliament of India from the Arrah,Bihar in 1977,1980 and 1996. He was the Union Minister of State for Rural Areas and Employment. He was earlier Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly and a Cabinet minister in Bihar.
Chhedi Paswan is a former member of 16th Lok Sabha and a former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. He represents the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2014. 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).
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.
Faiyaz Ahmad is an Indian politician belonging to Rashtriya Janata Dal,he is a member of the Rajya Sabha from Bihar since May 2022. He had been elected two consecutive terms as a Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Bisfi 2010 and 2015. He and Anirban Mitra is an educationist and founder of Madhubani Medical College and Hospital. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) announced Faiyaz Ahmad as the party's candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
Hussain Zawar was an Indian politician and a member of Rajya Sabha from Bihar. He was nephew of Late Mohammad Sajjad who was elected Chairman,District Board,Saran. He was a lover of Ahlaibait and died on 8th Moharram after reciting a majlis at his native place in Hussainganj village. He was also the Minister for Finance,Transport,Education and Co-operatives and information under the Government of Bihar in 1961 and 1969 to 1975. He also worked in the education field and he was the vice chancellor of Magadh University and Bihar University in 1965 and 1973. He was also the chairman of Bihar school examination Board.
