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.
The Lok Janshakti Party was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar,India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable following amongst Dalits in Bihar. The party is factioned into two parties Lok Janshakti Party and Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party.
Anirudh Prasad Yadav,better known as Sadhu Yadav,is an Indian politician and founder of Garib Janta Dal (Secular). He has served in 14th Lok Sabha as MP of Gopalganj from 2004 to 2009 as Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate. Sadhu was MLA of Gopalganj assembly from 2000 to 2004.
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.
Prabhunath Singh is a politician from Bihar,India and was a member of the 12th,13th and 14th Lok Sabha. Singh represented the Masrakh assembly constituency from 1985 to 1995,and the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency of Bihar from 1998 to 2009. In 2013,he won the bypoll and remained as MP until 2014. Singh is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
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.
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.
Upendra Kumar Singh,commonly known as Upendra Kushwaha is an Indian politician,and a former Member of Bihar Legislative Council and Bihar Legislative Assembly. He has also served as Minister of State for Human Resources and Development in the Government of India. Kushwaha is a former Member of Parliament (MP) from the Karakat constituency in Rohtas district,Bihar,and a former member of the Rajya Sabha. He was the leader of Rashtriya Samata Party (RSP),his own party,which merged into Janata Dal (United) (JDU) in 2009. Later,he formed Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP),which also merged with JD(U) in 2021. On 20 February 2023,Kushwaha resigned from all positions in Janata Dal (United) and formed his own party called Rashtriya Lok Morcha due to his political problems with JD(U) and Nitish Kumar. Kushwaha contested the Lok Sabha election of 2024 from Karakat constituency and finished at a distant third position. However,he was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha in August 2024.
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.
Satya Prakash Malviya was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1984 and 1990 from Uttar Pradesh. He served as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals in Chandra Shekhar cabinet from 1990 to 1991.
Gulam Rasool Balyawi is an Indian politician who is serving as the National General Secretary of Janata Dal (United) since 21 March 2023. He had served as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Bihar representing the Janata Dal (United) since 23 June 2014 to 7 July 2016. He was elected to Rajya Sabha in 2014 by-elections. He had served as a Member of the Bihar Legislative Council as a Nominated candidate representing Janata Dal (United) since 8 July 2016 to 7 July 2023. He is the founder of Non-governmental Barelvi organisation Qaumi Ittehad Morcha.
Rannvijay Singh was elected unopposed to the Bihar Legislative Council on 3 June 2016. He is a member of Janata Dal (United). He is a former member of Rashtriya Janata Dal. On 23 June 2020 he along with four other MLCS merged with JD(U). He was again elected as a Member of Bihar Legislative Council on MLA quota in 2022.
Vikassheel Insaan Party is an Indian political party,formally launched on 4 November 2018,by a Bollywood set designer Mukesh Sahani,who campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party during the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. They contested in three Lok Sabha constituencies in 2019 from Madhubani,Muzaffarpur and Khagaria but failed to win any seats. The support base for the party consists mainly of the Nishad,Nonia,Bind,Beldar community,which comprises 20 sub-castes of fisherman and boatmen.
Vijay Kumar Singh,also known as Dabloo Singh, is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly of India winning the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election representing Rashtriya Janata Dal from Nabinagar.
Sunil Mani Tiwari is an Indian politician from Bihar and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He is also former chairman of Areraj and former BJP district president from East-champaran during 2014 general election. Tiwari won the Govindganj Constituency on the BJP ticket in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.
Ram Surat Kumar is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Bihar. He was elected as a member of the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from Aurai.
Rajesh Kumar Singh is an Indian politician,currently a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party and a MLA from Mohiuddinnagar constituency of Bihar.
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Bihar in all 7 phases from 19 April to 1 June to elect 40 members of the 18th Lok Sabha,with the results declared on 4 June.
Sanjay Kumar Jha is an Indian politician,Rajya Sabha MP,National Working President of Janata Dal United,Leader of JDU parliamentary party in Rajya Sabha and Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Transport,Tourism and Culture. He served as Minister of Water Resources and Information and Public Relations departments in Government of Bihar He was also Member of Bihar Legislative Council. In February 2024 he elected unopposed as Member of Parliament (India),Rajya Sabha to Janata Dal (United) in place of Bashistha Narain Singh from Bihar.
