Janata Dal (United) (lit. '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. JD(U) heads the government in Bihar under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and is also a member of the ruling government in Manipur. JD(U) won 16 seats in the 2019 Indian general election,making it the seventh largest party in the Lok Sabha.
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.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is a political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by Binod Bihari Mahato. It has one seat in the 17th Lok Sabha. Shibu Soren is the president of the JMM. JMM is also an influential political party in the state of Odisha and parts of neighbouring of states. Its election symbol for Jharkhand is Bow and Arrow.
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.
Munger,formerly spelt as Monghyr,is a twin city and a Municipal Corporation situated in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the administrative headquarters of Munger district and Munger Division. Munger was one of the major cities in Eastern India and undivided Bengal during Mughal period and British Raj. It is one of the major political,cultural,educational and commercial center of Bihar and Eastern India. Munger is situated about 180km from east of capital city Patna,about 480km west of Eastern India's largest city Kolkata and 1200km from country's capital New Delhi.
Begusarai District is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. The city of Begusarai is its administrative headquarters and is part of the Munger division.
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.
Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from Khagaria Lok Sabha Constituency. He started his political career from Indian National Congress. He was Member of Legislative Assembly where he represented Simri-Bakhtiarpur constituency for three terms. He also served as Cabinet Minister in Bihar Government. After being denied ticket by Indian National Congress for General Elections in 2014,he joined Lok Janshakti Party days before 2014 general election and successfully contested from Khagaria constituency.
Alauli is an assembly constituency in Khagaria district in the Indian state of Bihar. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes and previously has been part of Munger subdivision after independence. Alauli is a Nagar Panchayat from December 2020. There are 12 wards in Alauli Nagar Panchayat. Jayanti Shekhar became the first chairman of this town. Chini Lal Mandal became the first deputy chairman of this town.
Dhanik Lal Mandal was an Indian politician from Bihar. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Jhanjharpur in Bihar,twice in 1977 and 1980. He was a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly (1967–74) and also a speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly,(1967–69).
Satish Prasad Singh was an Indian politician. He was the Chief Minister of Bihar for a very brief tenure of just five days in 1968.
Santosh Kumar is an Indian politician and 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.
Mahendra Baitha was an Indian politician who was elected to the Lower House of Indian Parliament the Lok Sabha from Bagaha,Bihar in 1989 and 1991 as a member of the Janata Dal and in 1996,1998 and 1999 as a Samata Party member.
Renu Kushawaha,an Indian politician,is a leader of Lok Janshakti Party and a former state minister of Bihar. She hails from Khagaria. She has been associated with several political parties in past,right from Samata Party and Janata Dal (United) to Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2015,she contested from Samastipur Assembly seat on a BJP ticket where she lost to RJD candidate.
Ram Sharan Yadav was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Khagaria,Bihar in 1989 and 1991 as a member of the Janata Dal. He joined the Indian National Congress in controversial circumstances and voted on 28 July 1993 no confidence vote which served the Narasimha Rao Government. He contested in 1996 as an Indian National Congress candidate but lost.
Anil Kumar Yadav is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Khagaria,Bihar as member of the Janata Dal.
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.
Yamuna Prasad Mandal was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was elected to the lower House of the Indian Parliament the Lok Sabha from Jainagar in 1962,and then from Samastipur in Bihar in 1967 and 1971.
Bhupendra Narayan Mandal (1904-1975) was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament,representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Samyukta Socialist Party
Kameshwar Prasad Singh was an Indian politician and a member of Indian parliament.
