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.
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.
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.
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.
Mandu Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Also one of the 81 assembly constituencies of Jharkhand,Mandu belongs to Hazaribagh parliamentary constituency.
Kalyanpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.
Samastipur Vidhan Sabha (assembly) constituency is in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Baidyanath Prasad Mahto was an Indian Politician and a Member of Indian Parliament to the 15th and 17th Lok Sabha. He won the 2009 and 2019 Indian general election from Valmiki Nagar constituency being a Janata Dal (United) candidate. He was earlier elected three times to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Nautan. He was also Minister of Rural Development Department From 2005 to 2008 in Bihar Government.
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.
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).
Upendra Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician and a former Member of Bihar Legislative Council and Bihar Legislative Assembly. He has also served as the Minister of State for Human Resources and Development in the Government of India. Kushwaha is a former Member of parliament from the Karakat constituency in Rohtas district,Bihar and a former member of the Rajya Sabha as well. He was the leader of his own party named Rashtriya Samata Party (RSP) which merged into Janata Dal (United) (JDU) in 2009. Latter,he formed Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP),which also merged with JD(U) in 2021. On 20 February 2023,he resigned from all positions of Janata Dal (United) and formed his own party called Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal due to his political problems with JD(U) &Nitish Kumar.
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.
Janardhan Manjhi was an Indian politician. He was an agriculturist and studied up to Class X. He won the Amarpur seat in the 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.
Ramesh Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician. He is former member Of Bihar Legislative Assembly from 106th Ziradei constituency in Siwan district.
Rameshwar Kumar Mahto is an Indian politician and member of the Bihar Legislative Council. In the elections on March 23,11 candidates were elected unopposed.
Pradeep Mahto alias Pradeep Kumar is a former Member of Legislative Assembly for the year 2005 and 2010 from the Warisaliganj of the Nawada region of Bihar. Mahto is a nephew and former associate of Ashok Mahto,the gangster who was indulged in a long drawn battle with Akhilesh Singh,another gangster of the region. The Mahto and Singh gang were arranged on the caste lines and proclaimed themselves as the group serving the interest of Kurmi and Bhumihar community of the region respectively.
Shalini Mishra is an Indian politician from Bihar and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Mishra won the Kesaria Constituency on the Janata Dal (United) ticket in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. She is also the State General Secretary of Janata Dal (United) Bihar unit.
Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha is a politician from Bihar,who has also served as a minister in the Government of Bihar. He is a son-in-law of Jagdish Mahto,the founder of Naxalism in Ekwari village of the Bhojpur region of Bihar. He has assumed several important posts in various regional political parties of Bihar,which includes Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist),Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal (United),Lok Janshakti Party,Jan Adhikar Party and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party. Kushwaha once headed JD(U)'s youth wing and has also been Minister for rural development in Bihar.
Shahid Ali Khan was an Indian politician in Bihar.
