The Rashtriya Janata Dal is an Indian political party,based in the states of Bihar,Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Nitish Kumar is an Indian politician who has served as the 22nd chief minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015,having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. He is Bihar's longest serving chief minister,and also holding the post for 9th term.
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.
The voter turnout in 2000 assembly polls was 62.6%.
Jitan Ram Manjhi is an Indian politician from the eastern state of Bihar who served as its 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.
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.
Ritu Jaiswal is an Indian politician who is the State Spokesperson of Rashtriya Janata Dal. She had been the Mukhiya of Gram Panchayat Raj Singhwahini,Sonbarsha,Sitamarhi,Bihar.
Ejya Yadav is an Indian politician,academician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly Bihar representing Mohiuddinnagar Vidhan Sabha constituency from the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Earlier,she had been a professor at Patna Women's College.
Bhola Yadav is an Indian politician from Bihar. He was a member of 16th Vidhan Sabha of Bihar. He represented the Bahadurpur of Bihar and is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) political party. He won the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from Bahadurpur. He is also currently the National General Secretary of RJD. He is one of the closest aides of Indian politician Lalu Prasad Yadav. He is like a shadow to the ex-CM couple. He is one of the prominent politicians from the RJD family of Bihar political scenario.
Jai Vardhan Yadav is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Paliganj assembly. Yadav started his political career in 2005 from Raghopur assembly as a member of Indian National Congress party but lost. In 2015 he was elected Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal. He is a grandson of Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav. He left the Rashtriya Janata Dal on 20 August 2020 and same day joined Janata Dal (United) in the presence of cabinet minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav.
Asha Devi Sinha is an Indian politician with Bharatiya Janata Party. She was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Danapur in Feb 2005,Oct 2005,2010 and 2015. In the 2020 elections to Bihar Assembly,Asha Devi faced Ritlal Yadav,whose men allegedly murdered her husband Satyanarayan Sinha.
Chandrika Roy is an Indian politician from Saran district of Bihar,India. He was a Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly (2015-2020) representing Parsa from RJD Party. Now he is in the Janata Dal (United) Party.
Sanjay Singh Tiger is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Bhojpur district,Bihar. He has served as MLA in Bihar Legislative Assembly representing the Sandesh constituency from 2010 to 2015. Currently,he is the state spokesperson of BJP's Bihar unit.
Abhay Kushwaha alias Abhay Kumar Sinha is a former Member of Legislative Assembly for Tikari in the Gaya district of Bihar. He is a 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 headed by erstwhile member of Janata Dal (United),Jitan Ram Manjhi. In the 2015 election he defeated Anil Kumar,who joined Hindustani Awami Morcha leaving his former party Janata Dal (United) by a huge margin of votes. While Abhay secured 86975 votes,Anil managed to get 55162 votes only.
Shahnawaz Alam is an Indian politician. He is a Cabinet Minister in Bihar government with Disaster Management portfolio since 16 August 2022. He is an MLA representing Jokihat assembly constituency of Bihar Legislative Assembly since May 2018.
Maha Nand Singh is an Indian politician from Bihar and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Maha Nand Singh won the Arwal Assembly constituency on the CPI(M–L)L ticket in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.
Rajeev Kumar Singh is a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Tarapur constituency in the Bihar Legislative Assembly in India. He is a member of Janata Dal (United). He has been elected as the MLA on 2 November 2021. Singh got the ticket from Janata Dal (United) amidst the confusion over allocation of Tarapur constituency to Rohit Chaudhary,the younger brother of leader of opposition in Bihar Legislative Council,Samrat Chaudhary. The Tarapur constituency was the stronghold of Shakuni Choudhury,who had influence over Kushwaha voters,who are dominant in this assembly constituency. However,Rajiv Kumar Singh,himself a Kushwaha,was able to defeat his nearest rival in the bypolls of 2021.
Bagi Kumar Verma is an Indian politician from Bihar. He has been a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly for three terms,two times from Makhdumpur Assembly constituency and once from Kurtha Assembly constituency. A former minister in Government of Bihar under Lalu Prasad Yadav,Verma has been a member of both Rashtriya Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United) at different occasions. In 2020 Bihar Assembly elections,he defeated Satyadev Kushwaha,the two times MLA from Kurtha Assembly to enter in Bihar Assembly for his third term.
Deo Dutt Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician who was elected as a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Baikunthpur constituency in 1996 as a member of Janata Dal. In 2005 elected as Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate.
Ravindra Singh also known as Ravindra Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician based in Bihar,who was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly twice from Arwal Assembly constituency. Singh was a member of Janata Dal and later became a member of Rashtriya Janata Dal. He is considered as one of the close accomplice of former Bihar Chief Minister,Lalu Prasad Yadav. Singh hails from communist background and before joining politics,he was a member of armed naxalite organisations active in the Bihar's red corridor.
