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RJD (RJD)
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- Abbreviation RJD
- President Lalu Prasad Yadav
- Founder Lalu Prasad Yadav, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Jagada Nand Singh, Tulsidas Mehta, Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Mohammad Shahabuddin, Mohammed Taslimuddin, Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi
- Founded 5 July 1997 (27 Years Ago) (1997-07-05)
- Country India
- Headquarters 13, V. P. House, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, India-110001
- Eci Status State Party In Bihar
- Ideology Bihari Nationalism, Regionalism, Democratic Socialism, Secularism, Left-wing Populism
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RJD (RJD) BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 11 Feb 2025
Rashtriya Janata Dal: Bihar's Caste Politics Powerhouse Founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is a prominent political force in Bihar, primarily drawing support from Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Dalits, and Muslims. Its emergence solidified its position as a champion...
RJD NEWS
Amid Mahagathbandhan crisis, RJD unveils list of 143, drops 36 MLAs, focuses on ‘M-Y’
October 21, 2025 5:15 am
While opting for a mix of new faces and seasoned leaders, RJD fields 20 SC, 1 ST and 24 women candidates; it would have “friendly fights” in six seats with ally Congress.
Congress releases second list for Bihar elections, fields 5 candidates
October 18, 2025 11:23 pm
Polling for the Bihar elections will take place in two phases, on November 6 and 11, and the results will be declared on November 14.
Late Seemanchal heavyweight Taslimuddin’s sons head for a clash again in region
October 18, 2025 7:18 am
Elder son Sarfaraz, denied a ticket by RJD, moves to Jan Suraaj, while younger Shahnawaz is RJD candidate from Jokihat. The seat, won by Taslimuddin five times, could see a four-way split of Muslim vote
'Fake, patched up edit of an ad': Actor Manoj Bajpayee issues clarification over video endorsing RJD
October 17, 2025 6:12 pm
Manoj Bajpayee fake video, RJD fake campaign video: Mahagathbandhan ally Congress criticised the actor for making his statement public, urging him to file an FIR instead.
Why RJD has fallen back again on the Shahabuddin factor in Bihar's Siwan
October 17, 2025 3:16 am
Fields the 30-year-old from Raghunathpur seat in the district, whose social equations are seen as safer for the family than Siwan Assembly seat, once associated with the late bahubali
Exclusive: Land reforms from first Nitish term, law to aid rape survivors set to be in Mahagathbandhan manifesto
October 16, 2025 5:25 am
Consensus largely on most promises like hostels and colleges for students of OBC communities and other marginalised sections
Nitish and Lalu houses have sleepless night as tempers boil over on election tickets
October 15, 2025 4:38 am
JD(U) chief angry over seat concessions made to Chirag Paswan’s party in NDA; livid Tejashwi questions Lalu distributing tickets on own
‘Belated lollipop dangled by Nitish govt': RJD targets JD(U) amid push to include 18 castes in central OBC list
October 14, 2025 4:02 am
National Commission for Backward Classes asks state government for data on the communities, some of which are categorised as EBCs in Bihar; JD(U) says move an attempt to “include even numerically smaller sub-groups in the welfare net”
Tejashwi Yadav’s promise of one government job to every family is fiscally impossible. It is merely political theatre
October 10, 2025 8:06 pm
Bihar’s economy lacks both the fiscal capacity to fund the dream and the human capital to staff it
Opposition seat-sharing talks in Bihar stuck over 5 seats: What are the constituencies Congress, RJD do not have consensus on
October 10, 2025 2:55 pm
The two parties failed to win these five constituencies in 2020. While three went to NDA, two were won by AIMIM.
