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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
Bihar: Police book 19, arrest 2 for attacking man on beef suspicion
September 07, 2024 1:37 am
While the RJD calls it ‘a clear case of mob lynching’, the BJP questioned the police over not taking action against the man who was assaulted.
Pushed to RJD sidelines by Tejashwi, once Lalu's man Friday Shyam Rajak quits, set to rejoin JD(U)
August 23, 2024 6:41 pm
Denied RJD tickets for Assembly, MLC and LS polls, Dalit face and ex-minister cries “betrayal”, praises Nitish
Winning power in Bihar not in horoscope of Tejashwi: Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh
August 12, 2024 11:02 am
The former JD(U) president was reacting to Yadav's claim that the continuance of Nitish Kumar as chief minister of Bihar will only boost the prospects of RJD, which seeks to defeat him in the assembly polls due next year.
‘Mahila ho, jaanti nahi ho’ – Nitish Kumar’s response to RJD’s woman MLA draws opposition ire
July 25, 2024 8:14 am
Tejashwi tears into Bihar CM, calls remark uncivilised, uncouth
RJD third-place finish in Rupauli bypoll again underlines failure of party to woo EBCs in Bihar
July 16, 2024 6:59 am
RJD leaders question the party's “apathetic” outreach to EBCs despite its status as largest vote bloc which is 'up for grabs with Nitish in the twilight of his political innings'
What Bihar seat numbers don’t tell: RJD first in vote share, JD(U) saw steepest fall
June 07, 2024 7:31 am
In what is good news for the Tejashwi Yadav-driven party for 2025 Assembly polls, while its vote share rose by over 6%, BJP’s and JD(U)’s fell by 3.5% or more each
RJD’s Manoj Jha: ‘We are undoubtedly a dominant force… Tejashwi’s jobs pitch will help us in Assembly too’
June 06, 2024 2:06 am
On BJP’s performance in UP, Jha says the state “was being taken for granted and run like a fiefdom… Businesses from outside are making a killing at the expense of people"
Why RJD leads in only 4 seats in Bihar, despite getting highest voteshare
June 04, 2024 4:35 pm
RJD has garnered more votes in Bihar than the JD(U) and the BJP. But it is leading in only four seats, as compared to 14 for the JD(U) and 12 for BJP. Here is why
Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi's strategy — promise of caste census and more reservation
May 30, 2024 8:31 am
This subaltern justice framework merges economic concerns with social ones. Whether voters in UP and beyond are wooed remains to be seen
To win in world’s ‘first republic’, RJD wagers on eroding NDA’s Bhumihar base
May 24, 2024 7:06 pm
While the RJD move to field a Rajput face succeeded till about 2014, its failure in the last two elections has forced the party to tweak its strategy.
