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RJD (RJD)

RJD (RJD)
  • 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

In a BJP stronghold, Jharkhand’s ‘best MLA’ tries to upset the apple cart with RJD help

May 20, 2024 12:18 pm

CPI (ML) Liberation’s Kodarma candidate Vinod Singh, who has the reputation of not going easy even on ally JMM’s government, faces the uphill task of unseating BJP MP Annapurna Devi

Tribal ire over Hemant Soren arrest helps INDIA, but may need more in Jharkhand

May 11, 2024 3:36 pm

Coalition is plagued by corruption charges, internal rebellions, delay in finalisation of names in the state that begins voting on May 13

PM's rallies in Jharkhand, Bihar | Congress, RJD trying to divide country: Modi targets Lalu on Godhra report, Opp on Muslim quota

May 05, 2024 12:49 am

Addressing an election rally at Darbhanga, PM Modi, who was the chief minister of Gujarat in 2002, alleged that Lalu Prasad, as the railway minister in the first UPA government (2004 to 2009), “acted in connivance with the Congress”, which headed the UPA.

In Bihar’s Yadav belt, RJD’s caste arithmetic set to be put to the Modi test

May 05, 2024 8:12 am

The constituencies of Madhepura, Supaul, and Jhanjharpur. along with seats in the Seemanchal region, hold the key to the INDIA alliance’s prospects in the key battleground state.

Neither JD(U) nor RJD, in Purnia all eyes on Pappu Yadav: Will he be king or kingmaker?

April 24, 2024 11:21 am

The five-time MP’s entry into the contest as an Independent has upset the RJD’s calculations to win the seat for the first time, end JD(U)’s winning run

Samrat Choudhary interview: ‘BJP in govt helped pass caste survey move … RJD was nowhere then’

April 16, 2024 7:29 am

“He (Lalu Prasad) was eating mutton during saawan and also making Rahul Gandhi eat it … This is a question of the asmita (pride) of people who believe in Sanatana Dharma,” says Bihar Deputy CM

RJD manifesto: 1 crore govt jobs, Rs 1 lakh to poor ‘sisters’

April 14, 2024 5:57 am

Former deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, while releasing the manifesto ‘Parivartan Patra’, said the party is making 24 “jan vachan” (public promises) for the 2024 polls, and will fulfill them.

Modi's comments 'infantile', betray 'nervousness': Congress, RJD hit back after PM's non-veg jibe

April 13, 2024 9:12 am

As Congress points to nutrition parameters where country is falling short, RJD asks why not focus on jobs and unemployment

OBCs form bulk of RJD's Bihar list; Yadavs, EBCs follow

April 10, 2024 4:11 pm

Kushwaha-Kurmi combine, often referred to as Luv-Kush, gets representation as party looks to expand its social base; 8 MLAs figure in the list

Tejashwi Yadav interview: 'Intimidation of Oppn serious matter...We have got a lot of support from people who want us to fight back politically, legally'

April 10, 2024 12:39 am

'PM Modi and the kind of governance he favours do not have any place for dialogue. He speaks about himself in the third person,' RJD leader tells The Indian Express

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