RJD

Defying the anti-incumbency against the 15-year rule of Nitish Kumar, the ruling coalition of NDA secured the majority with 125 seats in Bihar Assembly Elections. Whereas the opposition’s Mahagathbandhan got 110 seats in the 243-member assembly. Despite of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) becoming the single largest party with 75 seats, it will fail to form the government. Following RJD, BJP emerged as the second-largest party with 74 seats while… read-more

Srinarayan Singh of Janta Dal Rashtravadi party was shot dead on October 24 when he was campaigning in Bihar's Hathsar village. Reportedly, Narayan Singh's campaign rally was attacked by 4 men, of which one was lynched by the deceased leader's supporters. Three of Singh's supporters also suffered severe injuries and are in critical condition. However, the police could not confirm the motive behind the killing and further probe is underway.… read-more

Rashtriya Janata Dal released its 16-page manifesto, ‘Hamara Pran' (Our Resolves) which stresses on creating jobs for Bihar youths. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav asserted that employment, higher education, smart villages and infrastructure development are their priority if elected to power. He also promised to bring up a new industrial-policy and create employment-centres in districts. Increasing MGNREGA man-days to 200, RJD vows to create… read-more

After the RJD-Congress alliance denied seats to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in the upcoming Bihar elections, the NCP has decided to contest the elections independently. The party leader Praful Patel, while announcing the decision said that NCP had demanded only five seats from the alliance and had even spoken to leaders Ahmed Patel, Shaktisinh Gohil and RJDs Tejashwi Yadav. However, party is yet to decide on the number of seats they… read-more

The Grand Alliance of Bihar, comprising of Indian National Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal and others, on October 3 proposed Tejashwi Yadav as the CM candidate for the upcoming Bihar polls. They also announced the seat-sharing deal, wherein INC was allotted 70 seats, the communists altogether got 29 seats and RJD secured 144 seats. Reportedly, other parties like Vikassheel Insaan Party and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha will be contesting under RJD's… read-more