Mahagathbandhan, opposition coalition in Bihar, comprising RJD, Congress, and Left parties, announced that the RJD, its largest constituent, will contest 26 out of the state's 40 Lok Sabha seats. The NDA is also in a seat-sharing agreement in Bihar with the Janata Dal-United (JDU) and the LJ
In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, all four seats went to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) -- the BJP in Aurangabad, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in Gaya, and the then united Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) from both Jamui and Nawada.
Taking a dig at Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said his former ally should come clean on what the condition of the state was under the rule of 'Pati-Patni' for 15 years.
Notably, all six Rajya Sabha candidates from Bihar were elected unopposed to the Upper House of Parliament comprising two members each from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), along with one each from Janata Dal (United) and Congress.
Janata Dal-United (JDU) released the names of its 16 candidates for the imminent Lok Sabha Elections on Sunday, fielding Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh from Munger and Lovely Anand from Sheohar.
Janata Dal United MLA from Rupauli Bima Bharti resigned from the party's primary membership on Saturday. Following her resignation, she joined the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and expressed her readiness to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Purnia if her new party permits.
Hours after the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) reached a seat-sharing agreement in Bihar for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Lovely Anand, wife of gangster turned politician Anand Mohan, joined the Janata Dal (United) on Monday.
Coming out in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's charge at the Congress that it "uses and throws the people of an alliance", Janata Dal (United) leader Neeraj Kumar on Sunday said it was only natural of all partners in the Opposition bloc--INDIA--to hold divergent views on different i
Deviating from the official line of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Janata Dal (United) leader Khalid Anwar on Sunday said the law, guaranteeing permanent residency to members of persecuted religious minorities in Pakistan, Afghanista
Coming down heavily on Bihar Chief Minister after Janata Dal (United) returned to the NDA fold recently, Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday said that Nitish Kumar was never abused by his party when he previously broke the alliance with them in 2017 and further ques