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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B2" title="ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় জনতা দল – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় জনতা দল" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B2" title="রাষ্ট্রীয় জনতা দল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="রাষ্ট্রীয় জনতা দল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2" title="राष्ट्रीय जनता दल – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="राष्ट्रीय जनता दल" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Rashtriya Janata Dal" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rashtriya Janata Dal" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Rashtriya Janata Dal" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2" title="राष्ट्रीय जनता दल – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="राष्ट्रीय जनता दल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%AF_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE_%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%BE" title="രാഷ്ട്രീയ ജനതാ ദൾ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="രാഷ്ട്രീയ ജനതാ ദൾ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2" title="राष्ट्रीय जनता दल – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="राष्ट्रीय जनता दल" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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hreflang="ru" data-title="Раштрия джаната дал" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" title="राष्ट्रियजनतादलम् – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="राष्ट्रियजनतादलम्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Rashtriya Janata Dal" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF_%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="இராச்டிரிய ஜனதா தளம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="இராச்டிரிய ஜனதா தளம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AF_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B3%E0%B1%8D" title="రాష్ట్రీయ జనతా దళ్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="రాష్ట్రీయ జనతా దళ్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" 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chair">Chairman</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Tejashwi_Yadav" title="Tejashwi Yadav">Tejashwi Yadav</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> Leader</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Abhay_Kushwaha" title="Abhay Kushwaha">Abhay Kushwaha</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> Leader</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Prem_Chand_Gupta" title="Prem Chand Gupta">Prem Chand Gupta</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist 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Fatmi</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">5 July 1997<span class="noprint"> (27 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1997-07-05</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Split from</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;">13, V. P. House, Rafi Marg, <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>-110001</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Student_wing" title="Student wing">Student wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Chhatra Rashtriya Janata Dal</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Youth_wing" title="Youth wing">Youth wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Yuva Rashtriya Janata Dal</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_wing" title="Women's wing">Women's wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Mahila Rashtriya Janata Dal</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist nowrap"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bihari_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihari people">Bihari nationalism</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Regionalism_(politics)" title="Regionalism (politics)">Regionalism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">Socialism</a><sup id="cite_ref-babu_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-babu-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Left-wing_populism" title="Left-wing populism">Left-wing populism</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Political_spectrum" title="Political spectrum">Political position</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">Left-wing</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-babu_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-babu-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Colours</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#056D05; 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2014-2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">Left Democratic Front (Kerala)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Left_Front_(West_Bengal)" title="Left Front (West Bengal)">Left Front (West Bengal)</a> (2006-2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahajot" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahajot">Mahajot</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>) (2016)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 543</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #056D05; width: 0.7%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">5 / 245</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; 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border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #056D05; width: 0.7%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in <a href="/wiki/Bihar_Legislative_Council" title="Bihar Legislative Council">Bihar Legislative Council</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">14 / 75</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #056D05; width: 19%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Number of states and union territories in government</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 31</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #056D05; width: 6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Election symbol</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Hurricane_Lamp.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Indian_Election_Symbol_Hurricane_Lamp.png/100px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Hurricane_Lamp.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Indian_Election_Symbol_Hurricane_Lamp.png/150px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Hurricane_Lamp.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Indian_Election_Symbol_Hurricane_Lamp.png/200px-Indian_Election_Symbol_Hurricane_Lamp.png 2x" data-file-width="318" data-file-height="454" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Party flag</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:RJD_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/RJD_Flag.svg/180px-RJD_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/RJD_Flag.svg/270px-RJD_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/RJD_Flag.svg/360px-RJD_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rjd.co.in/">rjd<wbr />.co<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist" style="line-height:1.3em; 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border-spacing:0.2em 0;"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of <a href="/wiki/Category:Socialism" title="Category:Socialism">a series</a> on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle"><a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">Socialism</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Red_flag_(politics)" title="Red flag (politics)"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Red_flag_waving.svg/75px-Red_flag_waving.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Red_flag_waving.svg/113px-Red_flag_waving.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Red_flag_waving.svg/150px-Red_flag_waving.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="268" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-above" style="padding-bottom:0.35em; border-top:1px solid #d33; border-bottom:0px solid;"> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_socialism" title="History of socialism">History</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_socialism" title="Outline of socialism">Outline</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #d33; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Development</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutions_of_1848" title="Revolutions of 1848">Revolutions of 1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_calculation_debate" title="Socialist calculation debate">Socialist calculation debate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_economics" title="Socialist economics">Socialist economics</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #d33; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Ideas</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calculation_in_kind" title="Calculation in kind">Calculation in kind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collective_ownership" title="Collective ownership">Collective ownership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooperative" title="Cooperative">Cooperative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_ownership" title="Common ownership">Common ownership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Critique_of_political_economy" title="Critique of political economy">Critique of political economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_democracy" title="Economic democracy">Economic democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_planning" title="Economic planning">Economic planning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_equal_liberty#Equal_liberty" title="Law of equal liberty">Equal liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equal_opportunity" title="Equal opportunity">Equal opportunity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_association_of_producers" title="Free association of producers">Free association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market_anarchism" title="Market anarchism">Freed market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Industrial_democracy" title="Industrial democracy">Industrial democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Input%E2%80%93output_model" title="Input–output model">Input–output model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internationalism_(politics)" title="Internationalism (politics)">Internationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labor-time_calculation" title="Labor-time calculation">Labour-time calculation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_voucher" title="Labour voucher">Labour voucher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Material_balance_planning" title="Material balance planning">Material balance planning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_peer-to-peer_processes#P2P_economic_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Social peer-to-peer processes">Peer‑to‑peer economics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Production_for_use" title="Production for use">Production for use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharing_economy" title="Sharing economy">Sharing economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_spontaneity" class="mw-redirect" title="Revolutionary spontaneity">Spontaneism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_dividend" title="Social dividend">Social dividend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_ownership" title="Social ownership">Social ownership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialism_in_one_country" title="Socialism in one country">Socialism in one country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_mode_of_production" title="Socialist mode of production">Socialist mode of production</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_democracy" title="Soviet democracy">Soviet democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">Strike action</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/To_each_according_to_his_contribution" title="To each according to his contribution">To each according to his contribution</a>/<a href="/wiki/From_each_according_to_his_ability,_to_each_according_to_his_needs" title="From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs">needs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanguardism" title="Vanguardism">Vanguardism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_self-management" title="Workers' self-management">Workers' self-management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Workplace_democracy" title="Workplace democracy">Workplace democracy</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #d33; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Models</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Communalism_(Bookchin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communalism (Bookchin)">Communalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planned_economy#Relationship_with_socialism" title="Planned economy">Socialist planned economy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Planned_economy#Decentralized_planning" title="Planned economy">Decentralized planning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inclusive_Democracy" class="mw-redirect" title="Inclusive Democracy">Inclusive Democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OGAS" title="OGAS">OGAS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Cybersyn" title="Project Cybersyn">Project Cybersyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet-type_economic_planning" title="Soviet-type economic planning">Soviet-type</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market_socialism" title="Market socialism">Market socialism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lange_model" title="Lange model">Lange model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mutualism_(economic_theory)" title="Mutualism (economic theory)">Mutualism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_market_economy" title="Socialist market economy">Socialist market economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist-oriented_market_economy" title="Socialist-oriented market economy">Socialist-oriented market</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Participatory_economics" title="Participatory economics">Participatory economics</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #d33; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Types_of_socialism" title="Types of socialism">Variants</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Socialism_of_the_21st_century" title="Socialism of the 21st century">21st-century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_socialism" title="African socialism">African</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_socialism" title="Arab socialism">Arab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agrarian_socialism" title="Agrarian socialism">Agrarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anarchism" title="Anarchism">Anarchism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Authoritarian_socialism" title="Authoritarian socialism">Authoritarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanquism" title="Blanquism">Blanquism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_socialism" title="Buddhist socialism">Buddhist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialism_with_Chinese_characteristics" title="Socialism with Chinese characteristics">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_socialism" title="Christian socialism">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">Communism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_socialism" title="Democratic socialism">Democratic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_road_to_socialism" title="Democratic road to socialism">Democratic road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyber-utopianism" title="Cyber-utopianism">Digital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethical_socialism" title="Ethical socialism">Ethical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eco-socialism" title="Eco-socialism">Ecological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evolutionary_socialism" class="mw-redirect" title="Evolutionary socialism">Evolutionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_feminism" title="Socialist feminism">Feminist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourierism" title="Fourierism">Fourierism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market_anarchism" title="Market anarchism">Free-market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandhian_socialism" title="Gandhian socialism">Gandhian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guild_socialism" title="Guild socialism">Guild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_socialism" title="Islamic socialism">Islamic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_left" title="Jewish left">Jewish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laissez-faire#Socialism" title="Laissez-faire">Laissez-faire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_socialism" title="Liberal socialism">Liberal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_socialism" title="Libertarian socialism">Libertarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marhaenism" title="Marhaenism">Marhaenism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market_socialism" title="Market socialism">Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marxism" title="Marxism">Marxism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_socialism" title="Municipal socialism">Municipal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Left-wing_nationalism" title="Left-wing nationalism">Nationalist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkrumaism" title="Nkrumaism">Nkrumaism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owenism" title="Owenism">Owenism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_socialism" class="mw-redirect" title="Popular socialism">Popular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformism" title="Reformism">Reformism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_socialism" title="Religious socialism">Religious</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_socialism" title="Revolutionary socialism">Revolutionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricardian_socialism" title="Ricardian socialism">Ricardian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henri_de_Saint-Simon#Ideas" title="Henri de Saint-Simon">Saint-Simonianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_socialism" title="Scientific socialism">Scientific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sewer_socialism" title="Sewer socialism">Sewer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_socialism" title="State socialism">State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syndicalism" title="Syndicalism">Syndicalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_World_socialism" title="Third World socialism">Third World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utopian_socialism" title="Utopian socialism">Utopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow_socialism" title="Yellow socialism">Yellow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labor_Zionism" title="Labor Zionism">Zionist</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent; border-top:1px solid #d33; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Intellectuals</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_More" title="Thomas More">More</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommaso_Campanella" title="Tommaso Campanella">Campanella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henri_de_Saint-Simon" title="Henri de Saint-Simon">Saint-Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Buonarroti" title="Philippe Buonarroti">Buonarroti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Antoine_de_Saint-Just" title="Louis Antoine de Saint-Just">Saint-Just</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Owen" title="Robert Owen">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Fourier" title="Charles Fourier">Fourier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Cabet" title="Étienne Cabet">Cabet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Leroux" title="Pierre Leroux">Leroux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Sue" title="Eugène Sue">Sue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Auguste_Blanqui" title="Louis Auguste Blanqui">Blanqui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre-Joseph_Proudhon" title="Pierre-Joseph Proudhon">Proudhon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_Greeley" title="Horace Greeley">Greeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Herzen" title="Alexander Herzen">Herzen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Bakunin" title="Mikhail Bakunin">Bakunin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Marx" title="Karl Marx">Marx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Kingsley" title="Charles Kingsley">Kingsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Engels" title="Friedrich Engels">Engels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace" title="Alfred Russel Wallace">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Lavrov" title="Pyotr Lavrov">Lavrov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Lassalle" title="Ferdinand Lassalle">Lassalle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Saltykov-Shchedrin" title="Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin">Saltykov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Chernyshevsky" title="Nikolay Chernyshevsky">Chernyshevsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy" title="Leo Tolstoy">Tolstoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Michel" title="Louise Michel">Michel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Morris" title="William Morris">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mother_Jones" title="Mother Jones">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Kropotkin" title="Peter Kropotkin">Kropotkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Carpenter" title="Edward Carpenter">Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georges_Sorel" title="Georges Sorel">Sorel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Bellamy" title="Edward Bellamy">Bellamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Kautsky" title="Karl Kautsky">Kautsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Wilde" title="Oscar Wilde">Wilde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgi_Plekhanov" title="Georgi Plekhanov">Plekhanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francisco_Ferrer" title="Francisco Ferrer">Ferrer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dewey" title="John Dewey">Dewey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._G._Wells" title="H. G. Wells">Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois" title="W. E. B. Du Bois">Du Bois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxim_Gorky" title="Maxim Gorky">Gorky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Goldman" title="Emma Goldman">Goldman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gustav_Landauer" title="Gustav Landauer">Landauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Berkman" title="Alexander Berkman">Berkman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosa_Luxemburg" title="Rosa Luxemburg">Luxemburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Russell" title="Bertrand Russell">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonie_Pannekoek" class="mw-redirect" title="Antonie Pannekoek">Pannekoek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Rocker" title="Rudolf Rocker">Rocker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oswald_Spengler" title="Oswald Spengler">Spengler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Keller" title="Helen Keller">Keller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Pankhurst" title="Sylvia Pankhurst">Pankhurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volin" title="Volin">Volin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Luk%C3%A1cs" title="György Lukács">Lukács</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Korsch" title="Karl Korsch">Korsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Polanyi" title="Karl Polanyi">Polanyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacco_and_Vanzetti" title="Sacco and Vanzetti">Vanzetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amadeo_Bordiga" title="Amadeo Bordiga">Bordiga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Serge" title="Victor Serge">Serge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Gramsci" title="Antonio Gramsci">Gramsci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacco_and_Vanzetti" title="Sacco and Vanzetti">Sacco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Day" title="Dorothy Day">Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Marcuse" title="Herbert Marcuse">Marcuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._L._R._James" title="C. L. R. James">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Orwell" title="George Orwell">Orwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federica_Montseny" title="Federica Montseny">Montseny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre" title="Jean-Paul Sartre">Sartre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray_Bookchin" title="Murray Bookchin">Bookchin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Zinn" title="Howard Zinn">Zinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Castoriadis" title="Cornelius Castoriadis">Castoriadis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._P._Thompson" title="E. P. Thompson">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noam_Chomsky" title="Noam Chomsky">Chomsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takis_Fotopoulos" title="Takis Fotopoulos">Fotopoulos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huey_P._Newton" title="Huey P. Newton">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_D._Wolff" title="Richard D. 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<a href="/wiki/Translation" title="Translation">translation</a>: <i>National People's Party</i>) is an Indian political party, mainly based in the state of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>. The party was founded in 1997 by <a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RediffDOB_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RediffDOB-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party's support base has traditionally been <a href="/wiki/Other_Backward_Class" title="Other Backward Class">Other Backward Classes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dalit" title="Dalit">Dalits</a> and <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> and it is considered a political champion of the <a href="/wiki/Caste" title="Caste">lower castes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, RJD received the status of recognized national level party following its performance in north-eastern states.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> RJD was derecognised as a national party on 30 July 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leading the <a href="/wiki/Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)" title="Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)">Mahagathbandhan</a> alliance with 105 MLAs, it is currently the official opposition in <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>. RJD is part of <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Jharkhand" title="Government of Jharkhand">Ruling Government in Jharkhand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Kerala" title="Government of Kerala">Kerala</a> with its allies in <a href="/wiki/Mahagathbandhan_(Jharkhand)" title="Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)">Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front" title="Left Democratic Front">LDF</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahilarjd.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Mahilarjd.JPG/220px-Mahilarjd.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Mahilarjd.JPG/330px-Mahilarjd.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Mahilarjd.JPG/440px-Mahilarjd.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>RJD Women's wing office in <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On 5 July 1997, <a href="/wiki/Pappu_Yadav" title="Pappu Yadav">Pappu Yadav</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raghuvansh_Prasad_Singh" title="Raghuvansh Prasad Singh">Raghuvansh Prasad Singh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shahabuddin_(Indian_politician)" title="Mohammad Shahabuddin (Indian politician)">Mohammad Shahabuddin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Bari_Siddiqui" title="Abdul Bari Siddiqui">Abdul Bari Siddiqui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanti_Singh" title="Kanti Singh">Kanti Singh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Taslimuddin" title="Mohammed Taslimuddin">Mohammed Taslimuddin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Md_Ali_Ashraf_Fatmi" class="mw-redirect" title="Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi">Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi</a> along with seventeen <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> MPs and eight <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> MPs along with supporters gathered at <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a> formed the new political party, <i>Rashtriya Janata Dal</i>. It was formed as breakaway of <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a>. Lalu Prasad was elected as the first president of RJD. It is a centre-left party. </p><p>In the March 1998 national elections, RJD won 17 <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> seats from <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> but failed to make significant headway in any other state. Later that year, the party formed an alliance with <a href="/wiki/Mulayam_Singh_Yadav" title="Mulayam Singh Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a> as an anti-<a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> secular coalition but the coalition failed in garnering any widespread support. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_UPA">In UPA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: In UPA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the October 1999 elections, RJD fought the election in alliance with <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> but lost 10 Lok Sabha seats including the seat of <a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a>. </p><p>In the 2000 state elections, however, it performed well, winning a majority of the seats in the state assembly in Bihar. Continuing its upswing in electoral fortunes, the party won 24 Lok Sabha seats in the 2004 elections that it fought in alliance with <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a>. It was a part of <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> led <a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance" title="United Progressive Alliance">United Progressive Alliance</a> (UPA) from 2004 - May 2009, wherein Lalu Yadav held the position of the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Railways_(India)" title="Minister of Railways (India)">Minister of Railways</a>. </p><p>In February 2005 <a href="/wiki/February_2005_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">Bihar Legislative Assembly</a> election RJD won only 75 seats and lost the power. In the state elections held later that year – as a result of no party being able to form a government and RJD continued its downward slide winning only 54 seats. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/2009_Indian_general_election" title="2009 Indian general election">2009 Indian general election</a>, the RJD broke its alliance from UPA when seat sharing talks failed. RJD formed its alliance with <a href="/wiki/Ram_Vilas_Paswan" title="Ram Vilas Paswan">Ram Vilas Paswan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Lok_Janshakti_Party" title="Lok Janshakti Party">Lok Janshakti Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mulayam_Singh_Yadav" title="Mulayam Singh Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a> what the media has dubbed the "Fourth Front". RJD performed poorly and won just four seats, all of them in Bihar. However, in 2010 Assembly election, the RJD did not continue their alliance with <a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014 Indian general election</a>, RJD came back to UPA and contested election in alliance with <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party" title="Nationalist Congress Party">Nationalist Congress Party</a> in Bihar. Out of 40 seats in Bihar, RJD will contest on 27 seats, INC on 12 and NCP on one. RJD won only four out of total forty Loksabha seats in Bihar.<sup id="cite_ref-ecir14_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ecir14-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The party leadership consists of the following bodies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_President">National President</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: National President"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav </a> is the National President of RJD. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Vice_President">National Vice President</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: National Vice President"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The national vice president members of the party <a href="/wiki/Mangani_Lal_Mandal" title="Mangani Lal Mandal">Mangani Lal Mandal</a>, Mohammad Ilyas Hussain, Ahmed Ashfaq Karim, <a href="/wiki/Rabri_Devi" title="Rabri Devi">Rabri Devi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raghuvansh_Prasad_Singh" title="Raghuvansh Prasad Singh">Raghuvansh Prasad Singh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shivanand_Tiwari" title="Shivanand Tiwari">Shivanand Tiwary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mehboob_Ali_Kaiser" title="Mehboob Ali Kaiser">Mehboob Ali Kaiser</a> </p><p><b>National Secretary general</b>: <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Bari_Siddiqui" title="Abdul Bari Siddiqui">Abdul Bari Siddiqui</a>. </p><p><b>National Treasurer</b>: <a href="/wiki/Sunil_Kumar_Singh_(Bihar_politician)" title="Sunil Kumar Singh (Bihar politician)">Sunil Kumar Singh</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_Affairs_Committee">Political Affairs Committee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Political Affairs Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Executive_Committee">National Executive Committee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: National Executive Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The national executive members of the party Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav, Misa Bharti, Prem Chandra Gupta, Manoj Jha, Abdul Bari Siddiqui and Ram Chandra Purve.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Mahagathbandhan_(Grand_Alliance)_in_Bihar"><span id="The_Mahagathbandhan_.28Grand_Alliance.29_in_Bihar"></span>The Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) in Bihar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) in Bihar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)" title="Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)">Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)</a></div> <p>On 14 April 2015, the RJD, <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal (Secular)</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Lok_Dal" title="Indian National Lok Dal">Indian National Lok Dal</a>, Samajwadi Party, and <a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a> announced that they would merge into a new national <a href="/wiki/Janata_Parivar" title="Janata Parivar">Janata Parivar</a> alliance in order to oppose the <a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a>, thus breaking their long time alliance with the INC.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This would give the alliance 14 <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> seats and 30 <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> seats. </p><p>On 7 May 2015, the RJD expelled <a href="/wiki/Pappu_Yadav" title="Pappu Yadav">Pappu Yadav</a> for six years due to anti-RJD activities after speculation rose that he may join the <a href="/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal">Biju Janata Dal</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2015_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election</a> but he formed a new party called <a href="/wiki/Jan_Adhikar_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Jan Adhikar Party">Jan Adhikar Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2015, RJD won the elections as party became the single largest party with 80 followed by <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a> with 71 seats, <a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a> with 53 seats and Congress with 27 seats. In terms of vote share, BJP came first with 24.4%, followed by RJD with 18.4% and JD (U) with 16.8% and Congress got 6.7%. Janata Dal (United)'s <a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish Kumar</a> became the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Ministers_of_Bihar" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Ministers of Bihar">Chief Minister</a> and Lalu's son <a href="/wiki/Tejashwi_Yadav" title="Tejashwi Yadav">Tejashwi Yadav</a> became the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Deputy_Chief_Ministers_of_Bihar" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar">Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar</a>. </p><p>In July 2017, following the corruption cases against Tejashwi Yadav, Nitish Kumar asked Yadav to resign from the cabinet, which was refused by RJD. In order to protect his clean image towards corruption, <a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish Kumar</a> resigned on 26 July 2017, ending RJD's stake in Bihar government. What followed next was a coalition BJP and JDU as a result Nitish Kumar became the <a href="/wiki/Chief_minister" title="Chief minister">Chief Minister</a> again whereas Sushil Modi, a prominent BJP leader became the Deputy Chief Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alliance between <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> and the RJD factioned in October 2021,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when <a href="/wiki/Tejashwi_Yadav" title="Tejashwi Yadav">Tejashwi</a> gave tickets to candidates in Bihar <a href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">By-elections</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Congress</a> was fixed to stand candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2022, the Mahagathbandhan, <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Awam_Morcha" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindustan Awam Morcha">Hindustan Awam Morcha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Communism_in_India#Alliances" title="Communism in India">Left Front</a> joined again to form <a href="/wiki/Majority" title="Majority">2/3rd Majority</a> <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Bihar" title="Government of Bihar">government</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bihar_Legislative_Assembly" title="Bihar Legislative Assembly">Bihar Legislative Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2024, Nitish Kumar left the Mahagathbandhan once again and joined hands with the BJP. He later became the chief minister once again. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies_and_criticism">Controversies and criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Controversies and criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shahabuddin_(Indian_politician)" title="Mohammad Shahabuddin (Indian politician)">Mohammad Shahabuddin</a>, a leader of RJD, has been involved in several criminal cases. Shahabuddin has been accused of several murders, be it of political rivals, or police officers. <sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shahabuddin, through his lawyers, attempted to also intimidate the legal proceedings, which led to more criminal cases against him.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a>'s tenure as Chief Minister, Bihar's law and order was at lowest,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> kidnapping was on rise and private armies mushroomed.<sup id="cite_ref-low_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-low-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also criticized by opposition in the <a href="/wiki/Shilpi-Gautam_Murder" title="Shilpi-Gautam Murder">Shilpi-Gautam Murder</a> case and the death of his daughter Ragini Yadav's friend, Abhishek Mishra, in mysterious circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An investigation in the land-for-jobs scam implicated <a href="/wiki/Tejashwi_Yadav" title="Tejashwi Yadav">Tejashwi Yadav</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rabri_Devi" title="Rabri Devi">Rabri Devi</a>, Lalu Prasad Yadav's son and wife, as well as in other corruption scandals.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tejashwi Yadav allegedly threatened <a href="/wiki/Central_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Central Bureau of Investigation">Central Bureau of Investigation</a> agents who were investigating him in another corruption case.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_performance">Electoral performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Electoral performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lok_Sabha_elections">Lok Sabha elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Lok Sabha elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#00f;"> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Lok Sabha Term </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Indian<br />General election </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Seats<br />contested </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Seats<br />won </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Votes Polled </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">% of<br /> votes </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">State (seats) </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/13th_Lok_Sabha" title="13th Lok Sabha">13th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Indian_general_election" title="1999 Indian general election">1999</a> </td> <td>61 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>10,150,492 </td> <td>2.79 </td> <td>Bihar (7) </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-indiavotes.com_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiavotes.com-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Lok_Sabha" title="14th Lok Sabha">14th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election" title="2004 Indian general election">2004</a> </td> <td>42 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>9,384,147 </td> <td>2.4 </td> <td>Bihar (22) Jharkhand (2) <br /> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-indiavotes.com_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiavotes.com-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/15th_Lok_Sabha" title="15th Lok Sabha">15th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_General_Election,_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian General Election, 2009">2009</a> </td> <td>44 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>5,280,084 </td> <td>1.3 </td> <td>Bihar (4) <br /> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-indiavotes.com_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiavotes.com-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/16th_Lok_Sabha" title="16th Lok Sabha">16th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_General_Election,_2014" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian General Election, 2014">2014</a> </td> <td>30 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>7,442,313 </td> <td>1.4 </td> <td>Bihar (4)<br /> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-indiavotes.com_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiavotes.com-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha" title="17th Lok Sabha">17th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">2019</a> </td> <td>21 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>6,631,585 </td> <td>1.1 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-indiavotes.com_39-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiavotes.com-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha" title="18th Lok Sabha">18th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">2024</a> </td> <td>23 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1,01,07,402 </td> <td>1.57 </td> <td>Bihar (4) </td> <td> <p><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bihar_Vidhan_Sabha_(Lower_House)_Election"><span id="Bihar_Vidhan_Sabha_.28Lower_House.29_Election"></span>Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Lower House) Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Lower House) Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Vidhan Sabha Term </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Assembly Elections </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Seats Contested </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Seats Won </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">% of votes </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">% of votes <br />in seats contested </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Party Votes </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td>11th Vidhan Sabha </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">2000</a> </td> <td>293 </td> <td>124 </td> <td>28.34 </td> <td>31.28 </td> <td>10,500,361 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12th Vidhan Sabha </td> <td><a href="/wiki/February_2005_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">2005 February</a> </td> <td>210 </td> <td>71 </td> <td>25.07 </td> <td>28.35 </td> <td>6,140,223 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13th Vidhan Sabha </td> <td><a href="/wiki/October_2005_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">2005 October</a> </td> <td>175 </td> <td>54 </td> <td>23.45 </td> <td>32.63 </td> <td>5,525,081 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14th Vidhan Sabha </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">2010</a> </td> <td>168 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>18.84 </td> <td>27.31 </td> <td>5,475,656 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15th Vidhan Sabha </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">2015</a> </td> <td>101 </td> <td>80 </td> <td>18.4 </td> <td>44.35 </td> <td>6,995,509 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16th Vidhan Sabha </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">2020</a> </td> <td>144 </td> <td>75 </td> <td>23.11 </td> <td>38.96 </td> <td>9,738,855 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jharkhand_Vidhan_Sabha_Election">Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha Election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Vidhan Sabha Term </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Jharkhand Assembly Elections </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Seats Contested </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Seats Won </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">% of votes </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Party Votes </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td>2nd Vidhan Sabha </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election">2005</a> </td> <td>51 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>8.48 </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd Vidhan Sabha </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election">2009</a> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>5.03 </td> <td>517,324 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th Vidhan Sabha </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election">2014</a> </td> <td>19 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>3.13 </td> <td>133,815 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th Vidhan Sabha </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election">2019</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2.75 </td> <td>413,167 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_chief_ministers">List of chief ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: List of chief ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_ministers">Chief ministers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Chief ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">No. </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Name </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Term in office </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Party </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Assembly (Election) </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a> </td> <td>10 March 1990 </td> <td>28 March 1995 </td> <td>5 years, 18 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Assembly_Election,_1990" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihar Assembly Election, 1990">Tenth Assembly</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a> </td> <td>4 April 1995 </td> <td>25 July 1997 </td> <td>2 years, 112 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Assembly_Election,_1995" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihar Assembly Election, 1995">Eleventh Assembly</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rabri_Devi" title="Rabri Devi">Rabri Devi</a> </td> <td>25 July 1997 </td> <td>11 February 1999 </td> <td>1 year, 201 days </td> <td>Rashtriya Janata Dal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Assembly_Election,_1995" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihar Assembly Election, 1995">Eleventh Assembly</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rabri_Devi" title="Rabri Devi">Rabri Devi</a> </td> <td>9 March 1999 </td> <td>2 March 2000 </td> <td>359 days </td> <td>Rashtriya Janata Dal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Assembly_Election,_1995" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihar Assembly Election, 1995">Eleventh Assembly</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rabri_Devi" title="Rabri Devi">Rabri Devi</a> </td> <td>11 March 2000 </td> <td>6 March 2005 </td> <td>4 years, 360 days </td> <td>Rashtriya Janata Dal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Assembly_Election,_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihar Assembly Election, 2000">Twelfth Assembly</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_chief_ministers">Deputy chief ministers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Deputy chief ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">No. </th> <th style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Name </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Term in office </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#006400;color:white">Assembly (Election) </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tejashwi_Yadav" title="Tejashwi Yadav">Tejashwi Yadav</a> </td> <td>26 November 2015 </td> <td>26 July 2017 </td> <td>1 year, 244 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">17th Bihar Assembly</a> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>2. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tejashwi_Yadav" title="Tejashwi Yadav">Tejashwi Yadav</a> </td> <td>10 August 2022 </td> <td>28 January 2024 </td> <td>1 year, 171 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">18th Bihar Assembly</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_central_ministers">List of central ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: List of central ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#03A000;color:white">No. </th> <th style="background-color:#03A000;color:white">Photo </th> <th style="background-color:#03A000;color:white">Portfolio </th> <th style="background-color:#03A000;color:white">Name<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small> </th> <th style="background-color:#03A000;color:white">Assumed office </th> <th style="background-color:#03A000;color:white">Left office </th> <th style="background-color:#03A000;color:white">Duration </th> <th style="background-color:#03A000;color:white">Constituency<br /><small>(House)</small> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#03A000;color:white"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India"><span style="color:white">Prime Minister</span></a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_for_Railways,_Shri_Lalu_Prasad_addressing_the_Media_to_announce_a_policy_matter_in_New_Delhi_on_September_12,_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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<td rowspan="17"><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">2 </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/70px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/105px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/140px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Company_Affairs_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Company Affairs (India)">Minister of Company Affairs</a></b><br /><b>[<abbr title="Minister of State (Independent Charge)">MoS(I/C)</abbr>]</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Prem_Chand_Gupta" title="Prem Chand Gupta">Prem Chand Gupta</a></b><br /><small>(born 1950)</small> </td> <td>23 May 2004 </td> <td>29 Jan 2006 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002616000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 251 days </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>)</small> </td> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Company_Affairs_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Company Affairs (India)">Minister of Company Affairs</a></b> </td> <td>29 Jan 2006 </td> <td>9 May 2007 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002465000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 100 days </th> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Corporate Affairs (India)">Minister of Corporate Affairs</a></b> </td> <td>9 May 2007 </td> <td>22 May 2009 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002744000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 13 days </th> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Raghuvansh_Prasad_Singh_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Raghuvansh_Prasad_Singh_%281%29.jpg/70px-Raghuvansh_Prasad_Singh_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Raghuvansh_Prasad_Singh_%281%29.jpg/105px-Raghuvansh_Prasad_Singh_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Raghuvansh_Prasad_Singh_%281%29.jpg/140px-Raghuvansh_Prasad_Singh_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="957" data-file-height="1361" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Rural_Development_(India)" title="Ministry of Rural Development (India)">Minister of Rural Development</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Raghuvansh_Prasad_Singh" title="Raghuvansh Prasad Singh">Raghuvansh Prasad Singh</a></b><br /><small>(1946–2020)</small> </td> <td rowspan="3">23 May 2004 </td> <td rowspan="3">22 May 2009 </td> <th rowspan="3"><span data-sort-value="7003182500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 364 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Vaishali_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)">Vaishali</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>)</small> </td> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">4 </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution_and_Agriculture,_Dr._Akhilesh_Prasad_Singh_addressing_at_the_National_Productivity_Awards_Ceremony_for_the_Agriculture_Sector,_in_New_Delhi_on_May_24,_2007_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/The_Union_Minister_of_Consumer_Affairs%2C_Food_and_Public_Distribution_and_Agriculture%2C_Dr._Akhilesh_Prasad_Singh_addressing_at_the_National_Productivity_Awards_Ceremony_for_the_Agriculture_Sector%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_24%2C_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Akhilesh Prasad Singh">Akhilesh Prasad Singh</a></b><br /><small>(born 1962)</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Motihari_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency)">Motihari</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>)</small> </td> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution" title="Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution">Minister of Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution</a><br /></b>(<abbr title="Minister of State">MoS</abbr>)<b></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">5 </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jay_Prakash_Narayan_Yadav_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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May 2004 </td> <td>6 Nov 2005 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002532000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 167 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Monghyr_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Monghyr (Lok Sabha constituency)">Monghyr</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>)</small> </td> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 Oct 2006 </td> <td>22 May 2009 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002941000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 210 days </th> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4">6 </th> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kanti_Singh_in_2008_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Kanti_Singh_in_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Kanti_Singh_in_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="97" class="mw-file-element" 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constituency)">Arrah</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>)</small> </td> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Human_Resource_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Human Resource Development">Minister of Human Resource Development</a></b><br /><b>(<abbr title="Minister of State">MoS</abbr>)</b> </td> <td>23 May 2004 </td> <td>29 Jan 2006 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002616000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 251 days </th> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tourism_(India)" title="Ministry of Tourism (India)">Minister of Tourism</a></b><br /><b>(<abbr title="Minister of State">MoS</abbr>)</b> </td> <td rowspan="2">6 Apr 2008 </td> <td rowspan="2">22 May 2009 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002411000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 46 days </th> <td 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class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Human Resource Development">Minister of Human Resource Development</a></b><br /><b>(<abbr title="Minister of State">MoS</abbr>)</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Ali_Ashraf_Fatmi" title="Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi">Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi</a></b><br /><small>(born 1956)</small> </td> <td>23 May 2004 </td> <td>22 May 2009 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003182500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 364 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Darbhanga_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency)">Darbhanga</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>)</small> </td> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">8 </th> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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title="Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency)">Kishanganj</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>)</small> </td> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Agriculture (India)">Minister of Agriculture</a></b><br /><b>(<abbr title="Minister of State">MoS</abbr>)</b> </td> <td rowspan="2">25 May 2004 </td> <td rowspan="2">22 May 2009 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003182300000000000♠"></span>4 years, 362 days </th> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution" title="Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution">Minister of Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution</a></b><br /><b>(<abbr title="Minister of State">MoS</abbr>)</b> </td> <td style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prominent_members">Prominent members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Prominent members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raghuvansh_Prasad_Singh" title="Raghuvansh Prasad Singh">Raghuvansh Prasad Singh</a>, close aide of <a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a>, <a href="/wiki/RJD" class="mw-redirect" title="RJD">RJD</a> Co-founder and Union Minister for Rural Development.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Jha" title="Raghunath Jha">Raghunath Jha</a>, close aide of <a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a>, <a href="/wiki/RJD" class="mw-redirect" title="RJD">RJD</a> Co-founder and Union Minister. Responsible for start of Lalu Raj in Bihar.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Md_Ali_Ashraf_Fatmi" class="mw-redirect" title="Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi">Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi</a>, close aide of <a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a>, <a href="/wiki/RJD" class="mw-redirect" title="RJD">RJD</a> Co-founder and ex- Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Four time member of parliament.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Bari_Siddiqui" title="Abdul Bari Siddiqui">Abdul Bari Siddiqui</a>, close associate of <a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a> former Leader of <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_Opposition" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of Opposition">Leader of Opposition</a> following the <a href="/wiki/2010_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election">2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election</a> until the split between <a href="/wiki/JD(U)" class="mw-redirect" title="JD(U)">JD(U)</a> and <a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a> and former Finance Minister Govt. of Bihar. Former Bihar <a href="/wiki/RJD" class="mw-redirect" title="RJD">RJD</a> President.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alok_Kumar_Mehta" title="Alok Kumar Mehta">Alok Kumar Mehta</a>, National General Secretary of Rashtriya Janata Dal.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shahabuddin" title="Mohammad Shahabuddin">Mohammad Shahabuddin</a> He was a former <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Siwan_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency)">Siwan constituency</a> in the state of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> former National Vice President and a former member of the National Executive Committee of the <a href="/wiki/RJD" class="mw-redirect" title="RJD">RJD</a>,close associate of Lalu Prasad Yadav.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Kumar_Mani" title="Prem Kumar Mani">Prem Kumar Mani</a>, Vice President and Strategist of <a href="/wiki/RJD" class="mw-redirect" title="RJD">RJD</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagada_Nand_Singh" title="Jagada Nand Singh">Jagada Nand Singh</a>, State President of RJD for Bihar.<sup id="cite_ref-Kumar_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kumar-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Dr Tanweer Hassan, Senior Vice President <a href="/wiki/RJD" class="mw-redirect" title="RJD">RJD</a> Bihar, Former Member Bihar Legislative Council.</li> <li>Shivchandra Ram, former Member of legislative Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Chandra_Purve" title="Ram Chandra Purve">Ram Chandra Purve</a> is a member of the Bihar Legislative Council. Former state president of <a href="/wiki/RJD" class="mw-redirect" title="RJD">RJD</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Prakash_Narayan_Yadav" title="Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav">Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav</a> General Secretary, <a href="/wiki/RJD" class="mw-redirect" title="RJD">RJD</a>. Former Cabinet Minister Bihar Govt. Former Union Minister, MP.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarfaraz_Alam" title="Sarfaraz Alam">Sarfaraz Alam</a> Former Minister Bihar Govt. Former MP <a href="/wiki/Araria_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Araria (Lok Sabha constituency)">Araria</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Jha" class="mw-redirect" title="Manoj Jha">Manoj Jha</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> and National Spokesperson of <a href="/wiki/RJD" class="mw-redirect" title="RJD">RJD</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Chand_Gupta" title="Prem Chand Gupta">Prem Chand Gupta</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> and former cabinet minister in Ministry of Company Affairs of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> in <a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry">First Manmohan Singh ministry</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Ashfaque_Karim" title="Ahmad Ashfaque Karim">Ahmad Ashfaque Karim</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surendra_Prasad_Yadav" title="Surendra Prasad Yadav">Surendra Prasad Yadav</a> senior <a href="/wiki/RJD" class="mw-redirect" title="RJD">RJD</a> leader and Member of <a href="/wiki/Bihar_Legislative_Assembly" title="Bihar Legislative Assembly">Bihar Legislative Assembly</a> from <a href="/wiki/Belaganj_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Belaganj</a>.Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._P._Mohanan" title="K. P. Mohanan">K. P. Mohanan</a>, Party head <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Legislative_Assembly" title="Kerala Legislative Assembly">Kerala Legislative Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rashtriya_Janata_Dal&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Party_(India)" title="National People's Party (India)">National People's Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AJSU_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="AJSU Party">AJSU Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Forward_Bloc" title="All India Forward Bloc">All India Forward Bloc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Majlis-e-Ittehadul_Muslimeen" title="All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen">All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_N.R._Congress" title="All India N.R. Congress">All India N.R. Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_United_Democratic_Front" title="All India United Democratic Front">All India United Democratic Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apna_Dal_(Soneylal)" title="Apna Dal (Soneylal)">Apna Dal (Soneylal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asom_Gana_Parishad" title="Asom Gana Parishad">Asom Gana Parishad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Rashtra_Samithi" title="Bharat Rashtra Samithi">Bharat Rashtra Samithi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal">Biju Janata Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodoland_People%27s_Front" title="Bodoland People's Front">Bodoland People's Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goa_Forward_Party" title="Goa Forward Party">Goa Forward Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_State_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Hill State People's Democratic Party">Hill State People's Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Lok_Dal" title="Indian National Lok Dal">Indian National Lok Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_People%27s_Front_of_Tripura" title="Indigenous People's Front of Tripura">Indigenous People's Front of Tripura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_National_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Jammu and Kashmir National Conference">Jammu and Kashmir National Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party">Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janasena_Party" title="Janasena Party">Janasena Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal (Secular)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jannayak_Janta_Party" title="Jannayak Janta Party">Jannayak Janta Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janta_Congress_Chhattisgarh" title="Janta Congress Chhattisgarh">Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Mukti_Morcha" title="Jharkhand Mukti Morcha">Jharkhand Mukti Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">Kerala Congress (M)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lok_Janshakti_Party_(Ram_Vilas)" title="Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)">Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Navnirman_Sena" title="Maharashtra Navnirman Sena">Maharashtra Navnirman Sena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtrawadi_Gomantak_Party" title="Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party">Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_National_Front" title="Mizo National Front">Mizo National Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naam_Tamilar_Katchi" title="Naam Tamilar Katchi">Naam Tamilar Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naga_People%27s_Front" title="Naga People's Front">Naga People's Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party" title="Nationalist Congress Party">Nationalist Congress Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party_%E2%80%93_Sharadchandra_Pawar" title="Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar">Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party">Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_of_Arunachal" title="People's Party of Arunachal">People's Party of Arunachal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Front_(Meghalaya)" title="People's Democratic Front (Meghalaya)">People's Democratic Front</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rashtriya Janata Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Janshakti_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party">Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Samta_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Samta Party">Rashtriya Lok Samta Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Loktantrik_Party" title="Rashtriya Loktantrik Party">Rashtriya Loktantrik Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Goans_Party" title="Revolutionary Goans Party">Revolutionary Goans Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">Revolutionary Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal" title="Shiromani Akali Dal">Shiromani Akali Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena" title="Shiv Sena">Shiv Sena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena_(UBT)" title="Shiv Sena (UBT)">Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Democratic_Front" title="Sikkim Democratic Front">Sikkim Democratic Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Krantikari_Morcha" title="Sikkim Krantikari Morcha">Sikkim Krantikari Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipra_Motha_Party" title="Tipra Motha Party">Tipra Motha Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Party_(Meghalaya)" title="United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)">United Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Party,_Liberal" title="United People's Party, Liberal">United People's Party, Liberal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voice_of_the_People_Party_(Meghalaya)" title="Voice of the People Party (Meghalaya)">Voice of the People Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viduthalai_Chiruthaigal_Katchi" title="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi">Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuvajana_Sramika_Rythu_Congress_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party">Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoram_Nationalist_Party" title="Zoram Nationalist Party">Zoram Nationalist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoram_People%27s_Movement" title="Zoram People's Movement">Zoram People's Movement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unrecognized<br />parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahila_India_Naadalum_Makkal_Katchi" title="Ahila India Naadalum Makkal Katchi">Ahila India Naadalum Makkal Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Rajakulathor_Peravai" title="All India Rajakulathor Peravai">All India Rajakulathor Peravai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambedkarite_Party_of_India" title="Ambedkarite Party of India">Ambedkarite Party of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amma_Makkal_Munnettra_Kazagam" class="mw-redirect" title="Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam">Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gana_Suraksha_Party" title="Gana Suraksha Party">Gana Suraksha Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Unity_Centre_of_India_(Communist)" title="Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)">Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apna_Dal_(Kamerawadi)" title="Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)">Apna Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azad_Samaj_Party_(Kanshi_Ram)" title="Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)">Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Mukti_Party" title="Bahujan Mukti Party">Bahujan Mukti Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharipa_Bahujan_Mahasangh" title="Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh">Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Tribal_Party" title="Bharatiya Tribal Party">Bharatiya Tribal Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Marxist_Party" title="Communist Marxist Party">Communist Marxist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_(Secular)" title="Congress (Secular)">Congress (Secular)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Azad_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Azad Party">Democratic Azad Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Socialist_Party_(Prabodh_Chandra)" title="Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)">Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desiya_Makkal_Sakthi_Katchi" title="Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi">Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goa_Vikas_Party" title="Goa Vikas Party">Goa Vikas Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gondwana_Ganatantra_Party" title="Gondwana Ganatantra Party">Gondwana Ganatantra Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorkha_Janmukti_Morcha" title="Gorkha Janmukti Morcha">Gorkha Janmukti Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamro_Sikkim_Party" title="Hamro Sikkim Party">Hamro Sikkim Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Janta_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindustan Janta Party">Hindustan Janta Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindustani_Awam_Morcha" title="Hindustani Awam Morcha">Hindustani Awam Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikkjutt_Jammu" title="Ikkjutt Jammu">Ikkjutt Jammu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indhiya_Jananayaga_Katchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi">Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_League" title="Indian National League">Indian National League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Apni_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party">Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_People%27s_Conference" title="Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference">Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Workers_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party">Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Adhikar_Party_(Loktantrik)" title="Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)">Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jannayak_Janta_Party" title="Jannayak Janta Party">Jannayak Janta Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jansatta_Dal_(Loktantrik)" title="Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)">Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jebamani_Janata" class="mw-redirect" title="Jebamani Janata">Jebamani Janata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Party" title="Jharkhand Party">Jharkhand Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Pragnyavantha_Janatha_Party" title="Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party">Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khun_Hynniewtrep_National_Awakening_Movement" title="Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement">Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(B)" title="Kerala Congress (B)">Kerala Congress (Balakrishna Pillai)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Jacob)" title="Kerala Congress (Jacob)">Kerala Congress (Jacob)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Thomas)" title="Kerala Congress (Thomas)">Kerala Congress (Thomas)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kongunadu_Makkal_Desia_Katchi" title="Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi">Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lok_Insaaf_Party" title="Lok Insaaf Party">Lok Insaaf Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loktantrik_Janata_Dal" title="Loktantrik Janata Dal">Loktantrik Janata Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahan_Dal" title="Mahan Dal">Mahan Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makkal_Needhi_Maiam" title="Makkal Needhi Maiam">Makkal Needhi Maiam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marumalarchi_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marxist_Co-ordination_Committee" title="Marxist Co-ordination Committee">Marxist Co-ordination Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Secular_Conference" title="National Secular Conference">National Secular Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NISHAD_Party" title="NISHAD Party">NISHAD Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puratchi_Bharatham_Katchi" title="Puratchi Bharatham Katchi">Puratchi Bharatham Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthiya_Needhi_Katchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Puthiya Needhi Katchi">Puthiya Needhi Katchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthiya_Tamilagam" title="Puthiya Tamilagam">Puthiya Tamilagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raijor_Dal" title="Raijor Dal">Raijor Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Morcha" title="Rashtriya Lok Morcha">Rashtriya Lok Morcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Samaj_Paksha" title="Rashtriya Samaj Paksha">Rashtriya Samaj Paksha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_India_(Athawale)" title="Republican Party of India (Athawale)">Republican Party of India (Athawale)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_of_Kerala_(Bolshevik)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party of Kerala (Bolshevik)">Revolutionary Socialist Party of Kerala (Bolshevik)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(Leninist)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)">Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sangram" title="Shiv Sangram">Shiv Sangram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal_(Democratic)" title="Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic)">Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_National_People%27s_Party" title="Sikkim National People's Party">Sikkim National People's Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_India" title="Social Democratic Party of India">Social Democratic Party of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Unity_Centre_of_India_(Communist)" title="Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)">Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suheldev_Bharatiya_Samaj_Party" title="Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party">Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swabhimani_Paksha" title="Swabhimani Paksha">Swabhimani Paksha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swatantra_Bharat_Paksh" title="Swatantra Bharat Paksh">Swatantra Bharat Paksh</a></li> <li><a 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Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanchit_Bahujan_Aaghadi" title="Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi">Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikassheel_Insaan_Party" title="Vikassheel Insaan Party">Vikassheel Insaan Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welfare_Party_of_India" title="Welfare Party of India">Welfare Party of India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Janata_Parivar_parties" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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