Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)"),abbreviated as JD(U),is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar,Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur and is a part of government in Bihar. JD(U) heads the government in Bihar and has remained the second largest party in Manipur. JD(U) won 16 seats in the 2019 Indian general election,making it the seventh largest party in the Lok Sabha.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal is an Indian political party,based in the states of Bihar,Jharkhand. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Alok Kumar Mehta is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. He is a founder member of Rashtriya Janata Dal and has served as Principal General Secretary of the party. Mehta is said to be political mentor of Tejashwi Yadav.
Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament representing Munger in the 17th Lok Sabha from Janata Dal (United). He is National party president of JDU. He was also the former JD(U) Bihar unit President.
Karpoori Thakur was an Indian politician from the Bihar state. He was popularly known as Jan Nayak. He served as the Chief Minister of Bihar from December 1970 to June 1971,and from December 1977 to April 1979.
Ram Sundar Das was an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Bihar state. He was a two-time Member of Parliament from Hajipur constituency.
Dr. Abdul Ghafoor: was an Indian politician who served as Minister of Minority Welfare in government of Bihar from 20 November 2015 to 26 July 2017. He served as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly representing Mahishi vidhan sabha for 4 terms in 1995,2000,2010 and 2015. His political party was Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD).
Mahabali Singh Kushwaha(born 20 April 1955) is an Indian politician belonging to Bhabua,Kaimur district,Bihar. He was a member of the Indian Parliament,representing Karakat.
Vijay Kumar Chaudhary is an Indian politician. He has been a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly since 1982,and is currently serving as the Cabinet Minister for Finance,Commercial Taxes and Parliamentary Affairs ministries in the Government of Bihar.
Chhedi Paswan is a former member of 16th Lok Sabha and a former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. He represents the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2014. At various points,he has been with Janata Party,then its Charan Singh faction,then the reunited Janata Dal,Bahujan Samaj Party,Nationalist Congress Party,Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD and Nitish Kumar's JD(U).
Santosh Kumar is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament representing the Purnia constituency in Bihar. He was first elected in the 2014 Indian general election,having run as the Janata Dal (United) candidate in the constituency. In 2010 he was also elected as Member of Legislative assembly of the Baisi of Purnea district as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. One month before 2014 lok sabha election he joined JD(U) as he was nominated as the party candidate for Lok Sabha election for Purnea constituency.
Renu Kushawaha,an Indian politician,is a leader of Lok Janshakti Party and a former state minister of Bihar. She hails from Khagaria. She has been associated with several political parties in past,right from Samata Party and Janata Dal (United) to Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2015,she contested from Samastipur Assembly seat on a BJP ticket where she lost to RJD candidate.
Neeraj Kumar Singh alias Bablu is an Indian politician who is serving as a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Chhatapur representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. He became Minister of Environment and Forest in Seventh Nitish Kumar ministry on February 9,2021.
Jai Kumar Singh is an Indian politician from Rohtas district of Bihar,India. He served as Minister of Department of Science and Technology,Bihar and is Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly representing Dinara vidhan sabha constituency since 2005.
Kapil Deo Kamat was an Indian politician from Madhubani district of Bihar,India. He was serving as Minister of Panchayati Raj Department,Government of Bihar. He was a Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly representing Babubarhi.
Samrat Choudhary alias Rakesh Kumar is an Indian politician and Member of Bihar Legislative Council from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been the party president of BJP Bihar unit from March 2023. He has also remained Member of Legislative Assembly and a minister in Government of Bihar in Rashtriya Janata Dal government. Chaudhary has been a former Vice President of BJP for the state of Bihar and currently elected for the second term as MLC in 2020 after his first term ended in 2019. In 2014 Samrat planned a split in Rashtriya Janata Dal by defecting thirteen MLAs as splinter group of the party. He later joined BJP. In 2022,he was selected as the Leader of Opposition in Bihar Legislative Council.
Mewalal Chaudhary was a leader of Janata Dal (United) and a minister for a brief period of time in the Nitish Kumar cabinet. He was elected from the Tarapur assembly to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 2020. He was a minister in charge of Education in the 2020 Bihar Government but had to resign just three days after his appointment amidst row over his alleged involvement in a corruption case for which he was booked earlier.
Kumar Sarvjeet is an Indian Politician who is currently serving as Minister of Tourism,Bihar,and as the Member of The Bihar Legislative Assembly from Bodh Gaya. He is the son of Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha Late Rajesh Kumar. He is also a Social Worker along with the member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal,the largest political party in the state of Bihar,India. He was elected twice as the representative of the Bodh Gaya and broke the record of 63 years. He belongs to Dalit Community names Paswan commonly known as Dusadh a Backward Caste. He entered politics after the murder of his father Rajesh Kumar Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from Gaya.
Suresh Kumar Sharma is an Indian politician associated with Bharatiya Janata Party who served as the Minister of Urban Development &Housing in Sixth Nitish Kumar ministry. He lost 2020 election from Muzaffarpur against Bijendra Chaudhary of Indian National Congress.
Gyanendra Kumar Singh,also known as Gyanu,is an Indian politician,currently a member of BJP and four time Member Of Legislative Assembly from Barh. The first two elections he won as a Janata Dal (United) candidate and the last two as BJP candidate.
