Rashtriya Janata Dal

Rashtriya Janata Dal

The Rashtriya Janata Dal is an Indian political party, based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. In 2008, RJD received the status of recognized national level party following its performance in north-eastern states.

About Rashtriya Janata Dal in brief

Summary Rashtriya Janata DalThe Rashtriya Janata Dal is an Indian political party, based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The mass base of the party has traditionally been backward classes and the party is considered as champion of cause of lower caste politics. In 2008, RJD received the status of recognized national level party following its performance in north-eastern states. RJD was derecognised as a national party on 30 July 2010.

In 2014 Indian general election RJD came back to UPA and contested election in alliance with Indian National Congress and Nationalist Congress Party in Bihar. In November 2015, R JD won the elections as party became the single largest party with 80 followed by Janatadal with 71 seats, BJP with 53 seats and Congress with 27 seats. In July 2017, following the corruption cases against Tejjashwi Yadav, Nitish Kumar resigned from the cabinet.