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The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The party's support base has traditionally been Other Backward Classes , Dalits and Muslims and it is considered a political champion of the lower castes . [ 8 ]
In May 2012, Lalu Prasad Yadav envisaged Hamid Ansari, previous vice-president, as a presidential candidate. [60] In May 2013, Lalu Yadav tried to rejuvenate the party and fuel the party workers in his Parivartan Rally. [61] After the conviction in Fodder Scam on 3 October 2013, Yadav was disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha.
Expelled RJD MP Pappu Yadav created the Jan Adhikar Party before the election and announced to fight against the Lalu-Nitish alliance. [ 228 ] [ 229 ] Yogendra Yadav has announced that Swaraj Abhiyan may extend its support to certain political parties, however it was not clear which one.
The 11th Bihar Legislative Assembly elections were held in March 1995, to elect the 324 members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Janata Dal got a decisive victory in the state; political manoeuvre ensured Lalu Prasad Yadav's victory in the chief ministership. [1]
Lalu Prasad Yadav won this seat twice, his wife Rabri Devi won it thrice, and they both served as Chief Minister while representing this seat. Their son Tejashwi Yadav has also won it twice (2015, 2020) and been Deputy CM and Leader of Opposition while holding it. Rabri Devi has also lost from this seat once, in 2010 from Satish Kumar .
Lalu Prasad Yadav became Chief Minister after narrowly winning the leadership contest of the legislative party against Ram Sundar Das, a former chief minister from the Janata Party and close to eminent Janata Party leaders Chandrashekhar and S.N. Sinha. Later, Yadav gained mass popularity with a series of populist measures.
Akhilesh Yadav: 1992 State Party in Uttar Pradesh Rashtriya Janata Dal: Lalu Prasad Yadav: 1997 State Party in Bihar Non-NDA/I.N.D.I.A. parties Biju Janata Dal: Naveen Patnaik: 1997 State Party in Odisha Indian National Lok Dal: Om Prakash Chautala: 1996 Unrecognised Party Jannayak Janta Party: Ajay Singh Chautala: 2018 Split from Indian ...
In Bihar the RJD leader Laloo Prasad Yadav, husband of the Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, was able to assemble a broad coalition of anti-NDA parties.It included RJD, Congress, Lok Janshakti, NCP and CPI(M).