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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	~~{{Portal\|India}}~~
	*[[Tejashwi Yadav]]		*[[Tejashwi Yadav]]
	*[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]		*[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]

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	\|alliance = [[United Progressive Alliance]]~~<br />~~(~~2004—2009, 2014—present~~)~~<br/>~~[[Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)]]~~<br />~~(~~2015—present~~)		\|alliance = [[United Progressive Alliance]] (2004-2021)
	\|ideology = [[Socialism]]<ref name="LS2014">{{cite web\|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]\|title=Lok Sabha Elections 2014: Know your party symbols!\|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-lok-sabha-elections-2014-know-your-party-symbols-1974606\|date=10 April 2014}}</ref><br />[[Secularism]]<ref name="LS2014"/><br />[[Progressivism]]<ref name="LS2014"/>		[[Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)]] (2015-2021)
			\|ideology = [[Socialism]]
	\|position = [[Centre-Left]]		\|position = [[Centre-Left]]
	\|electoral_symbol = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png\|100px]]		\|electoral_symbol = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png\|100px]]
	\|headquarters = 13, V. P. House, Rafi Marg, [[New Delhi]], [[India]]-110001		\|headquarters = 13, V. P. House, Rafi Marg, [[New Delhi]], [[India]]-110001
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	}}		\|students=Chatra Janshakti Parishad\|youth=Yuva Rashtriya Janata Dal\|women=Mahila Rashtriya Janata Dal\|leader=*[[Tejashwi Yadav]]
			*[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]}}

	The '''Rashtriya Janata Dal''' ({{small\|abbreviated as}} '''RJD'''; [[translation]]: ''National People's Party'') is an ~~[[India]]n~~ political party, based in the ~~state~~ of [[Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]]. The party was founded in 1997 by [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi~~/world~~/south_asia/3514292.stm ~~BBC]~~</ref><ref name=RediffDOB>{{cite news \| url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/slide-show-1-lalu-prasad-yadav-the-shrewd-politicians-highs-and-lows/20130930.htm \| title=Lalu Prasad Yadav: The shrewd politician's highs and lows \| date=30 September 2013 \| publisher=Rediff \| access-date=16 July 2018 }}</ref>		<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Babu\|first=Makhan\|last2=Kirmani\|first2=Altaf\|last3=Ramzan\|first3=Altaf\|last4=Bhat\|first4=Abdul\|last5=Alam\|first5=Syed\|last6=Ahmad\|first6=Altaf\|last7=Baba\|first7=Khalil\|last8=Wani\|first8=Abrar\|date=2015-07-30\|title=Giant cell tumor of axis: A rare entity\|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1557399\|journal=Journal of Pediatric Neurology\|volume=05\|issue=04\|pages=351–354\|doi=10.1055/s-0035-1557399\|issn=1304-2580\|via=A}}</ref> The '''Rashtriya Janata Dal''' ({{small\|abbreviated as}} '''RJD'''; [[translation]]: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian sociaist political party, based in the states of [[Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]]. The party was founded in 1997 by [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]].<ref>{{Cite news\|date=2006-12-18\|title=Profile: Laloo Prasad Yadav\|language=en-GB\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3514292.stm\|access-date=2021-10-11}}</ref><ref name=RediffDOB>{{cite news \| url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/slide-show-1-lalu-prasad-yadav-the-shrewd-politicians-highs-and-lows/20130930.htm \| title=Lalu Prasad Yadav: The shrewd politician's highs and lows \| date=30 September 2013 \| publisher=Rediff \| access-date=16 July 2018 }}</ref>

	The mass base of the party has traditionally been ~~OBCs~~, Dalits and Muslims and the party is considered as champion of cause of lower caste politics.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo16552144.html\|title=Democracy against Development}}</ref> In 2008, RJD received the status of recognized national level party following its performance in north-eastern states.<ref>~~[http~~://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/RJD_gets_national_tag/rssarticleshow/3161803.cms ~~National level party]~~</ref> RJD was derecognised as a national party on 30 July 2010.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/RJD-derecognised-as-national-party/article16217075.ece\|title=RJD-derecognised-as-national-party\|first=J.\|last=Balaji\|website =[[The Hindu]]\|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref>		The mass base of the party has traditionally been [[Other Backward Class]], Dalits and Muslims and the party is considered as champion of cause of lower caste politics.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo16552144.html\|title=Democracy against Development}}</ref> In 2008, RJD received the status of recognized national level party following its performance in north-eastern states.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=RJD gets 'national' tag - India - The Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/RJD_gets_national_tag/rssarticleshow/3161803.cms\|access-date=2021-10-11\|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref> RJD was derecognised as a national party on 30 July 2010.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/RJD-derecognised-as-national-party/article16217075.ece\|title=RJD-derecognised-as-national-party\|first=J.\|last=Balaji\|website =[[The Hindu]]\|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
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	In the March 1998 national elections, RJD won 17 [[Lok Sabha]] seats from [[Bihar]] but failed to make significant headway in any other state. Later that year, the party formed an alliance with [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]'s [[Samajwadi Party]] as an anti-[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] secular coalition but the coalition failed in garnering any widespread support.		In the March 1998 national elections, RJD won 17 [[Lok Sabha]] seats from [[Bihar]] but failed to make significant headway in any other state. Later that year, the party formed an alliance with [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]'s [[Samajwadi Party]] as an anti-[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] secular coalition but the coalition failed in garnering any widespread support.

	===In UPA===		===In UPA===

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	In November 2015, RJD won the elections as party became the single largest party with 80 followed by [[Janata Dal (United)]] with 71 seats, [[BJP]] 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 [[Nitish Kumar]] became the [[Chief Ministers of Bihar\|Chief Minister]] and Lalu's son [[Tejashwi Yadav]] became the [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar\|Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar]].		In November 2015, RJD won the elections as party became the single largest party with 80 followed by [[Janata Dal (United)]] with 71 seats, [[BJP]] 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 [[Nitish Kumar]] became the [[Chief Ministers of Bihar\|Chief Minister]] and Lalu's son [[Tejashwi Yadav]] became the [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar\|Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar]].

	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, Nitish Kumar resigned on 26 July 2017, ending RJD's stake in Bihar government.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/nitish-kumar-resigns-as-bihar-chief-minister-tejashwi-yadav-lalu-yadav-grand-alliance-jdu-meeting-governor-4768045/\|title=Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar Chief Minister, says had become 'difficult for me to work'\|date=26 July 2017\|work=The Indian Express\|access-date=26 July 2017\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/nitish-kumar-resigns-as-bihar-cm/article19364717.ece\|title=Live updates: Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar CM; Modi welcomes decision\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=26 July 2017\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thequint.com/politics/2017/07/26/nitish-kumar-lalu-tejashwi-yadav-rift\|title=Live {{!}} PM Modi Backs Nitish on 'Joining Fight Against Corruption'\|work=The Quint\|access-date=26 July 2017\|language=en}}</ref>		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, Nitish Kumar 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 Chief Minister again whereas Sushil Modi, a prominent BJP leader became the Deputy Chief Minister.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/nitish-kumar-resigns-as-bihar-chief-minister-tejashwi-yadav-lalu-yadav-grand-alliance-jdu-meeting-governor-4768045/\|title=Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar Chief Minister, says had become 'difficult for me to work'\|date=26 July 2017\|work=The Indian Express\|access-date=26 July 2017\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/nitish-kumar-resigns-as-bihar-cm/article19364717.ece\|title=Live updates: Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar CM; Modi welcomes decision\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=26 July 2017\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thequint.com/politics/2017/07/26/nitish-kumar-lalu-tejashwi-yadav-rift\|title=Live {{!}} PM Modi Backs Nitish on 'Joining Fight Against Corruption'\|work=The Quint\|access-date=26 July 2017\|language=en}}</ref>

	{{~~Portal~~\|~~India~~}}		Alliance between [[Indian National Congress]] and Rjd has factioned in October 2021.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Bihar Bypolls 2021 : बिहार में महागठबंधन टूटा? कांग्रेस ने उपचुनाव में राजद के खिलाफ इन दिग्गजों को मैदान में उतारा\|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/bihar/patna/bihar-bypolls-2021-mahagathbandhan-broken-in-bihar-congress-declares-candidates-for-bihar-by-elections/articleshow/86782626.cms\|access-date=2021-10-11\|website=Navbharat Times\|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=खुल गई महागठबंधन की गांठ? बिहार उपचुनाव से पहले राजद-कांग्रेस में फूट की खबरों पर तेजस्वी यादव ने दी सफाई\|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/story-rift-in-mahagathbandhan-tejashwi-yadav-clarified-on-reports-of-split-in-rjd-congress-ahead-of-bihar-bypolls-4744921.html\|access-date=2021-10-11\|website=Hindustan\|language=hi}}</ref> When Tejashwi given tickets to candidates in Bihar By-elections,<ref>{{Cite web\|last=श्री\|first=निधि\|title=Bihar News: उप चुनाव के लिए तारापुर और कुशेश्वरस्थान से NDA ने घोषित किया उम्मीदवार\|url=https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/bihar-news-nda-announces-candidates-for-by-elections-from-tarapur-and-kusheshwarsthan-bihar-ann-1976279\|access-date=2021-10-11\|website=ABP News\|language=hi}}</ref> where Congress was fixed to stand candidates.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=बिहार: महागठबंधन में दरार! कांग्रेस ने उप चुनाव में RJD के खिलाफ उतारे उम्मीदवार\|url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/bihar/story/bihar-mahagathbandhan-breaks-in-by-polls-congress-fields-candidates-against-rjd-ntc-1337095-2021-10-05\|access-date=2021-10-11\|website=आज तक\|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Bihar News: बिहार उप-चुनाव की 2 सीटों पर लड़ेगी राजद? तेजस्वी यादव ने दिया ये जवाब\|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/bihar/patna/bihar-news-will-rjd-fight-on-2-seats-of-bihar-by-election-tejashwi-yadav-gave-this-answer/videoshow/86397914.cms\|access-date=2021-10-11\|website=Navbharat Times\|language=hi}}</ref>

	==Electoral performance==		==Electoral performance==
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	\|Bihar (22) Jharkhand (2) <br/>		\|Bihar (22) Jharkhand (2) <br/>
	\|<ref name="indiavotes.com">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/party/info/461/17/0\|title= PC: Party ~~{{sic\|pefo\|rmance\|nolink=y}}~~ over elections - Rashtriya Janata Dal}}</ref>		\|<ref name="indiavotes.com">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/party/info/461/17/0\|title= PC: Party performance over elections - Rashtriya Janata Dal}}</ref>
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	===Leader of Opposition===		===Leader of Opposition===
	* [[Tejashwi Yadav]]		* [[Tejashwi Yadav]]
	** 26 July 2017 - Present		** 26 July 2017 – Present

	==Prominent members==		==Prominent members==
	*[[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]], close aide of [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]], [[RJD]] Co-founder and Union Minister for Rural ~~Developement~~.		*[[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]], close aide of [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]], [[RJD]] Co-founder and Union Minister for Rural Development.
			*[[Raghunath Jha]], close aide of [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]], [[RJD]] Co-founder and Union Minister. Responsible for start of Lalu Raj in Bihar.
	*[[Abdul Bari Siddiqui]], close associate of [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] former Leader of [[Leader of Opposition]] following the [[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] until the split between [[JD(U)]] and [[BJP]] and former Finance Minister Govt. of Bihar. Former Bihar [[RJD]] President.		*[[Abdul Bari Siddiqui]], close associate of [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] former Leader of [[Leader of Opposition]] following the [[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] until the split between [[JD(U)]] and [[BJP]] and former Finance Minister Govt. of Bihar. Former Bihar [[RJD]] President.
	*[[Alok Kumar Mehta]], National General Secretary of Rashtriya Janata Dal.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=397452\|title=Rashtriya Janata Dal expels 3 MLAs for anti-party activities\|website=Newsonair.com\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914193158/http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=397452\|access-date=14 September 2020\|archive-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>		*[[Alok Kumar Mehta]], National General Secretary of Rashtriya Janata Dal.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=397452\|title=Rashtriya Janata Dal expels 3 MLAs for anti-party activities\|website=Newsonair.com\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914193158/http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=397452\|access-date=14 September 2020\|archive-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
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	\|24 May 2004		\|24 May 2004
	\|24 May 2009		\|24 May 2009
	\|[[Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises (India)\|Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises ]]		\|[[Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises (India)\|Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises]]
	\|[[Manmohan Singh]]		\|[[Manmohan Singh]]
	\|}		\|}

	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[~~Rashtriya Lok Samata Party~~]]		{{Portal\|India}}
			*[[Tejashwi Yadav]]
			*[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]

	==External links==		==External links==

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The '''Rashtriya Janata Dal''' ({{small|abbreviated as}} '''RJD'''; [[translation]]: ''National People's Party'') is an [[India]]n political party, based in the state of [[Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]]. The party was founded in 1997 by [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3514292.stm BBC]</ref><ref name=RediffDOB>{{cite news | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/slide-show-1-lalu-prasad-yadav-the-shrewd-politicians-highs-and-lows/20130930.htm | title=Lalu Prasad Yadav: The shrewd politician's highs and lows | date=30 September 2013 | publisher=Rediff | access-date=16 July 2018 }}</ref>

The mass base of the party has traditionally been OBCs, Dalits and Muslims and the party is considered as champion of cause of lower caste politics.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo16552144.html|title=Democracy against Development}}</ref> In 2008, RJD received the status of recognized national level party following its performance in north-eastern states.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/RJD_gets_national_tag/rssarticleshow/3161803.cms National level party]</ref> RJD was derecognised as a national party on 30 July 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/RJD-derecognised-as-national-party/article16217075.ece|title=RJD-derecognised-as-national-party|first=J.|last=Balaji|website =[[The Hindu]]|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref>

==History==
===Formation===

[[File:Mahilarjd.JPG|thumb|right|RJD Women's wing office in [[Delhi]]]]
On 5 July 1997, [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]], [[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]], [[Mohammad Shahabuddin]], [[Abdul Bari Siddiqui]], [[Kanti Singh]], [[Mohammed Taslimuddin]] along with seventeen [[Lok Sabha]] MPs and eight [[Rajya Sabha]] MPs along with supporters gathered at [[New Delhi]] formed the new political party, ''Rashtriya Janata Dal''. It was formed as breakaway of [[Janata Dal]]. Lalu Prasad was elected as the first president of RJD. It is a centre-left party.

In the March 1998 national elections, RJD won 17 [[Lok Sabha]] seats from [[Bihar]] but failed to make significant headway in any other state. Later that year, the party formed an alliance with [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]'s [[Samajwadi Party]] as an anti-[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] secular coalition but the coalition failed in garnering any widespread support.
===In UPA===

In the October 1999 elections, RJD fought the election in alliance with [[Indian National Congress]] but lost 10 Lok Sabha seats including the seat of [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]].

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 [[Indian National Congress]]. It was a part of [[Indian National Congress]] led [[United Progressive Alliance]] from 2004 to May 2009, wherein Lalu Yadav held the position of the [[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]].

In February 2005 [[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Legislative Assembly]] 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.

In [[2009 Indian general election]], the RJD broke its alliance from [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] when seat sharing talks failed. RJD formed its alliance with [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]'s [[Lok Janshakti Party]] and [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]'s [[Samajwadi Party]] 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 [[Samajwadi Party]].

In [[2014 Indian general election]] RJD came back to [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] and contested election in alliance with [[Indian National Congress]] and [[Nationalist Congress Party]] 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.<ref name=ecir14>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519040751/http://www.eciresults.ap.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm |archive-date=19 May 2014 |url=http://www.eciresults.ap.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm |title=Lok sabha election 2019- In comparison to different media channels the Exit polls are in favour of modi |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |date=21 May 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.updatesindia.in/2014/03/Rashtriya-Janata-Dal-RJD-lok-sabha-candidate-election-2014.html Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD Lok Sabha candidates for general election 2014]. Updatesindia.in (6 March 2014). Retrieved on 21 May 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Lok-Sabha-elections-RJD-Cong-NCP-announce-alliance-in-Bihar/articleshow/31487489.cms|title= Lok Sabha elections: RJD, Cong, NCP announce alliance in Bihar|date=5 March 2014|access-date =1 April 2014|work=The Times of India|agency=PTI}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140305192527/http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/coverage/myindia-myvote/chunk-ht-ui-myindiamyvote-countdownto2014/congress-finalises-alliance-with-rjd-in-bihar-to-fight-from-12-seats/sp-article10-1191061.aspx RJD, Congress, NCP stitch up alliance in Bihar]. Hindustan Times. Retrieved on 21 May 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://m.timesofindia.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Election-results-2014-JDU-RJD-decimated-in-Bihar/articleshow/35233557.cms|date=17 May 2014|access-date =30 May 2014|work=The Times of India|agency=TNN|first=Aditya |last=Vaibhav|title=Election results 2014: JD(U), RJD decimated in Bihar}}</ref>

===The Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance)===

On 14 April 2015, the RJD, [[Janata Dal (United)]], [[Janata Dal (Secular)]], the [[Indian National Lok Dal]], [[Samajwadi Party]], and [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]] announced that they would merge into a new national [[Janata Parivar]] alliance in order to oppose the [[BJP]], thus breaking their long time alliance with the INC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/janata-parivar-formalised-mulayam-singh-named-chief-of-new-party_1578871.html |title='Janata Parivar' formalised, Mulayam Singh named chief of new party | Zee News |publisher=Zeenews.india.com |date=15 April 2015 |access-date=12 March 2017}}</ref> This would give the alliance 14 [[Lok Sabha]] seats and 30 [[Rajya Sabha]] seats.

On 7 May 2015, the RJD expelled [[Rajesh Ranjan]] for six years due to anti-RJD activities after speculation rose that he may join the [[Biju Janata Dal]] for the [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] but he formed a new party called [[Jan Adhikar Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/bihar/madhepura-mp-pappu-yadav-expelled-from-rjd-may-join-hands-with-bjp_1591527.html |title=Madhepura MP Pappu Yadav expelled from RJD, may join hands with BJP | Zee News |publisher=Zeenews.india.com |date=7 May 2015 |access-date=12 March 2017}}</ref>

In November 2015, RJD won the elections as party became the single largest party with 80 followed by [[Janata Dal (United)]] with 71 seats, [[BJP]] 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 [[Nitish Kumar]] became the [[Chief Ministers of Bihar|Chief Minister]] and Lalu's son [[Tejashwi Yadav]] became the [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar|Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar]].

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, Nitish Kumar resigned on 26 July 2017, ending RJD's stake in Bihar government.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/nitish-kumar-resigns-as-bihar-chief-minister-tejashwi-yadav-lalu-yadav-grand-alliance-jdu-meeting-governor-4768045/|title=Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar Chief Minister, says had become 'difficult for me to work'|date=26 July 2017|work=The Indian Express|access-date=26 July 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/nitish-kumar-resigns-as-bihar-cm/article19364717.ece|title=Live updates: Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar CM; Modi welcomes decision|work=The Hindu|access-date=26 July 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/politics/2017/07/26/nitish-kumar-lalu-tejashwi-yadav-rift|title=Live {{!}} PM Modi Backs Nitish on 'Joining Fight Against Corruption'|work=The Quint|access-date=26 July 2017|language=en}}</ref>

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==Electoral performance==
===Lok Sabha elections===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#00f;"
! Lok Sabha Term
! Indian General election
! Seats contested
! Seats won
! Votes Polled
! % of votes
! % of votes in seats contested
! State (seats)
! Ref.
|-
| [[14th Lok Sabha]]
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|42
|24
|93,84,147
|2.4
|
|Bihar (22) Jharkhand (2) 
|<ref name="indiavotes.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/party/info/461/17/0|title= PC: Party {{sic|pefo|rmance|nolink=y}} over elections - Rashtriya Janata Dal}}</ref>
|-
| [[15th Lok Sabha]]
| [[Indian General Election, 2009|2009]]
|44
|4
|52,80,084
|1.3
|
| Bihar (4) 
|<ref name="indiavotes.com"/>
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha]]
| [[Indian General Election, 2014|2014]]
|30
|4
|74,42,313
|1.4
|
| Bihar (4) 
|<ref name="indiavotes.com"/>
|-
| [[17th Lok Sabha]]
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|21
|0
|66,31,585
|1.1
|
| N/A
|<ref name="indiavotes.com"/>
|-
|}

== List of Chief Ministers ==
===Chief Ministers===
* [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
** First term: 10 March 1990 to 28 March 1995
** Second term: 4 April 1995 to 25 July 1997
* [[Rabri Devi]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/laloo-prasad-yadav-mocks-democracy-by-appointing-wife-rabri-devi-as-successor/1/276334.html|date =4 August 1997 |access-date=17 February 2017|first=Swapan |last=Dasgupta |work=[[India Today]] |title=Laloo Prasad Yadav mocks democracy by appointing wife Rabri Devi as successor : Cover Story - India Today}}</ref>
** First term: 25 July 1997 to 11 February 1999
** Second term: 9 March 1999 to 2 March 2000
** Third term: 11 March 2000 to 6 March 2005

===Deputy Chief Minister===
* [[Tejashwi Yadav]]
** First term: 26 November 2015 to 26 July 2017

===Leader of Opposition===
* [[Tejashwi Yadav]]
** 26 July 2017 - Present
==Prominent members==
*[[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]], close aide of [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]], [[RJD]] Co-founder and Union Minister for Rural Developement.
*[[Abdul Bari Siddiqui]], close associate of [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] former Leader of [[Leader of Opposition]] following the [[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] until the split between [[JD(U)]] and [[BJP]] and former Finance Minister Govt. of Bihar. Former Bihar [[RJD]] President.
*[[Alok Kumar Mehta]], National General Secretary of Rashtriya Janata Dal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=397452|title=Rashtriya Janata Dal expels 3 MLAs for anti-party activities|website=Newsonair.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914193158/http://newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=397452|access-date=14 September 2020|archive-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[Mohammad Shahabuddin]] He is a former [[Member of Parliament]] from the [[Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency)|Siwan constituency]] in the state of [[Bihar]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/research/mohammad-shahabuddin-the-bahubali-of-bihar-is-back/|title=Mohammad Shahabuddin:thakur navneet singh was also arrested meanwhile The Bahubali of Bihar is back|date=15 September 2016|website=[[Indian Express]]}}</ref> former National Vice President and a former member of the National Executive Committee of the [[RJD]].
*[[Prem Kumar Mani]], Vice President and Strategist of [[RJD]].
*[[Jagada Nand Singh]], State President of RJD for Bihar.<ref name="Kumar">{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Anshuman |title=Jagdanand Singh becomes Bihar state president of Rashtriya Janata Dal |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jagdanand-singh-becomes-bihar-state-president-of-rashtriya-janata-dal/articleshow/72236549.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2 July 2020 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=26 November 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200702203628/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jagdanand-singh-becomes-bihar-state-president-of-rashtriya-janata-dal/articleshow/72236549.cms |archive-date=2 July 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Dr Tanweer Hassan, Senior Vice President [[RJD]] Bihar, Former Member Bihar Legislative Council.
*Shivchandra Ram, former Member of legislative Assembly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/raja-pakar-assembly-seat-election-2020-bihar-assembly-election-2020-raja-pakar-mla-shivchandra-ram-nitish-kumar-lalu-yadav-lbs-1137870-2020-09-30|title=राजापाकड़ विधानसभा सीट: JDU और RJD में कड़ी टक्कर, किसे खेमे में जाएगी जीत?|website=Aajtak|access-date=21 November 2020}}</ref>
*[[Ram Chandra Purve]] is a member of the Bihar Legislative Council. Former state president of [[RJD]].
*[[Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav]] General Secretary, [[RJD]]. Former Cabinet Minister Bihar Govt. Former Union Minister, MP.
*[[Sarfaraz Alam]] Former Minister Bihar Govt. Former MP [[Araria (Lok Sabha constituency)|Araria]].
*[[Manoj Jha]] MP [[Rajya Sabha]] and National Spokesperson of [[RJD]].
*[[Prem Chand Gupta]] MP [[Rajya Sabha]] and former cabinet minister in Ministry of Company Affairs of [[India]] in [[First Manmohan Singh ministry]].
*[[Ahmad Ashfaque Karim]] MP [[Rajya Sabha]].
*[[Surendra Prasad Yadav]] senior [[RJD]] leader and Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] from [[Belaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Belaganj]].Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.

== List of Central Ministers ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%;"
!No.
! Name
! colspan="2"|Term of office
! Portfolio
! colspan="2"|Prime Minister
|- align=center
| 1
| [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| 24 May 2004
| 22 May 2009
| [[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]]
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|- align=center
|2
| [[Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav]]
| 24 May 2004
| 22 May 2009
| [[Ministry of Water Resources (India)|Minister of Water Resources]]
|[[Manmohan Singh]]
|- align=center
|3
| [[Taslimuddin]]
|24 May 2004
|22 May 2009
|[[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Ministry of Agriculture]] and Minister of State in the [[Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution]].
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|- align=center
|4
| [[Kanti Singh]]
| 24 May 2004
| 22 May 2009
| [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism]] [[Minister of Women and Child Development]]
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-align=center
|5
| [[Raghuvansh Prasad Singh]]
| 24 May 2004
| 24 May 2009
| [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Minister of Rural Development]]
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|- align=center
|6
| [[Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi]]
|24 May 2004
|24 May 2009
|[[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]]
|[[Manmohan Singh]]
|- align=center
|7
|[[Raghunath Jha]]
|24 May 2004
|24 May 2009
|[[Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises (India)|Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises ]]
|[[Manmohan Singh]]
|}

==See also==
*[[Rashtriya Lok Samata Party]]

==External links==
* [http://www.rjd.co.in/ Official site of the party - Rashtriya Janata Dal]

==References==
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