Rashtriya Janata Dal
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Rashtriya Janata Dal
राष्ट्रीय जनता दल |
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| Abbreviation | RJD |
| Leader | Lalu Prasad Yadav |
| President | Lalu Prasad Yadav |
| Chairperson | Lalu Prasad Yadav |
| Founder | Lalu Prasad Yadav |
| Founded | 5 July 1997 |
| Headquarters | 13, V. P. House, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, India-110001 |
| Ideology | Secularism, socialism, Centre-left populism |
| Alliance |
United Progressive Alliance (2005-15) Janata Parivar Alliance (2015 – present) |
| National convener | Lalu Prasad Yadav |
| Seats in Lok Sabha |
3 / 545
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha |
3 / 245
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The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD - "National People's Party") is an Indian political party, based in the northern state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
The mass base of the party has traditionally been Yadavs and Muslims, two large and relatively politically active segments of Bihar's population. 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.
On 5 July 1997, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Kanti Singh 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 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 21 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 Prasad held the position of the Minister of Railways.
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