Topic: RJD

The Rashtriya Janata Dal-led opposition Grand-Alliance will contest 144 of the 243 assembly seats that will go to the three-phase Bihar polls, beginning October 28. Congress will fight in 70 seats and 29 seats have been given to the three Left allies — CPIM four, CPI six, and CPIML 19.

A group of students who study at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and hail from Bihar have written an open letter to Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav and urged him to demand the release of arrested student leaders Sharjeel Imam and Meeran Haider. Sharjeel Imam, a resident of Kako village of Jehanabad in Bihar, and Meeran Haider, a resident of Barharia of Siwan in Bihar were arrested under draconian UAPA for taking part in protests against the new citizenship matrix.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has claimed that more than five lakh people in Bihar have already registered themselves on a digital portal inviting resumes from the unemployed persons for jobs on the promise that once elected, the party will ensure employment for them.

Congress Party Treasurer and MP Ahmed Patel, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, DMK leader & MP Kanimozhi, RJD leader and MP Manoj Jha, and CPI General Secretary D Raja met the President of India Ram Nath Kovin on Thursday and handed over a memorandum raising questions about the role of the police during the northeast Delhi riots, besides expressing their lack of confidence in the probe of the incident.

Condoling the death of close friend Singh, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad tweeted, "I told you the day before yesterday, you are not going anywhere. But you went so far. I am very sad and I will miss you."

Leader of opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav took a swipe at the Bihar government over discrepancies in the tally of coronavirus cases in the state