New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Bihar and founder president of Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) Lalu Prasad Yadav was re-elected unopposed as the party president for the record 12th time on Wednesday.

“Tejashwi Yadav, the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, has been invited to join Rahul Gandhi’s “”Bharat Jodo”” yatra.Congress leaders in Bihar met with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and his parents, former Chief Ministers Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi, on Sunday.   #TejashwiYadav #RahulGandhi #BharatJodoYatra #ChandigarhUniversity #RJD #RabriDevi #Congress... The post appeared first on .

“Tejashwi Yadav, the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, has been invited to join Rahul Gandhi’s “”Bharat Jodo”” yatra.Congress leaders in Bihar met with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and his parents, former Chief Ministers Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi, on Sunday.   #TejashwiYadav #RahulGandhi #BharatJodoYatra #ChandigarhUniversity #RJD #RabriDevi #Congress... The post appeared first on .

Patna (Bihar) [India], August 24 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Bihar and leader of Rashtriya Janata Dal Rabri Devi on Wednesday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party over the CBI raid at the residences of leaders of the RJD in connection with the "land for jobs" scam.

Patna (Bihar) [India], August 10 (ANI): After the Bihar Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister were sworn-in amid the political turbulence, new Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday, assured that the new government will address unemployment and poverty on priority.

Patna (Bihar) [India], August 9 (ANI): Amid reports of an ongoing rift between Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bihar, MLAs and leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal arrived at the residence of Rabri Devi, wife of party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in Patna on Tuesday.

Patna (Bihar) [India], April 25 (ANI): Former Bihar health minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tej Pratap Yadav on Monday announced that he will submit his resignation from the party to his father and party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav soon.

Patna Mar 30 PTI Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi on Wednesday taunted Nitish Kumar her successor with a remark that he should swap posts with his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath since his ally BJP was raving about the latters model of governance and wanted to replicate it hereThe RJD leader made the comment while lambasting the current dispensation for alleged failure to maintain law and order and effectively implement prohibition despite claims of double engine government implying that the NDA was ruling both the state and the CentreWho has stopped them from bringing the Yogi model to Bihar Let Nitish Kumar go to UP and let Yogi come here as his replacement snapped the ex-CM who was a demure housewife until the imprisonment of her husband RJD supremo Lalu Prasad in fodder scam cases made her take the political plunge in the 1990sThe clamour for the Yogi model has been seen in the BJP camp in Bihar ever since the monk-turned-politician created history by returning to power for a second consecutive term in UP which has for long been associated with political volatilityOn Wednesday BJP MLA Vinay Bihari caused a flutter by expressing a personal opinion that his party should now have its own CM since Nitish Kumar who was spirited like Yogi when he first assumed power in 2005 was past his primeIt is my personal opinion The decision has to be taken by our national leadership But it is natural for BJP members to wish that they had their own CM After all we are the largest party in the assembly said BihariIn the 2020 assembly polls the BJP won 74 seats one less than the opposition RJD but many more than the chief ministers JDU which put up its worst-ever performance and ended up with a tally of less than 30Recently all three MLAs of the Vikassheel Insaan Party floated by former Bollywood set designer Mukesh Sahni joined the BJP raising the partys strength to 77 making it for the first time in the history of the state the largest in terms of numerical strength in the assemblyThe rise in the BJPs clout vis-a-vis Nitish Kumar has had many fallouts Although the septuagenarian is serving his fourth term in office and has become the longest-serving CM of Bihar his party now has fewer cabinet berths than the BJP which has also for the first time clinched the crucial post of the SpeakerBesides former Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi known as a confidant of Kumar despite having been a BJP member all through has been shifted to the Rajya Sabha and the post is now shared by two saffron party leaders Tarkishor Prasad and Renu DeviBihari was also of the view that 66-year-old Prasad who is representing the Katihar assembly seat for the fourth time on the trot could be a good choice for the CMs post given his experience and track recordSources in the BJP headquarters however frowned upon Biharis outspokenness and pointed out that the decision to continue with Kumar as the CM was taken following the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah PTI NAC NN NN

Patna Mar 26 PTI Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi on Saturday alleged that Nitish Kumar who succeeded him in the seat of power fell on the feet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lucknow because of majboori compulsions she could not fathomThe RJD leader made the remark while talking to reporters here outside the state legislature which is in sessionKumar was in the Uttar Pradesh capital on Friday to attend the swearing-in of Yogi AdityanathA lot is being read into the body language of Kumar at the glittering ceremony His photographs greeting the PM with folded hands and bending at his waist have been lapped up by the opposition in Bihar They have sought to juxtapose the chief ministers current stance against his famous rivalry with Modi when the latter was the Gujarat CM whose rise to national prominence had caused him to snap several years old ties with the BJPIt has been the oppositions contention that Kumars body language was symbolic of his capitulation before the BJP which has now overshadowed his JDU in terms of numerical strength in the state legislative assemblyKuchh majboori hogi Pradhan Mantri ka pair pakad liye there must have been some compulsion that made him fall at the PMs feet said Rabri Devi tongue- in cheekThe JDU was predictably riled and the most vicious counter attack came from Kumars outspoken political aide Upendra Kushwaha It is called shishtachaar courtesy Rabri Devi must not be knowing what it means which is evident from the durgati plight of her own daughter in law said Kushwaha The allusion was to Aishwarya the wife of Rabri Devis elder son Tej Pratap Yadav who had accused her in-laws of having driven her out of her their house following her estrangement from her husband Aishwaryas father Chandrika Roy who was earlier with the RJD joined the JDU after the ugly spat with the family of Lalu Prasad husband of Rabri Devi who is the founding president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal PTI NAC MM MM

Patna (Bihar) [India], March 16 (ANI): Refusing to comment on the recent spat between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLC Rabri Devi on Wednesday said that it's their (NDA) government at the Centre and in the state then why are they fighting within themselves.