Rashtriya Janata Dal
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RJD Women's wing office in
Delhi
The
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD- "National People's Party") is a
political party in
India. It is led by
Laloo Prasad Yadav. It held power in the Indian state of
Bihar, under the
Chief Ministers Laloo Yadav and then
Rabri Devi, who is also Laloo's wife, but after the elections in February
2005 the state of
Bihar came under
President's Rule through Governor of Bihar
Sardar Buta Singh. Since then, a new election has brought another party to power in the state. The RJD is also a member of India's governing coalition led by the Congress Party. The RJD was formed when Laloo Yadav broke away from
Janata Dal in
1997.[
link] The mass base of the party has traditionally been comprised of
Yadavs and
Muslims, two large and relatively disadvantaged segments of Bihar's population. [
link]
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