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Sharad Yadav's LJD to merge with Lalu's RJD: From friends to foes to now allies, the see-saw ties between Bihar's two stalwarts
Fp Explainers •After 25 years, veteran socialist leader Sharad Yadav and former Bihar chief minister Lalu are joining hands. While Lalu is currently in jail, the LJD-RJD merger is part of an effort to 'form a united Opposition'
LJD merges with RJD; first step towards formation of united Opposition, says Sharad Yadav
•Sharad and Lalu Prasad Yadav have come together after a gap of 25 years. They had parted ways in 1997 when the latter had founded the RJD and Sharad Yadav along with Nitish Kumar launched the JD(U)
Fodder scam case: Lalu Prasad Yadav sentenced to five years in jail, fined Rs 60 lakh
Fp Staff •The Rs 950-crore scam relates to the fraudulent withdrawal of public funds from government treasuries in various districts of undivided Bihar
Lalu Prasad Yadav: Lingering autumn of the patriarch who straddled the '90s with bluff and bluster
Arup Ghosh •Today, elections come and go, controversial issues crop up and die down and there is not a squeak out of Lalu Prasad Yadav. His continuing entanglement with the law and resultant irrelevance is a cautionary tale
Assam polls 2021: RJD joins Congress-led Grand Alliance; party to contest from Tinsukia seat in first phase
•RJD Assam president Shonarul Shah Mustafa said that the party has fielded Hira Devi Choudhury for Tinsukia, which has a large number of Hindi-speaking people
Chirag Paswan, in the running to inherit father's kingmaker legacy, gets unexpected ally in Tejashwi Yadav
Fppolitics •The two young politicians, despite having positioned themselves on opposite ends of the political spectrum, seem to have left enough maneuvering space to unite against a common foe — Nitish Kumar
Bihar Assembly election: RJD promises 10 lakh permanent government jobs if voted to power
•Tejashwi Yadav also took a dig at BJP saying that RJD "is not like those who achieve power with a promise of two crore jobs every year and leave Bihar bankrupt after 15 years of rule"
Double blow to RJD: Party vice-president Raghuvansh Prasad Singh resigns, five MLCs defect to JD(U) ahead of Legislative Council polls
Trendingdesk •In another major blow to the RJD ahead of the Bihar Legislative Council polls, party national vice-president and Lalu Prasad Yadav loyality Raghuvansh Prasad Singh resigned from his post today
Tejashwi Yadav says Delhi opted for real nationalism, Nitish Kumar will be shown door for riding 'communal bus'
•The onus of defeating the 'divisive agenda' of the NDA government in Bihar also lies on the Opposition, Yadav said.
Back from adult prison, Bihar minors arrested in police raids on Muslim homes post CAA protests tell of maltreatment
Parth Mn •Bihar Police passed minors off as adults in the First Information Report (FIR). Which meant they spent a month in an Aurangabad prison with hardened criminals before they were moved to a juvenile home on 23 January.