Jdu In Uttar Pradesh

Former JD(U) national president RCP Singh on Thursday alleged that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the party's de facto leader, had decided to "ditch" the BJP soon after assembly elections in adjoining Uttar Pradesh earlier this year.

As Janata Dal (United) failed to cobble an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Janata Dal United (JDU) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh on Saturday expressed displeasure against Union Ministe

The Janata Dal-United (JDU) will contest next year's Uttar Pradesh elections separately from its Bihar ally BJP, the party announced on Wednesday, saying the decision had nothing to do with developments in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's state where "everything is fine".

JDU leader and noted election strategist Prashant Kishor said the Congress in-charge in Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, will not impact the upcoming Lok Sabha election.

The Delhi Police today detained former JDU Member of Legislative Assembly Raju Singh in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur for allegedly firing celebratory gun shots and injuring a woman on New Year's Eve.

Nitish Kumar should be the face of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar because of his popularity, his party Janata Dal United has declared. The message comes with a sting just days after the BJP -- and its allies -- lost big in bypolls across 10 states, including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. "The Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) is th...

A month-long assembly session is coming to an end in Bihar and not once did Chief Minister Nitish Kumar call a joint meeting of lawmakers with his coalition partner, the BJP. There couldn't have been a clearer sign that apart from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar is another state where BJP's friendships have hit a rough patch.

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi crushed it in Uttar Pradesh, delivering to his party a record win, opposition leaders are promoting a coalition of non-BJP parties as the primary need for the general election in 2019. Few have been faster to embrace that #RelationshipGoal than Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United or JDU, whose leaders ...

Nitish Kumar's party Janata Dal United or JD(U) has decided not to contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections so as to "consolidate and strengthen secular forces" and ensure that "communal forces" are defeated. JD(U) national General Secretary KC Tyagi told reporters in Patna that the decision to pull out of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections w...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will decide today whether his party, the Janata Dal United or JDU, should take part directly in the Uttar Pradesh election. A six-hour meeting yesterday between the Chief Minister and senior JDU leaders examined the pros and cons of entering the contest in the key state whose result will help forecast whether Prim...

Eying a broader understanding among non-BJP parties ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections next year, JD (U) leader KC Tyagi today said an alliance between Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, and other parties, is required to "save" the state from "communal forces".

JD(U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will launch his party's election campaign for the 2017 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh by addressing a workers' rally in Varanasi on May 12 with prohibition as the main electoral issue.

With by-elections for three assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh expected next week before state-wide elections next year, a new alliance may be on the cards.

Janata Dal (United) today announced it will back Rashtriya Lok Dal candidates for the by-poll to three assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh even as it explores forming a coalition with Ajit Singh's party, Congress and others for the state polls due next year, after the success of the grand alliance experiment in Bihar.

Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janta Dal today gave its formal nod for the merger of the six parties of the erstwhile Janta Parivar, a move that has been in the offing for a few months now but is yet to take concrete shape. The announcement came after a four hour long national executive meeting of the party in Patna today.

Former JD(U) national president RCP Singh on Thursday alleged that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the party's de facto leader, had decided to "ditch" the BJP soon after assembly elections in adjoining Uttar Pradesh earlier this year.

As Janata Dal (United) failed to cobble an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Janata Dal United (JDU) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh on Saturday expressed displeasure against Union Ministe

The Janata Dal-United (JDU) will contest next year's Uttar Pradesh elections separately from its Bihar ally BJP, the party announced on Wednesday, saying the decision had nothing to do with developments in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's state where "everything is fine".

JDU leader and noted election strategist Prashant Kishor said the Congress in-charge in Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, will not impact the upcoming Lok Sabha election.

The Delhi Police today detained former JDU Member of Legislative Assembly Raju Singh in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur for allegedly firing celebratory gun shots and injuring a woman on New Year's Eve.

Nitish Kumar should be the face of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar because of his popularity, his party Janata Dal United has declared. The message comes with a sting just days after the BJP -- and its allies -- lost big in bypolls across 10 states, including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. "The Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) is th...

A month-long assembly session is coming to an end in Bihar and not once did Chief Minister Nitish Kumar call a joint meeting of lawmakers with his coalition partner, the BJP. There couldn't have been a clearer sign that apart from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar is another state where BJP's friendships have hit a rough patch.

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi crushed it in Uttar Pradesh, delivering to his party a record win, opposition leaders are promoting a coalition of non-BJP parties as the primary need for the general election in 2019. Few have been faster to embrace that #RelationshipGoal than Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United or JDU, whose leaders ...

Nitish Kumar's party Janata Dal United or JD(U) has decided not to contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections so as to "consolidate and strengthen secular forces" and ensure that "communal forces" are defeated. JD(U) national General Secretary KC Tyagi told reporters in Patna that the decision to pull out of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections w...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will decide today whether his party, the Janata Dal United or JDU, should take part directly in the Uttar Pradesh election. A six-hour meeting yesterday between the Chief Minister and senior JDU leaders examined the pros and cons of entering the contest in the key state whose result will help forecast whether Prim...

Eying a broader understanding among non-BJP parties ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections next year, JD (U) leader KC Tyagi today said an alliance between Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, and other parties, is required to "save" the state from "communal forces".

JD(U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will launch his party's election campaign for the 2017 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh by addressing a workers' rally in Varanasi on May 12 with prohibition as the main electoral issue.

With by-elections for three assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh expected next week before state-wide elections next year, a new alliance may be on the cards.

Janata Dal (United) today announced it will back Rashtriya Lok Dal candidates for the by-poll to three assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh even as it explores forming a coalition with Ajit Singh's party, Congress and others for the state polls due next year, after the success of the grand alliance experiment in Bihar.

Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janta Dal today gave its formal nod for the merger of the six parties of the erstwhile Janta Parivar, a move that has been in the offing for a few months now but is yet to take concrete shape. The announcement came after a four hour long national executive meeting of the party in Patna today.