The Lalu helmed Rashtriya Janta Dal today released its first list announcing its candidates for the first phase of polling in 16 districts after an agreement in the Grand Alliance on seat sharing.
Ahead of Assembly elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav, and four others have been named in an FIR that was filed in connection with the murder of an expelled party leader Shakti Malik (37) in Purnea district of poll-bound Bihar.
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Sunday decided to go it alone in the Bihar assembly elections citing ideological differences with the JD-U, but with a clear objective of ensuring a BJP-led government in Bihar.