Bihar’s ruling parties lose some more leaders to RJD

Ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly election, salient faces of ruling parties connected Friday (October 10, 2025) joined the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) successful the beingness of enactment person Tejashwi Yadav.

Former MP Santosh Kushwaha and erstwhile MLA Rahul Sharma of Janata Dal (United), erstwhile campaigner from Vaishali Assembly of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) Ajay Kushwaha and JD(U) MP Girdhari Yadav’s lad Chanakya Prakash Ranjan joined the RJD.

Of the four, 2 leaders beryllium to the Kushwaha community, 1 to the Yadav community, whereas Mr. Sharma is simply a Bhumihar who had served arsenic an MLA from the Ghosi Assembly seat. Mr. Santosh is simply a two-term parliamentarian from Purnea. He won the spot successful 2014 and 2019 but mislaid against Independent campaigner Pappu Yadav successful 2024.

Mr. Sharma is the 2nd Bhumihar person to articulation the RJD, pursuing Sajeev Kumar, JD(U)’s Parbatta MLA who precocious switched over.

Welcoming them into the party, Leader of the Opposition successful Bihar Assembly Mr. Yadav said that the joining of the 4 leaders volition fortify the party.

“There is nary respect for enactment workers and its leaders wrong the Janata Dal (United), and a fewer mindless individuals person forced the enactment to beryllium tally according to the BJP’s dictates. Due to the BJP’s governmental practices, the dilapidated and incompetent authorities has mislaid the spot and enactment of the radical of Bihar,” Mr. Yadav said.

He went connected to say, “The radical of Bihar privation change, and to fortify it, radical from each caste are lasting with the principles of societal justness and economical justness of the RJD.”

Without naming Bihar Minister Vijay Choudhary, Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh and JD(U) moving president Sanjay Jha, Mr. Santosh alleged that the 3 individuals had hijacked the full party, leaving down the Backward Classes and Luv-Kush communities successful the JD(U).

By inducting Kushwaha leaders into the RJD, the Opposition aims to convey that resentment wrong the assemblage against the ruling confederation has intensified. RJD is besides trying to interruption the societal equation, giving abstraction to Bhumihar leaders who person traditionally supported the BJP.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who has governed Bihar since 2005, and the Luv-Kush (Kurmi and Kushwaha - Koiri caste) communities — his halfway ballot slope — person played a pivotal relation successful keeping him successful power.

Mr. Santosh asserted that the Backward Classes and Luv-Kush communities person been excluded from the party’s ideology wrong the JD(U) and that their dignity was being challenged.

Mr. Sharma echoed the same, claiming that ideology and antiauthoritarian rights were being crushed successful the JD(U), and the sentiments of the enactment workers had nary space.

“Trust has been built up by the radical nether Tejashwi’s enactment aft the committedness of jobs and employment, and the mode Tejashwi spoke astir providing employment to each household yesterday [Thursday (October 9)] has made up my caput to basal firmly with him and to fulfill his mission,” Mr. Sharma said.

Mr. Ajay and Mr. Ranjan besides expressed happiness successful joining the RJD, saying that they person travel unneurotic with Mr. Yadav successful presumption of his tone of work and sacrifice.

“All the younker volition determination guardant unneurotic successful promoting the improvement of the State and younker leadership,“ Mr. Ranjan said.