Women's Reservation Bill: From vehement protest to offering support, regional parties changed their stand on the bill drastically.
Sharad Yadav death: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condoled Yadav's death saying, "I had a very deep relationship with Sharad Yadav Ji. I am shocked and saddened by the news of his demise. It has caused irreparable loss in social and political fields.
Sharad Yadav's demise: According to reports, the former Union Minister had collapsed at his Chhatarpur residence on Thursday night and was rushed to Fortis hospital in Gurugram but could not be saved.
Sharad Yadav dies: Former Union minister and socialist leader Sharad Yadav merged his party Loktantrik Janata Dal with Rashtriya Janata Dal in March 2022 pitching for unity in opposition ranks to take on the BJP.
The two leaders have come together after a gap of 25 years. They had parted ways in 1997 when Lalu Prasad Yadav had founded the RJD and Sharad Yadav along with Nitish Kumar launched the JD(U).
The NCP has already announced that it will contest the 2022 UP polls in alliance with Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party.
In a virtual meeting of opposition parties convened by Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi,West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday floated the idea of forming a core group to formulate strategies to counter Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Bihar Assembly election 2020: Subhashini Raj Rao is the daughter of former JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav. She is contesting from Bihariganj assembly seat on a Congress ticket.
A part of the Madhepura Lok Sabha seat, Bihariganj will go to polls in the third and last phase on November 7. Subhashini has chosen her father''s tested turf of Madhepura to jump into the rough and tumble of politics.
Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) chief Sharad Yadav's daughter Subhashini Raj Rao joined Congress on October 14, ahead of Bihar assembly elections.
Former MP Sharad Yadav on Saturday said he will campaign for the opposition alliance in the coming Jharkhand assembly elections.
The statement of Sharad Yadav has come at a time when Lok Sabha election 2019 is going on.
The Congress supremo joined several leaders from the opposition parties, including AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, veteran politicians Sharad Yadav and Sitaram Yechury at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi,
Since June 19 after the BJP withdrew from the Mehbooba Mufti-led coalition government, the state assembly had been put in suspended animation.
People want to get rid of the Narendra Modi-led government as it has not fulfilled a single promise made to them in 2014, Yadav claimed.
Kushwaha, also a Union minister, met Yadav at the latter's residence and both the leaders were believed to discussed the current political situation, especially in Bihar, RLSP sources said.
"The grand alliance without a face is going to take down the ruling NDA government in the 2019 general elections. The face of the grand alliance will be decided after the Lok Sabha polls," Yadav told reporters here.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Addressing a press conference, Sharad Yadav said: "We will have an alliance with the Congress. At this point of time, all (opposition) political parties want to work together for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections."
Yadav alleged the state government had worked to destroy rivers that restricted water inflow to Ramgarh dam, a lifeline for residents of Jaipur, to sell the land to mafia and builders.
Sharad Yadav alleged that attempts were being made to weaken the Constitution.
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