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Her husband had previously declared that she would be joining her original party (JD-U) ahead of the assembly elections and contest from the same seat.

Her husband Arun … Raj Ballabh Yadav membership of Bihar Legislative Assembly was terminated after his conviction in the rape case in December 2018.

Raghuvansh, who was a founder-member of RJD and one of the tallest socialist leaders in post-Karpoori Thakur Bihar politics, had represented Vaishali for five terms in Lok Sabha and had always resisted political rival Rama Kishore’s entry into RJD.

In a blow to the Congress party ahead of Bihar assembly polls, two of its sitting MLAs - Purnima Yadav and Sudarshan Kumar - quit the party to join the Janata Dal (United) on Friday.

Former minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Udai Narain Rai alias Bhola Rai, who represented Rabhopur assembly constituency of Vaishali district, also accepted the JD(U)’s membership. Delhi, Mumbai, Congress MLC Prem Chandra Mishra, however, said that the party was aware of the desertions well in advance and never sought to keep them in its fold after they kept them disassociated from the party’s functions. Raj Ballabh Yadav’s assembly membership was terminated when he was convicted of a minor’s rape in 2018. Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) has 73 seats, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 53, Ramvilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) 2, and Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) 1. The JD(U) eyes a major gain in Bhola Rai’s desertion to the RJD as he had allegedly left his Raghopur constituency for election of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his family members, including opposition leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav.

Chennai, In a letter to jailed RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, the veteran leader wrote he was quitting the party. Sudharshan was among the legislators who had planned to leave the Congress after Choudhary was removed as the state chief in September 2017.

Building construction minister Ashok Chaudhary was also present at the event.

Former minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Udai Narain Rai alias Bhola Rai, who represented Rabhopur assembly constituency of Vaishali district, also accepted the JD(U)’s membership at a function held at the party office in presence of Munger MP Rajiv Ranjan alias Lalan Singh. Indore, RJD chief spokesman Bhai Birendra said that Bhola Rai was made MLC and a minister by the party chief for his gesture. In the by-election held along with 2019 Lok Sabha polls, JDU candidate Kausal Yadav got elected from this seat. Lucknow, Patna, Fatmi was expelled from the party on the charges of indulging in anti-party activities. The RJD believes in working on and propagating socialist politics and towrds this end the party has been developing solidarity network of landless labourers, peasants and farmers other weaker groups as well as progressive people from other sections of society. Rama Kishore had defeated Raghuvansh in the 2014 Lok Sabha from Vaishali as an LJP nominee.

They said RJD is likely to contest about 150 seats in the 243-member assembly. " However, he had left the party long ago and his joining to the JD(U) would not affect the RJD’s prospects anyway,” said Birendra. “No other party would give him the honour and respect which he received by the RJD.

The other RJD candidate is Kiran Devi, who has been fielded from Sandesh seat, which is located in the Bhojpur district of Bihar.

Kolkata, Noida, Gurgaon, Congress will get about 70 seats and the Left parties are will be given around 20 seats," a source told ANI. Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Bhopal The RJD candidate list includes one woman whose husband is accused of rape, and a second whose husband has been convicted on that count.