Earlier on Monday, Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) had declared its alliance with the Bheem army of Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan and a week back, the All India Mujilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi joined hands with Samajwadi Janta Dal (Democratic) of veteran socialist party Devendra Yadav and formed an alliance under the name of United Democratic Secular Alliance (UDSA) for the coming polls. Mr. Kushwaha, who had served as Minister of State for Human Resource Development under Prime Minister Narendra Modi till December 2017, slammed both the present and previous governments of the NDA and the RJD respectively on issues such as corruption, education, law and order situation and medical facilities in the State. On the desertions, Kushwaha has said "its better thatpeople are getting down from the ship before it sails deep inthe sea." (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Your email address will not be published. Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) leader Upendra Kushwaha on Tuesday announced the severance of ties with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led ‘mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance), and the formation of a new alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and other smaller parties. With its other options exhausted, the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) on Tuesday announced a tie-up with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Janvadi Party Socialist (JPS). The party had garnered 2.56 per cent votes in thatelections. Available data shows that his total assets amount to more than Rs. Replying to a question on leaving the grand alliance, theformer union minister said "the present leadership of the RJDis not strong enough to remove Nitish Kumar from power and itschief ministerial candidate (Tejashwi Yadav) is no match tohim (Kumar)." Giving a new slogan for the coming polls, he said, “abki baar, sikshawali sarkar [this time, the government which gives education]” and asserted that his alliance would contest all the seats. Kushwaha slams both the present NDA government and the previous RJD government As we fight disinformation and misinformation, and keep apace with the happenings, we need to commit greater resources to news gathering operations. It has helped us keep apace with events and happenings. However, we have a request for those who can afford to subscribe: please do. 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You have reached your limit for free articles this month. Shri Upendra Kushwaha did his graduation from Patna Science College and went on to complete his post-graduation in Political Science from Bihar’s B.R. Mr. Kushwaha said that name of the new front would be declared later. He is a former Minister of State for Human Resource Development and member of Rajya Sabha. IfChirag Paswan decides to walk out of the alliance then we willtalk. (File) (File) Stating that he would “not accept the leadership of Tejashwi Yadav” in the RJD-led Opposition Grand Alliance, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha on Thursday said his party is keeping all options open and has started preparing to contest all 243 seats in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. Earlier, former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha parted ways with the ‘mahagathbandhan’ to join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Required fields are marked *. Subscribe to The Hindu now and get unlimited access. By using our website you agree to our use of cookies. In addition, he founded the political party Rashtriya Lok Samata Party in 2013 and draws the huge media attention across India. BSP supremo Mayawati has also announced that her partywould be supporting Kushwaha as the "Chief Ministerial"candidate in Bihar, an assertion which is being scoffed at bythe ruling NDA in Bihar as well as the grand alliancecomprising RJD, Congress and others. 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