In view of the unwavering commitment to the values of equality, social justice as also to contest the growing communal posturing of certain political formations, Rashtriya Janata Dal came into being on 5th July 1997. It was on this historic day that shri Lalu Prasad, Shri Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Smt. Kanti Singh along with seventeen Loksabha MPs and eight Rajyasabha MPs besides thousands of supporters and activists assembled at, New Delhi and took the historic decision to form a new ... The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Monday expelled 27 leaders including two MLAs, four former legislators and an MLC for anti-party activities and defying the organisation's ideology in the Bihar assembly elections. He represented the Vaishali constituency of Bihar and is senior leader of Rashtriya Janata Dal .He has been associated with socialist movement; Teachers movement; Farmers movement; and activities related to nation building. He was imprisoned during socialist movement, Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan movement and several other political agitations.