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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
TopicRashtriya Lok Dal

Topic: Rashtriya Lok Dal

What’s behind Jayant Chaudhary’s ‘Orwellian’ dig at Yogi govt ahead of Eid

RLD chief slams Meerut Police’s message to Muslims not to pray in public spaces. To be sure, it is beyond posturing as there is a disquiet in party ranks over ties with BJP.

Jayant removes all RLD spokespersons after Dalit leader slams Amit Shah for Ambedkar remarks

RLD state president confirms that decision was taken on the basis of party spokesperson Kamal Gautam's comments. Gautam had said Shah should apologise for his remarks on Ambedkar.

A ‘senior-junior tiff’ between 2 UP ministers points to BJP-RLD power struggle in Muzaffarnagar

Viral video shows Yogi cabinet minister and RLD leader Anil Kumar seemingly having a tiff with MoS Kapil Dev Aggarwal of BJP at Muzaffarnagar event while Jayant Chaudhary was speaking.

With RLD’s Jat consolidation & SP’s Muslim-Brahmin combo, stage set for close contest in Baghpat

For the first time in decades, no one from Charan Singh's family is contesting poll from traditional Lok Sabha seat of Baghpat. Muslims here feel ‘betrayed’ by RLD’s pact with BJP.

RLD-BJP pact creates Muslim-Jat rift in UP’s Kairana, but SP’s Iqra Hasan is wooing all votes

With RLD joining BJP-led NDA, cohesion between Jats and Muslims is eroding in communally sensitive Kairana, where SP’s Iqra Hasan will go against BJP’s Pradeep Chaudhary on 19 April.

BSP faces exodus as its MPs seek greener pastures amid party’s ‘suicidal ekla chalo’ policy for 2024

BSP, which won 10 seats in alliance with SP & RLD in 2019 LS polls, will go it alone this yr. This decision may have led its MPs to look to other parties with 'winnability factors'.

BJP’s Jat-Sikh outreach in trouble as farmers protest again, RLD to Akalis facing heat

Farmer unions in Uttar Pradesh are weighing their options on joining the new farmers protest, which is centred on demands similar to those raised during the 2020-21 agitation.

Jayant Chaudhary in NDA camp after Charan Singh Bharat Ratna, but here’s where seat talks stand

Jayant Chaudhary’s alliance with BJP will deal another blow to INDIA bloc weeks before general election. Last month, one of its prime architects — Nitish Kumar — returned to NDA.

Amid BJP tie-up buzz, RLD accepts Yogi govt invite for Ram Lalla darshan as ally SP declines it

UP CM Yogi Adityanath has invited all members of assembly to visit Ayodhya for darshan of Ram Lalla’s idol at Ram temple. MLA delegation to visit temple on 11 February.

RLD to contest LS polls from 7 UP seats as SP’s Akhilesh & Jayant seal seat-sharing pact

There is no word yet on which seats the RLD, which has its turf in western UP, will contest. Congress-SP yet to arrive at an agreement on seat-sharing.

On Camera

Imagine if Epstein files named Rahul Gandhi or MK Stalin. What would BJP and TV media do?

The questions are not going to go away. But future generations will know who refused to ask the tough questions and who didn’t.

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.