Jayant Chaudhary not given a place on stage during NDA meet; Row erupts on social media

A row has erupted on social media over the seating of Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary during NDA meeting in Parliament. Samajwadi Party mocked RLD for not getting a seat on the dais. Pictures from the NDA meeting showed various NDA allies seated on the stage with PM Modi, but RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary was missing. Jayant was given a seat among the elected members of NDA.

All the major NDA parties leaders including Chandrababu Naidu, Nitish Kumar, Eknath Shinde, Chirag Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi, and Anupriya Patel were sitting alongside the Prime Minster-designate Narendra Modi. Additionally, Pawan Kalyan, Amit Shah, JP Nadda, and Rajnath Singh are also on the stage. However, Jayant Chaudhary, the head of the Rashtriya Lok Dal, which won two seats in UP, was given a seat in the front rows, not on the stage.

The Samajwadi Party shared these pictures of Jayant Chaudhary on social media, mocking him, "RLD party chief Jayant Chaudhary was not given a place on the stage despite having two seats, whereas leaders of parties with only one seat each were seated on the stage."


"The BJP’s hatred for the Jat community and the false respect towards late Chaudhary Charan Singh and Chaudhary Ajit Singh has been exposed. If Jayant Chaudhary is truly a farmer-friendly leader, he should distance himself from the NDA and raise his voice against the BJP for the interests of farmers. He should not trade his self-respect and farmer interests for small and close temptations with the BJP," SP said.

In the recent Lok Sabha elections, Jayant Chaudhary’s RLD won two seats in UP, in Bijnor and Baghpat. On the other hand, Anupriya Patel's Apna Dal (Sonelal) and Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha have one MP, each.