Weeks after the disgruntled Rashtriya Lok Samta Party chief Upendra Kushwaha quit the National Democratic Alliance on Thursday he joined the Bihar mahagathbandhan with Congress and Lalu Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal as its partners. Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel made the announcement on Thursday saying, This is a matter of great happiness that Upendra Kushwaha has joined the mahagathbandhan. Former Union minister Kushwaha had pulled out of the NDA earlier this month after failing to get any representation in the seat sharing deal between Bharatiya Janata Party and Ianata Dal (United) for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Bihar.