New Delhi: In a big political improvement, former Janata Dal (United) chief KC Tyagi formally joined the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) within the capital on Sunday within the presence of RLD President and Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary.
The veteran socialist chief, a founding member of JD(U), had resigned from the occasion on March 17.
On Wednesday, Tyagi stated he had not taken half within the occasion’s latest membership drive and clarified that there isn’t a private friction between him and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over seat allocation in Rajya Sabha.
Tyagi, a founding member of the occasion since its inception, asserted that “our relationship with Nitish Kumar and Bihar JDU stays the identical.”
“I’m the founding father of Janata Dal (United) together with George Fernandes, Sharad Yadav, Nitish Kumar and Digvijay Singh… I’ve been a member since then. However I’ve not participated on this membership exercise,” he stated.
The senior chief additionally addressed hypothesis about his Congress ambitions and denied that his resignation was linked to his want to win a seat in Rajya Sabha. “There has by no means been an occasion the place I attempted to get a Rajya Sabha ticket. Even in 2013, Nitish Kumar referred to as me and provided me a ticket,” Tyagi stated.
Earlier, after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar secured victory within the Rajya Sabha elections, Mr. Tyagi had stated that he had not resigned from the occasion, stressing that he shares a protracted historical past with the Bihar CM. “I’ve a 50-year affiliation with Nitish Kumar. We did politics collectively in Jayaprakash’s motion, then within the Janata Get together, Lok Dal after which beneath the management of Karpoori. I’ve not resigned but.”
Going past his personal occasion, Tyagi launched a fierce assault on the Congress occasion after sitting MP Pradyut Bordoloi left the occasion and joined the Bharatiya Janata Get together. “The Nationwide Congress Get together is in decline. It’s sinking deeper into the abyss due to poor management and improper insurance policies,” he stated.
Tyagi had earlier resigned as JD(U)’s nationwide chief spokesperson in September 2024. (ANI)
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