Senior Janata Dal-United chief KC Tyagi has resigned from the submit of social gathering’s spokesperson. Social gathering Chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has appointed social gathering chief Rajiv Ranjan Prasad as the brand new spokesperson of JD(U).
The JD(U) stated in a press release attributed Tyagi’s resignation to “private causes”. “The Nationwide President of Janata Dal (United), Shri Nitish Kumar (Chief Minister, Bihar) has appointed Shri Rajiv Ranjan Prasad because the Nationwide Spokesperson. Shri Okay.C. Tyagi, who’s within the social gathering on the submit of spokesperson, has resigned from the submit of social gathering spokesperson on account of private cause,” the social gathering stated.
The event got here in opposition to the backdrop of Tyagi’s latest remarks on a number of key points such because the Waqf modification Invoice, the Uniform Civil Code and the struggle in Gaza, which left JDU red-faced in entrance of its ally Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP).
A socialist chief, Tyagi relies in Delhi and enjoys an unlikely excessive profile within the nationwide media for a regional social gathering chief on account of his expertise and articulation. With a long-standing affiliation with the social gathering, he held varied positions and is understood to be very near Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Nevertheless, his stance on the central authorities’s insurance policies was seen as unhelpful to the BJP-JD(U) ties. “Be it on the Uniform Civil Code, the Waqf (Modification) Invoice and even the federal government’s place on the Palestine difficulty amongst different points, the socialist chief’s outspoken stand didn’t go down nicely with many inside the social gathering and embarrassed the BJP,” information company PTI reported quoting sources.
With two senior JD(U) leaders, together with Union minister Lalan Singh and its parliamentary social gathering chief Sanjay Jha, primarily based in Delhi, social gathering sources stated there’s a view that the 2 leaders must be left to form the ties with the BJP with out frequent public interjections of Tyagi.
Sources stated the BJP has been reaching out to allies to keep up coordination and concord within the ruling Nationwide Democratic Alliance in its bid to quell stories of variations within the bloc.