JD(U) appoints new national office bearers
The Hindu
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) on March 21 announced its new office bearers at the national level, including a vice-president and more than 20 general secretaries.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) on March 21 announced its new office bearers at the national level, including a vice-president and more than 20 general secretaries.
According to the list approved by JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan, who is also Leader of the Parliamentary Party, Mangani Lal Mandal, a veteran politician who joined the party four years ago, has been made the vice president.
Mr. Mandal, who becomes only the second person to have been appointed to the top post after former political strategist Prashant Kishor, had quit the RJD in the thick of 2019 Lok Sabha polls to join JD(U), which was then with the BJP-led NDA.
Now, both JD(U) and RJD are allies and it would be interesting to see how the elevation of Mr. Mandal, who has switched sides more than once, plays out.
Conspicuous by its absence, though, is the name of K. C. Tyagi, arguably, the JD(U)'s best known spokesman who held the weighty sounding designation of " pradhan maha sachiv" (chief secretary general).
Party sources are tight-lipped about the fate of Mr. Tyagi, who is a trusted aide of Mr. Kumar, the party's supreme leader, but has reportedly often left the latter embarrassed by going public on issues without waiting for a nod from the boss.
Mr. Tyagi, who is based in Delhi, could not be reached over phone for his comments on the omission.