Ok.C. Tyagi joins Rashtriya Lok Dal days after quitting JD(U)

Former Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Ok.C. Tyagi on Sunday (March 22, 2026) formally joined the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) within the presence of get together chief and Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary in New Delhi.

Mr. Tyagi, a founding member of the JD(U), didn’t take part within the get together’s membership renewal drive, signalling his exit from the JD(U) on March 17.

He had clarified at the moment he held no animus relating to the JD(U) or Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who has been elected to the Rajya Sabha, making it clear that he wouldn’t be remaining CM within the State in future.

Mr. Tyagi additionally addressed hypothesis relating to his parliamentary ambitions, denying that his exit was linked to a want for a seat within the Rajya Sabha. “There is not a single instance of me trying for a Rajya Sabha ticket. Even in 2013, Nitish Kumar called me and offered me a ticket,” he mentioned.

“I have a 50-year-old relationship with Nitish Kumar. In Jayaprakash-ji’s movement, then in the Janata Party, Lok Dal, and then under Karpoori-ji’s leadership, we did politics together,” he mentioned. He had advised The Hindu in a video interview recorded after his exit from the JD(U) that he needed to regain his political floor in Uttar Pradesh, and with the JD(U) restricted to Bihar, he discovered he couldn’t accomplish that in that get together.

Mr. Tyagi had earlier resigned because the JD(U)’s nationwide chief spokesperson in September 2024.