New Delhi, June 30 (IANS The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on Tuesday announced a 16-member Parliamentary Board which will be headed by veteran politician from Haryana and former MP, K. C. Tyagi. It will also comprise four special invitees, according to a social media post shared by party President and Union Minister of State Jayant Singh.

“Pleased to constitute the RLD Parliamentary Board, which will be headed by ex MP, Shri K C Tyagi ji. I will serve as a member on this committee featuring party organisation functionaries, representatives, old party loyalists and some eminent citizens as well!” he wrote on X.

The RLD was founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh, son of former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, as a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal.

Ajit Singh, Jayant’s father, was elected as a Congress candidate but later resigned and formed the Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party, which evolved into RLD in 1999. He also served as Minister of Agriculture (2001–2003) and Minister of Civil Aviation (2011–2014).

The party aims to represent the interests of farmers, peasants, and socially and economically weaker sections of society and positions itself on socialist and secular principles.

In the 2024 general elections, RLD joined the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and won both the seats it contested, Bijnor and Baghpat, in Uttar Pradesh.

Among the party Parliamentary Board members announced Tuesday were former MPs, ex-ministers, and MLAs, which was reconstituted to strengthen the organisation and its parliamentary strategy, according to an RLD statement.

Born in a farmer’s family in Morta village of Ghaziabad in 1950, K. C. Tyagi began his political journey from student politics to later become a Parliamentarian. He marked his debut with the socialist movement and was later the chief spokesperson of the Janata Dal and later, the Janata Dal (United). He was among the leaders who raised their voices against Sanjay Gandhi during the Emergency.

Tyagi was a Member of Parliament from the Hapur Lok Sabha seat from 1989 to 1991. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar between 2013 and 2016. He is considered an able analyst and political strategist.

Tyagi resigned from his position as JD-U national spokesperson in 2024, citing personal reasons. This year, on March 22, he joined the RLD days after resigning from the JD-U.

–IANS

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