LAW KUMAR MISHRA
PATNA: Veteran JDU leader and till yesterday secretary general of the JDU,K C Tyagi,is likely to be appointed new chairman of JDU parliamentary Board.He will replace Upendra Kushwaha who quit JDU last month. In the reorganised JDU executive,name of Tygai was missing leading to speculation that he had been dropped from the list.A former MLA from Islampur,Rajib Ranjan,who had deserted BJP and joined JDU last month has been appointed national spokesman as successor of Tyagi.Rajib is from Nalanda district,home place of the chief minister,NItish Kumar. JDU in a press release today clarified”media is circulating wrong message regarding the exclusion of senior party leader, K C Tyagi from the newly constituted national office bearers list”. The leaders selected by the national president,Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh have been accommodated in the new list.There are 22 general secretaries in the list.Magani Lal Mandal,a former MP has been appointed vice-president.