Forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar on Saturday effected a serious rejig within the occasion organisation and constituted a 22-member new group.
Within the new group, veteran JDU chief and occasion’s most-viewed face in media, KC Tyagi, was appointed because the nationwide spokesperson and the political advisor of the occasion, whereas Lok Sabha MP Alok Kumar Suman was appointed treasurer.
As well as, Rajya Sabha MP Bashistha Narain Singh was appointed because the vice chairman of the JDU, changing Mangani Lal Mandal.
Within the new group of Nitish Kumar, Mangani Lal Mandal, Ramnath Thakur, Sanjay Jha, Ali Ashraf Fatmi, Kahkasha Parveen and Afaque Alam had been appointed because the nationwide common secretary of the occasion.
Rajib Ranjan, a former MLA from the CM’s residence district of Nalanda, who returned to JDU after quitting the BJP final yr, was additionally appointed as a nationwide spokesperson of the occasion.
The variety of nationwide common secretaries has been trimmed all the way down to 11, in contrast with 22 within the earlier listing that got here out in March final yr when the occasion was headed by Lalan Singh.
Notably, ex-party chief Lalan Singh didn’t discover anyplace within the new group of Nitish Kumar.
In response to the occasion sources, 5 Lok Sabha MPs had been free of their organisational obligations as they’re anticipated to concentrate on the upcoming common elections.
Nitish Kumar was elected because the occasion president final month.