Later, speaking to reporters after the party's national council meeting in Delhi, he said that he has accepted the post of the national president of the party.
Addressing the media after the meeting, JD(U) leader KC Tyagi said, "After the resignation of Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, CM Nitish Kumar has been elected as the new national president of the party..."
JD(U) leader KC Tyagi on Thursday refuted rumours of Lalan Singh's resignation as party president on Thursday, saying that Nitish Kumar, Lalan Singh and he have been together for the last 48 years, so why would he resign?
Janata Dal (United) leader KC Tyagi on Thursday dismissed the rumours about the resignation of party president Lalan Singh from the post and said that the decisions to be taken in the crucial meetings in the national capital would be disclosed later.
Reacting to Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar's remarks, terming India's weak leadership during the 1962 war with China, Janata Dal-United leader, KC Tyagi on Wednesday said that It was not a weak leadership but China broke the agreement.
Janata Dal (United) leader KC Tyagi on Wednesday said that the BJP wants to defame the Aam Admi Party and the Delhi government and that is why AAP MP Sanjay Singh was arrested.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Monday said that the post of Prime Minister has become a fevicol to keep the Ghamandia alliance intact.
Our party considers it as a 'political stunt' for the upcoming general elections, and his statement has nothing to do with the welfare of the minorities," JD(U) chief spokesperson K C Tyagi said in a statement on Wednesday.
"All political parties and stakeholders should be engaged on the issue of the Uniform Civil Code. Only BJP does vote bank politics," JD(U) leader said.
Amid the Opposition efforts to forge an alliance in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, JDU leader KC Tyagi on Tuesday said that in states where the Congress is stronger, the other parties should help it and the latter should also respond in the same way.
The remark by the JDU principal general secretary came hours after his party said that it would not be participating in the Bharat Jodo Yatra on January 30 despite being invited by the Congress.
Janata Dal (United) leader KC Tyagi on Sunday urged the voters of Himachal Pradesh to vote for Congress and said that the victory of oldest of the country in the hill state will lay the foundation of Opposition unity in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.