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Two days aft JD(U) person K.C. Tyagi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to see bestowing 'Bharat Ratna' connected Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the enactment connected Saturday (January 10, 2026) said the statements by its erstwhile MP were his idiosyncratic views and "not successful enactment with the party's ideology".
In a missive to the PM connected Thursday (January 8), Mr. Tyagi said Mr. Kumar, who is simply a "precious gem" of the socialist movement, is worthy of the highest civilian honour.
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Asked astir Mr. Tyagi's letter, JD(U) nationalist spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan Prasad said, "The erstwhile enactment MP has made respective statements successful the caller past which person not been successful enactment with the party's ideology and not the authoritative stand. All statements made by him shall beryllium deemed to person been made successful his idiosyncratic capacity".
Office bearers successful the JD(U) are "not definite whether Tyagi continues to clasp immoderate station successful the party", helium said.
"March 30 2024, was a time to honour our ancestors. Thanks to your efforts, they were bestowed with the highest honour, the 'Bharat Ratna'," Mr. Tyagi said successful his missive to the PM.
On March 30, 2024, President Droupadi Murmu conferred Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, connected erstwhile Prime Ministers P.V. Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agriculture idiosyncratic M.S. Swaminathan and two-time erstwhile Bihar main curate Karpoori Thakur, posthumously, astatine a ceremonial astatine the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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"Impressed by your efforts, I humbly petition that Nitish Kumar, a precious gem of the socialist movement, is besides worthy of this honour. Many heroes person received this honour during their lifetime," Mr. Tyagi said successful the letter.
"On behalf of millions of people, I anticipation and petition that our beloved person Nitish Kumar beryllium bestowed with this honour truthful that past remembers your efforts," the erstwhile JD(U) MP added.
Mr. Tyagi has been with the JD(U) since its inception 2 and a fractional decades ago.
A protege of erstwhile Prime Minister Choudhry Chran Singh, Mr Tyagi was besides known to beryllium adjacent to Shard Yadav, a erstwhile JD(U) president who was disowned by the enactment successful 2017.
Mr. Yadav aboriginal went connected to interval different outfit and merged it with RJD soon earlier his death, portion Mr. Tyagi chose to align with Nitish Kumar.
