SaralnamaJD(U) advisor and former Rajya Sabha MP K C Tyagi, who has joined the Bihar poll campaign alongside party chief and CM Nitish Kumar, spoke to The Indian Express about Nitish’s health, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav as a challenger, the emergence of Jan Suraaj Party and Prashant Kishor, and more. Excerpts: As a socialist activist, I believe Nitish Kumar is perhaps the last socialist leader who has carried forward the legacy of Congress Socialist Party (CSP) founders Acharya Narendra Dev, Jayaparakash Narayan and Rammanohar Lohia. It is also a happy coincidence that CSP was founded in Patna in 1934. Before Nitish Kumar, I believe former CM Karpoori Thakur was a pioneer of quota-within-quota politics and of reservation for women and the poor among the general category in 1978. Though Lalu Prasad became the voice of the poor in the 1990s, he… (Updated 29 Oct 2025, 16:38 IST; source: link)
Key Points
- JD(U) advisor and former Rajya Sabha MP K C Tyagi, who has joined the Bihar poll campaign alongside party chief and CM Nitish Kumar, spoke to The Indian Express about Nitish’s health, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav as a challenger, the emergence of Jan Suraaj Party and Prashant Kishor, and more
- Excerpts: As a socialist activist, I believe Nitish Kumar is perhaps the last socialist leader who has carried forward the legacy of Congress Socialist Party (CSP) founders Acharya Narendra Dev, Jayaparakash Narayan and Rammanohar Lohia
- It is also a happy coincidence that CSP was founded in Patna in 1934