JD(U) leader KC Tyagi resigned as the party's national spokesperson on Sunday In a letter to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, he said: "I request you to relieve me from the post as I have not been able to do justice to the post due to my involvement in other works." 

While he cited personal reasons behind the move, the resignation was learnt to be due to the leadership's displeasure with his recent statements on various issues. 

Rajiv Ranjan Prasad will be replacing Tyagi as the new national spokesperson of the party. 

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Reports say, Tyagi resigned because the party leadership felt that his statements, including the recent one on the Israel-Palestine issue and the lateral entry controversy, deviated from the party line. 

He had urged the Centre to stop arms supplies to Israel and had stated that India supports peace and a ceasefire in Gaza. 

Tyagi is understood to have made these statements “without consulting the leaders” and that “there were talks of alleged differences within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) due to his remarks.”