India, March 22 -- KC Tyagi, veteran JD(U) leader who resigned from party earlier this week, joined the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) in the presence of its president Jayant Choudhary on Sunday.

The former Rajya Sabha MP, a founding member of Nitish Kumar's party, resigned from the party on March 17, ANI reported. He did not specify any reason behind his exit from JD(U).

On Wednesday, Tyagi said that he did not participate in the latest membership drive of the party, adding that there was no personal friction between him and CM Nitish Kumar due to the Rajya Sabha seat allocation.

"I am the founder of Janata Dal (United) alongside George Fernandes, Sharad Yadav, Nitish Kumar, and Digvijay Singh... I have been a member ever since. However, I d...