Patna : Lalu Prasad’s son and Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav was today named the leader of the RJD legislature party in the new Bihar Assembly, a decision slammed by BJP as an “open display of dynastic politics”.
Lalu Prasad, who was authorised by the RJD legislature party earlier to take the decision, nominated Tejaswi Yadav, a first-time MLA from Raghopur seat in Vaishali, as RJD legislature party leader in the Assembly, his close aide and MLA Bhola Yadav told PTI.
Lalu’s wife, Rabri Devi, will head the legislature party of the bicameral body. While Tejaswi Yadav is the Deputy Chief Minister of the state, Rabri Devi is a member of the state Legislative Council.
Tejaswi’s appointment highlights the RJD chief’s efforts to guide his younger son to become his heir apparent.
After the recent Assembly poll, RJD is the single-largest party with 80 members in the 243-member Bihar Assembly.
The appointment of Tejaswi Yadav drew stinging remarks from the BJP.
New BJP Legislature party leader Prem Kumar, who is also leader of the opposition, told reporters that “it is an open display of dynastic politics”. “The nation has seen Lalu Prasad playing dynastic politics during the 15-year-rule of the RJD in the state from 1990 to 2005 and the same is continuing now,” Prem Kumar said.
