Tejashwi named RJD’s working president
NEW DELHI: Tejashwi Yadav, son of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav, was appointed the national working president of the party, which was relegated to the margins in last year’s Bihar polls.The appointment coincided with visible signs of internal disquiet within the party. Hours ahead of the RJD’s national executive meeting in Patna on Sunday, Lalu Prasad’s daughter Rohini Acharya alleged that the party’s control had slipped into the “hands of infiltrators and conspirators” whose sole aim, she claimed, was to destroy “Laluvad”.In a post on X, Acharya did not name any individual but said those responsible for leadership decisions in the party should “introspect rather than avoiding questions or creating confusion”.“Today, the real command of the party – known for fighting for the rights of the downtrodden – lies in the hands of infiltrators and conspirators sent by opponents. Their sole objective is to destroy ‘Laluvad’… such people seem to have succeeded to a great extent in their dirty motives,” she wrote.Acharya, a doctor by qualification who later chose to become a homemaker and settled in Singapore with her husband, made the remarks just hours before the party’s key organisational meeting, adding to the backdrop of internal debate as the RJD looks to chart its future course. “They misbehave with those who speak for ‘Laluism’ and the party’s interests. They indulge in rude behaviour with the people who think for the betterment of the party. If ‘he’ maintains silence, then the charge and accusation of complicity with the gang plotting against the party and ‘Laluvad’ stands automatically proven,” she claimed.Earlier, she raised her voice against the RJD’s current leadership.”Anyone who selflessly struggles for the party that was founded by Lalu ji, whoever cares and proudly carries forward Lalu ji’s political legacy and ideology, will definitely question those responsible for the party’s sorry state of affairs,” Acharya said.They will raise their voice against the “dubious roles of such people, without caring for the consequences”, she wrote.After the RJD was drubbed in the Bihar assembly polls last year, Prasad’s daughter had announced that she was “quitting politics” and severed ties with the family.