Tejashwi Yadav could be RJD face in next Bihar poll, hints Lalu

TIL Desk/National/Patna/ Rashtriya Janata Dal President Lalu Prasad today dropped a hint that his younger son Tejashwi Yadav could be the party’s face in the next assembly election in Bihar.

Asked for reaction on state RJD President Ramchandra Purve’s comment that next government would be formed by the party under leadership of Tejaswi Yadav, Lalu Prasad praised leadership quality of his younger son.

“He (Tejashwi) is way ahead of all of us in terms of leadership abliity and oratory. I am not saying this merely because he is my son,” the RJD chief told reporters.

Speaking after being elected the state president for the fourth consecutive terms recently, Purve had exulted, “we will form the next government in Bihar under the leadership of Tejashwi Yadav”.  Tejashwi Yadav, who turned 28, had served as the Deputy Chief Minister in the Grand Alliance government of RJD, JD(U) and Congress.