(PTI)
Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Lalu Prasad’s son, Tejashwi Yadav will be the chief ministerial candidate of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) for the next Assembly election in the state. RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was formally declared as having been elected, unopposed, as the party’s national president for the 10th consecutive term at the meet. A resolution on this was adopted at the party’s national council-cum-open session meet here which was attended by the party’s top leaders. A resolution read by senior party leader Jagdanand Singh that the party will fight the next Bihar Assembly election under the leadership of Tejashwi Yadav, who would also head the government in the event of the RJD winning the poll. The next election to the 243-member Bihar Legislative Assembly is scheduled for 2020. Speculations have been rife about Tejashwi Yadav, Prasad’s younger son, being declared the party’s face for the next state polls. A few days ago, Prasad stated that Tejashwi Yadav was “able” and “mature” and that there was nothing wrong if people were talking about him as the party’s chief ministerial candidate.
