Tejaswi Yadav named RJD legislature party leader

November 30, 2015 09:57

Lalu Prasad Yadav's younger son Tejaswi Yadav has been elected at the Rashtriya Janata Dal's legislature party leader in Bihar. RJD chief Lalu officials handed over the party command to his younger son on Monday. Tejaswi is also the deputy chief minister in Bihar.

The younger Yadav was elected from Raghopur, which was once represented by his mother and former chief minister Rabri Devi.

Meanwhile, his mother Rabri Devi has been named as the leader of the RJD legislative council

The RJD is the biggest party in the Grand Alliance, which comprises of Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United and the Congress. In the recently concluded elections, the RJD won 80 assembly seats followed by the JD-U with 71 and the Congress with 27 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party bagged 53 seats and its three allies a mere five seats.

-- M I Khan in Patna

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