RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad on Sunday appointed younger son Tejashwi Yadav as the party’s national working president, triggering a sharp “puppet prince” jibe from estranged daughter Rohini Acharya. Party leaders said the ailing Lalu, 77, was keen to hand over the control, though he continues to retain the post of RJD president. The development, however, once again laid bare the fault lines within the family, which includes seven daughters and two sons. Rohini Acharya, Lalu Prasad’s Singapore-based daughter who had donated a kidney to him, was quick to voice her dissent in a sarcastic X post. Rohini, who unsuccessfully contested the last Lok Sabha election from Saran, had fallen out with Tejashwi following the RJD’s drubbing in the Assembly polls.

Source: The Telegraph January 26, 2026 01:46 UTC