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The Rashtriya Janata Dal has appointed Tejashwi Yadav as its national working president, a move announced as senior leaders gathered for party meetings in Patna. The change signals a push to formalise leadership responsibilities ahead of upcoming political battles in the state, even as internal voices debate the party’s direction.
In the Mann Ki Baat address on January 25, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged eligible young Indians to register as voters as soon as they turn 18, calling participation in elections a key way to strengthen democracy.
Rashtriya Janata Dal named Tejashwi Yadav as National Working President on 25 January 2026, in the presence of party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. The appointment formalises Tejashwi’s elevated role in the party even as family-linked political tensions surface in public.
RJD has created and filled a key organisational post by appointing Tejashwi Yadav as national working president at a Patna executive meeting, with Lalu Prasad Yadav handing over the appointment letter amid signs of a leadership transition.
With multiple states slated to go to polls later in 2026, political temperatures rose on 25 January as Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge stepped up attacks on the BJP, amid broader disputes over centre–state friction and governor–government tussles.