Patna: Tejashwi Prasad Yadav was elected national working president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on January 25, formally assuming leadership of the party founded by his father, Lalu Prasad, who had served as its national president since 1997.
The leadership transition has, however, exposed sharp internal fault lines. Two days after the announcement, Tejashwi’s sister, Rohini Acharya, issued a strongly worded public statement criticising the party’s current direction and those she held responsible for its recent electoral setbacks.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, Rohini said the outcomes of the Lok Sabha elections and the recently concluded assembly polls reflected “what has been done for Lalu ji and the party”. Without naming her brother directly, she alleged that the individual entrusted with responsibility, along with what she described as an “imported guru” and their associates, had eroded decades of struggle and pushed the party towards the brink.
“लालू जी और पार्टी के लिए किसने क्या किया” ये तो लोकसभा , हालिया संपन्न विधानसभा के चुनावी नतीजों और पार्टी की वर्त्तमान स्थिति से ही साफ़ है , जिसे जिम्मेदारी सौंपी गयी उसने, उसके आयातित गुरु और उस गुरु के गुर्गों ने तो लालू जी व् पार्टी के प्रति समर्पित हरेक लालूवादी के दशकों…
— Rohini Acharya (@RohiniAcharya2) January 27, 2026
Acharya said questions about the party’s decline had been raised in the past and would continue to be raised, urging those in charge to demonstrate “moral courage” by addressing them publicly. “It will become clear who is giving advice and who is avoiding the truth while claiming to advise,” she wrote.
She further questioned the handling of an internal review reportedly conducted within the party, asking why its findings had not been made public and why no action had been taken against those named in it. According to her, these were the questions troubling “every true party worker, supporter and well-wisher”.
Her remarks followed an earlier post on January 25, in which she again criticised the leadership change without naming Tejashwi. In that message, she described the moment as the end of a “glorious innings” of a towering political figure and sarcastically congratulated what she called sycophants and a “gang of infiltrators” on the “coronation” of a “prince”.
