New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai criticised the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) after Tejashwi Yadav was formally appointed as the party's national working president, calling it a "family-run party" and a "symbol of dynastic politics."

Speaking to ANI on Sunday, MoS Home Rai said, "Tejashwi Yadav's coronation as Working President of the party is neither new for the RJD nor for Bihar. The Lalu family has been working on the principle of 'family first' in Bihar for the past three decades. In the same sequence, Tejashwi Yadav has been formally made the RJD Working President today, but the fact is that RJD's functioning and control have been in Tejashwi Yadav's hands for years."

He further alleged that...