PATNA, June 21 -- The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav seems set to become the party's national president for another on June 23, party insiders said on Saturday. It will be Lalu's 13th term as party chief.

RJD is holding party polls of its national council and state executive. Polling will be on July 5.

Prasad, who turned 78 recently, will likely be the only candidate who will file nomination on June 23 and thus his election will merely be a formality. Lalu has been the RJD chief for 28 years ever since the party was formed in 1997 after split in the old Janata Dal pariwar. He has held party posts for tenures as three years, etc.

"There is no doubt that RJD chief Lalu Prasad would be the n...