PATNA: RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad's fifth conviction in as many fodder scam cases against him signals the final passing of the baton to his son Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, for whom becoming the party's national president is possibly the only formality that remains to be completed.
While the jury is out on whether 74-year-old Lalu has been anything beyond a figurehead for RJD in the past few years, the man himself is known to scoff at speculation about his heir apparent, Tejashwi, taking over the reins anytime soon.
