Tej Pratap hits out at RJD state chief, again

PATNA: RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on Wednesday accused party’s state president Jagdanand Singh of not letting him accompany his father for the campaign in Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur assembly constituencies where byelection is scheduled on October 30.

Lalu, along with his younger son Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, addressed one rally each in the two constituencies on Wednesday. Singh accompanied them in the helicopter.

“Once again Jagdanand Singh has tried to break the party (RJD) and stopped me from going to the election rallies with my father,” tweeted Tej soon after Lalu had left Patna for the election rallies. Tej even uploaded to his social media page a photo from a scene of the Mahabharata showcasing Singh as the Kans. In the same morning he had shared a video of his spending time with his father Lalu and wrote that Lalu told him about the JP movement and struggle.

Such tantrums from Tej have become a common affair nowadays, one RJD leader said, preferring anonymity. Though both Lalu and his wife and former chief minister Rabri Devi deny any tussle in the first Yadav family, Tej had many times made the differences public.

Tej had earlier staged a dharna outside his bungalow alleging he was not allowed to enter 10, Circular Road, where his parents were staying. He had even warned his younger brother Tejashwi, whom he had often referred to as his Arjun, to remain conscious and follow the right way, or else it will not be possible for him to become CM.


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