Tej Pratap says ‘vote theft’ not an issue in Bihar, cautions brother against ‘Jaichands’

PATNA: RJD chief Lalu Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on Tuesday warned his younger brother Tejashwi Prasad Yadav of ‘Jaichands' (known for treachery in history) around him and said his ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra' with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was only to create confusion.

Tej has formed Team Tej Pratap after his father expelled him from RJD for six years over his pictures and videos with a girl that went viral on social media in May this year. He has announced his candidature from Mahua in Vaishali and also decided to field his candidates from other seats in the assembly elections this year.


Tej said ‘vote theft' is not an issue in Bihar and there is Election Commission (EC) to look after it. He said the opposition should not divert from the real poll issues like health, education and unemployment.

In his post on X, Tej shared a 19-second video of the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra' passing through Aurangabad on Monday and wrote, "I am unable to understand whether Rahul and Tejashwi have come out to save democracy or to tear it apart. Because the way the driver of MLA Vijay Kumar Singh alias Dabloo Singh from Nabinagar assembly and a journalist were beaten up and abused by ‘Jaichand', it is very wrong and shameful. If people who talk about democracy are behaving like this with their own workers and officials, then one can imagine how they will behave with the common people. I strongly condemn this."

He further said, "I want to tell Tejashwi that there is still time. Be careful of the ‘Jaichands' around you, otherwise you will see very bad results in the elections. Now the election result will decide how wise you are."

The former health minister also called the girl's brother Akash Yadav a ‘Jaichand'. "Making my photo viral by Akash Yadav and some Jaichands is a conspiracy to end my political career. These Jaichands don't know yet that my name is Tej Pratap Yadav. My political career will not end because of small people like you, rather I will move forward with more strength. No matter how big a conspiracy any Jaichand makes, he will never be able to defeat me," he posted on X.



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