PATNA: A day after Tej Pratap Yadav revealed his relationship with a girl on social media, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad expelled his eldest son from the party for six years.
Lalu, in his post on X on Sunday, also revealed that Tej Pratap Yadav, RJD MLA from Hasanpur in Samastipur district, is no longer associated with the family.
The RJD chief on X clarified that from now on, Tej Pratap Yadav will not have any role of any kind in the party and family. “Ignoring moral values in personal life weakens our collective struggle for social justice. The activities, public conduct and irresponsible behaviour of the elder son are not in accordance with our family values and traditions,” he wrote.
Lalu further said, “Therefore, I remove him from the party and family. He is expelled from the party for a period of six years. He is capable of seeing the good and bad and the merits and demerits of his personal life. Those who will have relations with him should take their own decisions. I have always been an advocate of public shame in public life. The obedient members of the family have adopted and followed this idea in public life.”
The Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly and younger brother Tejashwi Prasad Yadav also corroborated the RJD president’s view on the issue.
In response to a media query, Tejashwi said, “My elder brother is an adult, and he has the right to take decisions about his personal life. Our party chief has already made it clear.”
He further said, “We can’t tolerate such things. We are working and dedicated to the people of Bihar. If it is about my elder brother, political life and personal life are different. Our party chief has made it clear, and ever since he has said so, it is his feelings. We didn’t question such things… What he is doing in his personal life, nobody asks before doing anything. I have come to know about it through the media only.”
On Saturday, Tej Pratap, who is holidaying in the Maldives, shared a picture with a girl on Facebook, in which he named his beloved as Anushka Yadav.
Sharing the girl’s photograph with him, the former minister said on social media, “I am Tej Pratap Yadav and the girl seen with me in this picture is Anushka Yadav. We know and love each other for the past 12 years and have been living in a relationship.”
“I wanted to share this with all of you for a long time, but did not know how to do so… Therefore, I am expressing emotions of my heart among all of you. I hope you will understand this,” he added.
Tej Pratap, however, deleted the post later. He clarified on X that his Facebook account had been hacked by somebody, and his pictures were wrongly edited.
“My social media platforms have been hacked, and my pictures are being wrongly edited to harass and defame me and my family members. I appeal to all my well-wishers and followers to be cautious and not pay heed to any rumours,” he wrote.
Tej Pratap married former Bihar minister Chandrika Roy’s daughter Aishwarya Rai in May 2018. Aishwarya’s late grandfather Daroga Prasad Rai was a veteran politician and a chief minister in the early 1970s.
However, just five months later in October 2018, Tej Pratap submitted a divorce petition in Patna Civil Court, accusing her of being rude and not paying attention to him.
Aishwarya also walked out of the Lalu–Rabri Devi house, accusing the in-laws of torture and harassment. The case is still ongoing, and both of them have been living separately. While Tej Pratap is a Class XII pass, Aishwarya is an MBA.
Tej Pratap is presently holidaying in the Maldives.