Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, August 20
The simmering differences between Bihar’s former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s sons had spilled out in open as the younger brother reportedly shunted his elder brother out of house.
The rivalry between both the brothers has once against stir the political circle in Bihar. Tejpratap Yadav, the self-declared “Krishna” in Lalu Prasad Yadav family on Friday had to make a hasty retreat from 10, Circular Road bungalow as his younger brother and leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav literally told him to “get out”. The bungalow has been officially allotted to Rabri Devi in the capacity of former Chief Minister.
An angry former health minister and elder son of RJD President Tejpratap came out of the bungalow and told media persons: “I was not allowed to talk to my brother. His advisor, Sanjay Yadav, prevented us from talking to each other. Now, I will expose everything wrong in the family.”
The rift between both the brothers started when Tejashwi removed RJD’s student unit chief who was associated with elder brother Tej Pratap. The latter had gone to meet the junior Yadav to discuss the removal of students wing president, Aakash Yadav by state RJD President Jagdanand Singh on Thursday without consulting him as he is patron of the RJD Chhatra Sabha appointed by Lalu.
Singh was called dictator by Tejpratap who alleged the state party president was hell bent upon destroying the party. Singh refuses to meet party leaders and follow bureaucratic behaviour. Reacting to the charge of Tejpratap, Singh said, “Who is Tejpratap? I am accountable to Lalu Prasad only.” Singh had been abstaining from visiting party office for the last ten days and even did not attend the Independence Day celebrations to register his protest against Tejpratap Yadav.
Tejpratap alleged conspiracy to keep him out of RJD and threatened he would approach court for action against the party president. He apprehended Jagdanand would get him liquidated physically. He described Jagdanand Singh as “Dhrishratra” and Sanjay Kumar Yadav, personal aide of Tejashwi as Shakuni of Mahabharata. Sanjay is IT expert from Haryana and close to Tejashwi since Delhi school days.
Lalu Yadav in 2017 had officially declared his younger son, Tejashwi as his political heir. Lalu is staying with her eldest daughter, Misa Bharti, MP in New Delhi.
