Lalu's son Tej Pratap Yadav to leave RJD

Patna, Apr 26: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on Monday said he intended to resign from the party, an announcement that is seen as a fallout of allegations by a RJD’s youth wing leader Ramraj Yadav, who accused Tej Pratap of thrashing him and using abusive language for Lalu Prasad during the party’s inftaar party on April 22.

 

 

 

“I have followed in the footsteps of my father and tried to accord respect to all party workers. I will soon meet my father and submit my resignation,” Tej Pratap Yadav, 34, said in a short post in Hindi on Twitter. The RJD lawmaker from Hasanpur did not elaborate on Twitter but tagged Tejashwi Yadav, apart from his mother Rabri Devi and Lalu Prasad.

 

 

 

But Tej Pratap later uploaded a photo with his mother and former chief minister, Rabri Devi, on Facebook where she is affectionately holding his forehead. The photograph was seen to imply that he had her mother’s support. Past Monday midnight, Tej Pratap Yadav let it be known on social media that the accusation that he spoke ill of his father Lalu Prasad and brother Tejashwi Yadav, who is seen as Lalu Prasad’s political heir, was a conspiracy to split the family. Why else would the RJD youth wing leader take so long to make a complaint, asked a man featured in a video uploaded on his Facebook page. RJD leaders aware of the development said the offer to resign comes after RJD Yuva Mahanagar president Ramraj Yadav briefed RJD Bihar president Jagdanand Singh about the incident and gave his resignation

 

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Ramraj Yadav told reporters that he was assigned duty at pandal number 3 by the state president. “Tej Pratap came and took me to a room on the pretext of discussing something. There I was beaten in the presence of two persons who I recognized by face. He used abusive language, used vulgar words not only against me but also against Lalu Prasad ji and Tejashwi. I was beaten for being with Tejashwi Yadav and he even threatened to get me eliminated. I have the proof and have given my resignation to the state president,” he said. “I somehow managed to come out, briefed Jagdanand ji on phone and left the venue,” he added. Tej Pratap Yadav earlier posted his photo along with Ramraj Yadav and denied that anything has happened. “He is being provoked by somebody,” said Tej Pratap Yadav.