‘Cannot Tolerate…’: Tejashwi Yadav’s Response To Brother Tej Pratap’s Expulsion From RJD

Final Up to date:Might 25, 2025, 18:45 IST

RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav gave a guarded response about his brother Tej Pratap’s expulsion however minced no phrases in stating “issues haven’t been to my liking”

Moments after RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav expelled his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav from the get together for six years and snapped household ties with him, his youthful son Tejashwi Yadav mentioned he got here to know concerning the transfer from the media.

Tejashwi, nonetheless, gave a guarded response however minced no phrases in stating “issues haven’t been to my liking”. “My elder brother is an grownup. He’s free to make any selection in his private life. However there are specific issues we can not tolerate. And that is what our nationwide president has asserted in his submit,” he mentioned.

He, nonetheless, mentioned in relation to his elder brother, the political and private are “completely different”. However, he careworn that the get together, which was “devoted to the folks of Bihar, “can not tolerate such issues”.

“We can not tolerate such issues, we’re working and are devoted to the folks of Bihar. If it’s about my huge brother, political life and private life are completely different,” he mentioned.

Tejashwi, the chief of the opposition within the Bihar meeting, additional mentioned this was his father’s resolution primarily based on his emotions and the get together had not questioned it. And, he mentioned, it’s not the norm of their household that a person relies on instructions from others of their private lives.

“Our get together’s chief has made it clear, and ever since he has mentioned so, it’s his emotions. We didn’t query such issues… What he’s doing in his private life, no person asks earlier than doing something. I’ve come to find out about it through the media solely,” he mentioned.

Whereas expelling his son from the get together, Lalu Prasad declared “he shall don’t have anything to do with the household”. On Might 24, Tej Pratap introduced on social media that he was “in a relationship for 12 years” with a girl, regardless of being married and his divorce petition nonetheless pending earlier than a household courtroom. He, nonetheless, deleted the submit a couple of hours later, claiming on X that his Fb web page was “hacked”.

Prasad, who introduced his drastic transfer on social media, made no point out of the day before today’s happenings however criticised his elder son’s actions, public conduct and “irresponsible behaviour”, saying “disregard for ethical values in private life weakens our collective battle to realize social justice”.

He admonished him for behaving in a way “not in consonance with the values of my household” and declared that “he shall don’t have any function, henceforth, within the get together and the household. He’s expelled from the get together for six years”.

The event got here with barely a couple of months left for the Bihar meeting polls, which the RJD will struggle underneath the management of Prasad’s youthful son, Tejashwi Yadav.

(With PTI inputs)

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