Once introduced as the heir to RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav’s political legacy, Tej Pratap Yadav has now been expelled from the party and disowned by his family after a string of personal and public controversies that have routinely overshadowed the RJD’s political agenda.
The tipping point came on Saturday, when Tej Pratap posted a dramatic and ambiguous message on social media alluding to a new "relation" with a woman — an announcement that, while cryptic, was in keeping with his unpredictable public persona.
Sources within the party confirmed that Lalu Prasad took the rare but firm step to formally expel his elder son from the Rashtriya Janata Dal. “The message was clear – political survival trumps paternal indulgence,” said a senior party leader familiar with the internal discussions.
Erratic behavior and public outbursts
Tej Pratap’s trajectory has been marked by erratic behavior and public outbursts. Despite being appointed Bihar’s health minister in 2015, his tenure was more remembered for unorthodox conduct — including reports of bringing a cow into his ministerial bungalow for “positive energy” and relying on astrologers for official decisions — than for policy outcomes.
His 2018 marriage to Aishwarya Rai, granddaughter of former Bihar CM Daroga Rai, was initially seen as a strategic political alliance but quickly devolved into scandal.
Tej Pratap filed for divorce within months, while Aishwarya accused him of abuse and erratic behavior. The episode deepened family tensions, with Lalu and Rabri Devi struggling to contain the fallout.
Family feud; public confrontations
In subsequent years, Tej Pratap frequently skipped key RJD events, launched public attacks against his younger brother Tejashwi Yadav — now widely accepted as Lalu’s political successor — and floated vague threats of forming his own political outfit.
Saturday’s social media post, coming just months ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, appears to have been the final straw. The RJD, seeking to avoid further distractions, made its strongest move yet to distance itself from Tej Pratap.
While neither Tejashwi nor other family members issued public statements on the expulsion, party insiders say the decision had been under consideration for some time.
The once-promising dynast now finds himself politically adrift — a dramatic fall from grace in Bihar’s turbulent political landscape.
(With inputs from ToI)
The tipping point came on Saturday, when Tej Pratap posted a dramatic and ambiguous message on social media alluding to a new "relation" with a woman — an announcement that, while cryptic, was in keeping with his unpredictable public persona.
Sources within the party confirmed that Lalu Prasad took the rare but firm step to formally expel his elder son from the Rashtriya Janata Dal. “The message was clear – political survival trumps paternal indulgence,” said a senior party leader familiar with the internal discussions.
Erratic behavior and public outbursts
Tej Pratap’s trajectory has been marked by erratic behavior and public outbursts. Despite being appointed Bihar’s health minister in 2015, his tenure was more remembered for unorthodox conduct — including reports of bringing a cow into his ministerial bungalow for “positive energy” and relying on astrologers for official decisions — than for policy outcomes.
His 2018 marriage to Aishwarya Rai, granddaughter of former Bihar CM Daroga Rai, was initially seen as a strategic political alliance but quickly devolved into scandal.
Tej Pratap filed for divorce within months, while Aishwarya accused him of abuse and erratic behavior. The episode deepened family tensions, with Lalu and Rabri Devi struggling to contain the fallout.
Family feud; public confrontations
In subsequent years, Tej Pratap frequently skipped key RJD events, launched public attacks against his younger brother Tejashwi Yadav — now widely accepted as Lalu’s political successor — and floated vague threats of forming his own political outfit.
Saturday’s social media post, coming just months ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, appears to have been the final straw. The RJD, seeking to avoid further distractions, made its strongest move yet to distance itself from Tej Pratap.
While neither Tejashwi nor other family members issued public statements on the expulsion, party insiders say the decision had been under consideration for some time.
The once-promising dynast now finds himself politically adrift — a dramatic fall from grace in Bihar’s turbulent political landscape.
(With inputs from ToI)
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