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Patna, Oct 31 (IANS) After being expelled from both Lalu Prasad Yadav’s family and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), former Bihar environment, forest and climate change minister Tej Pratap Yadav had spent months in political and personal isolation.
For more than three months, none of his family members spoke publicly in his support.
However, the atmosphere within the Yadav family now seems to be changing.
Initially, Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Misa Bharti wished brother Tej Pratap, expressing hope for his success in the Bihar Assembly elections.
Soon after, Lalu Prasad Yadav’s elder daughter Rohini Acharya also came out in support of her brother Tej Pratap and praised his decision to contest the elections independently.
Now the maternal affection of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s wife and former Chief Minister Rabri Devi has also awakened.
Speaking at Raghopur Assembly constituency in Vaishali district on Friday – where she was campaigning for her younger son Tejashwi Yadav – Rabri Devi talked about Tej Pratap and said, “He is fighting…that too is fine…it is fine, he is right in his place.”
His statement is being considered an important sign of softening of relations in the family.
Tej Pratap Yadav, who has formed his own political party named Jantantrik Janata Dal (JJD) and has fielded candidates in several assembly constituencies, has been vocal on the issues of Raghopur, Tejashwi’s assembly constituency.
During his recent visit, Tejashwi distributed relief material to flood-affected residents and questioned the absence of the local MLA during their hardships – remarks indirectly targeting his brother Tej Pratap.
Meanwhile, resentment against Tejashwi Yadav seems to be increasing in Raghopur.
During Rabri Devi’s campaign tour on Friday, an elderly man publicly questioned Tejashwi’s absence from the Raghopur assembly constituency.
Although Rabri Devi kept listening silently, she left the venue after some time.
With the assembly elections approaching, the apparent divide between the two brothers and the changing dynamics within the Yadav family have added a new dimension to the political atmosphere in Raghopur and across Bihar.
Grand alliance’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav is campaigning extensively for his party’s candidates in Bihar these days.
–IANS
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