PATNA, March 28: Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav’s older son, Tej Pratap Yadav, resigned as patron of RJD’s student wing.
The resignation is significant because Tej Pratap has headed the RJD student wing for last many years and he had selected candidates to contest the students union polls of Patna University.
“Those who consider me naïve are naïve themselves. I know who has what standing in the party,” tweeted Tej Pratap.
Tej Pratap said he is worried for the party and had talked about the same with Lalu Yadav and his younger brother Tejashwi Yadav. Tej Pratap added that he had talked about tickets for two of his candidates with both Lalu and Tejashwi but they are yet to give any reply to him.
Tej Pratap is reportedly seeking tickets for Angesh Kumar from Sheohar and Chandrapraksh Yadav from Jehanabad.
RJD leaders said when Tej Pratap’s mother Rabri Devi was informed about his plan, she rebuked him and forced him to cancel his press conference.
On his part, Tej Pratap refused to comment on his decision to cancel the press conference at the last moment but strongly rejected reports that he was planning to launch his own party.
In Bihar, the RJD is contesting the Lok Sabha in alliance with the Congress, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP), Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP). As per the seat-sharing deal agreed by these parties, the RJD will contest on 20 seats, Congress on nine seats, RLSP on five seats, HAM and VIP on three seats each. The RJD has also agreed to give one seat to Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation from its quota.
