RJD chief and ex-Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav Sunday expelled his son Tej Pratap from the “party and family”.
The development comes months ahead of the assembly elections in the state, where Lalu’s younger son and former Bihar CM Tejashwi is leading the RJD campaign.
“Ignoring moral values in personal life weakens our collective struggle for social justice. The activities, public conduct and irresponsible behaviour of my eldest son are not in accordance with our family values and traditions. Therefore, due to the above circumstances, I remove him from the party and family. From now on, he will not have any role of any kind in the party and family. He is expelled from the party for six years,” Lalu wrote in a post on X.
“He is capable of seeing the good and bad, and merits and demerits of his personal life. All those who have relations with him should make their own decisions. I have always been an advocate of public shame in public life. The obedient members of the family have adopted and followed this idea in public life. Thank you,” he wrote.
निजी जीवन में नैतिक मूल्यों की अवहेलना करना हमारे सामाजिक न्याय के लिए सामूहिक संघर्ष को कमज़ोर करता है। ज्येष्ठ पुत्र की गतिविधि, लोक आचरण तथा गैर जिम्मेदाराना व्यवहार हमारे पारिवारिक मूल्यों और संस्कारों के अनुरूप नहीं है। अतएव उपरोक्त परिस्थितियों के चलते उसे पार्टी और परिवार…
— (@laluprasadrjd)
The development comes a day after a post was shared on Tej Pratap’s profile of him with a woman, along with a caption that indicated they had been in a relationship for 12 years. The post was later deleted, and Tej Pratap wrote in a post on X: “My social media platforms have been hacked and my pictures are being wrongly edited to harass and defame me and my family members. I appeal to my well-wishers and followers to be cautious and ignore rumours.”
