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The turmoil in the family of RJD president Lalu Prasad about the theater performances of his cheerful eldest son Tej Pratap Yadav seems far from over.
The lawmaker visited Mother Rabri Devi’s home on Tuesday evening, spent the night with her and announced, according to party sources, that from now on he will not live in the bungalow allocated to him by the state government.
The “reunion” has brought more worry than joy to the family, who have yet to digest Tej Pratap’s cryptic tweet Monday, expressing his wish to hand over his “resignation” to his father.
The party, which is led by the all-powerful founder and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav, the youngest son, is currently shaken by the controversy sparked by the serious accusations made by a junior official against Tej Pratap.
Ramraj Yadav, head of the city unit of RJD’s youth wing, claimed he was stripped naked and beaten up by accomplices of the temperamental leader who also threatened to eliminate him.
Alarmingly, Ramraj has claimed that the incident took place at Rabri Devi’s residence last week when visitors were invited to an Iftar party hosted by Tejashwi, who also lives with his mother.
Sources close to Tej Pratap say he may have decided to move into his mother’s bungalow at 10 Circular Road because he suspected Ramraj’s accusations were a “conspiracy” hatched against him by opponents in the party.
While Tej Pratap has tried with limited success to reconcile the greater influence his younger brother has, his feud with key leaders close to Tejashwi, including state president Jagadanand Singh, is an open secret.
Incidentally, Jagadanand Singh has so far been the only RJD leader who said he was aware of Ramraj’s allegations.
“Ramraj had called me and told me of his ordeal. I have taken note of his complaints. But unfortunately it is not in my hands to take action against Tej Pratap. He is an MLA and not just a leader of a state unit,” Singh said. to reporters, barely hiding his sense of hopelessness.
However, Tej Pratap loyalists claim that the alleged attack never took place and that Ramraj was acting on behalf of Singh, Tejashwi’s chief political aide Sanjay Yadav and MLC Sunil Kumar Singh.
Neither Sanjay Yadav nor Sunil Kumar Singh has commented on this latest round of controversy surrounding the supreme party’s combative eldest son.
However, some RJD leaders see a glimmer of hope in the possible release of Lalu Prasad next week as he has been released on bail by the Jharkhand High Court in cases of feed scams.
Meanwhile, Tej Pratap’s loyalists, who were generally dismissed as “sycophants” by the RJD grassroots, have claimed that he is a serious politician who plans to “janta darbar” as his father did in his heyday, starting next month. hold. embark on a state-wide ‘yatra’ (tour).
The RJD MLA currently represents Hassanpur in Samastipur district, having moved his base from Mahua in Vaishali where he made his debut but became hugely unpopular during his tenure.
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