Bihar result: Expelled RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav trails in Mahua

Expelled Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tej Pratap Yadav was trailing in the Mahua constituency as votes in the Bihar Assembly elections were being counted on Friday, as per Election Commission data.

As of 12.55 pm, the Janshakti Janata Dal leader was in fourth place with 5,860 votes.

The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)’s Sanjay Kumar Singh was leading with 26,048 votes. Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Mukesh Kumar Raushan was placed second with 17,481 votes.

This was after eight out of 26 rounds of counting.

Tej Pratap Yadav, a former state minister and the estranged son of RJD founder Lalu Prasad Yadav, was expelled by his father from the party in May for six years for “ignoring moral values” in his personal life.

Lalu Prasad Yadav had said that Tej Pratap Yadav’s public conduct was not in line with his family’s values. “From now on, he will have no role in the party or family,” the RJD chief had said on social media.

This came after a controversy erupted surrounding a post from Tej Pratap Yadav’s Facebook profile, which featured a photo of him with a woman named Anushka Yadav. The post, which was later deleted, said that she and the former state minister had been in a relationship for 12 years.

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