Lalu Prasad Yadav expels son Tej Pratap from RJD for ‘ignoring moral values’

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday expelled his elder son and former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav from the party for six years for “ignoring moral values” in his personal life.

Lalu Prasad Yadav said that Tej Pratap’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 Rashtriya Janata Dal chief said on X.

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…

— Lalu Prasad Yadav (@laluprasadrjd) May 25, 2025

This came after a controversy erupted on Saturday surrounding a now-deleted post from Tej Pratap’s Facebook profile, NDTV reported. The post featured a photo of him with a woman named Anushka Yadav, and said that she and Tej Pratap had been in a relationship for 12 years.

In response to the post, several social media users asked why Tej Pratap married former Bihar minister Chandrika Rai’s daughter Aishwarya in May 2018 if he was already in a relationship with another woman at the time. The two separated...

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