Tej Pratap lashes out at Tejashwi Prasad Yadav’s aide, to meet Lalu Prasad

PATNA: The simmering discontent of RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap over his position in the party continued on Friday as he lashed out at not only state party president Jagadanand Singh but also his younger brother Tejashwi Prasad Yadav’s close aide Sanjay Yadav.
Tej alleged that Sanjay did not allow him to talk with his younger brother and vowed to take this fight to a logical conclusion. Tej on Friday visited the 10, Circular Road, bungalow of his mother Rabri Devi where Tejashwi also lives. While talking to TOI over the phone, Tej said Sanjay did not let the two brothers talk despite repeated attempts and he had to come back to his residence. “While we had started talking, Sanjay Yadav intervened and took Tejashwi away. He is not letting me talk to my brother,” said Tej, adding “In a couple of days, I will leave for Delhi on Rakshabandhan and discuss this matter with my father.”
He even challenged Jagadanand to stop him from holding a janata darbar at the party headquarters on Saturday. Earlier in the day, Jagdanand had taken a jibe at Tej’s statement that he would avoid taking part in party activities. Jagadanand said people attend the meeting when they are called, meaning thereby that Tej Pratap will not be invited to any party programme.
When asked about the ongoing tussle in the RJD and giving opportunity to the rivals to comment, Tej blamed Jagadanand for the entire episode. “Jagdanand Singh should understand this. He is the one trying to weaken the RJD and Tej Pratap can never tolerate any wrong thing,” said Tej.
A day before, Tej, in a tweet, had called Jagadanand a sleeper cell of Nagpuria party (BJP).
Meanwhile, after the 10, Circular Road bungalow episode, Tejashwi left for Delhi. Though he will be a part of the all-party delegation to be led by CM Nitish Kumar to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Monday on caste-based census issue, party sources said he left a couple of days earlier to avoid any embarrassing situation. “He will also get sufficient time to discuss the entire episode with his father. When in Delhi, he can avoid both Tej Pratap as well as the media,” said a party leader.
The ongoing fight within the RJD has given an opportunity to BJP to take a jibe at the Lalu’s party. BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi said because of this fight, RJD was not able to concentrate on public issues. “In this internal fight in the RJD, who will become Dara Shikoh and will rule like Aurengzeb, only time will tell,” read a part of his tweet.