Patna: RJD president Lalu Prasad on Sunday expelled his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav from the party, besides declaring that he “shall have nothing to do with the family”.
Yadav had on Saturday evening announced on social media that he was “in a relationship for 12 years” with a woman, despite being married and his divorce petition still pending before a family court here. He, however, deleted the post a few hours later, claiming on X that his Facebook page was “hacked”.
Prasad, who announced his drastic move on social media, made no mention of the previous day’s happenings, but criticised his elder son’s actions, public conduct, and “irresponsible behaviour”, saying “disregard for moral values in personal life weakens our collective struggle to achieve social justice”.
“Therefore, due to these 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 6 years,” the RJD supremo said.
The move came a day after a viral Facebook post stated that Yadav, a former Bihar minister, was “in a relationship” with a young woman. Yadav, however, claimed that his account on the social media platform had been “hacked”.
The post had drawn flak from social media users, many of whom reminded the 37-year-old politician of his marriage that took place with much fanfare in 2018.
“My social media platform was hacked and my photographs were edited wrongfully,” Yadav wrote on X on Saturday night, referring to the post that had gone viral and was taken note of by media outlets.
Yadav had tied the knot with Aishwarya, the grand-daughter of former Bihar chief minister Daroga Rai. However, within a few months, Aishwarya left his house, alleging that she was driven out by her husband and in-laws.
