'No One Can Stop Me...': Tej Pratap Meets Anushka, Woman Seen In Viral 'Relationship' Post
Over a month after a viral photo led to his expulsion from family and RJD, Lalu Yadav's son Tej Pratap on Monday met Anushka, the woman with whom he was claimed to be in a relationship for 12 years.
'We have family relations, so I have come here. No one can stop me from going anywhere. I am in contact with everyone," Tej Pratap said after holding a nearly 5-hour-long meeting with Anushka Yadav.
This comes more than a month after a picture of him and her was posted on the former RJD leader's Facebook in May, claiming that the duo had been in a relationship for 12 years. As the picture went viral and created a storm in Bihar politics months ahead of the Assembly Elections, Tej Pratap later claimed that his account was hacked.
However, it was too late as what followed next was a shocking move by his father Lalu, who expelled him from the party for six years and also disowned him for his 'irresponsible behaviour". He had then said that his son's public actions were 'not in line with our family's principles" and 'undermine our collective struggle for social justice".
Referring to a now-deleted post by Tej Pratap, she added, 'The secret from the past 12 years is finally out. If this was going on for so long, then his family must have known about it too."
Tej Pratap and Aishwarya Rai — who is the granddaughter of former Bihar Chief Minister Daroga Prasad Rai — got married in 2018. But within a few months, they filed for divorce, which is still pending in court.
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