Misa ties rakhi to Tejashwi, but Tej left out amid feud
Misa Bharti
tied
RJD
leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav a rakhi on Rakshabandhan on Saturday, she did not extend the same gesture to her another brother,
Tej Pratap Yadav
.
Their other sister, Rohini Acharya, posted a picture of Tejashwi on X, and wrote, "Through thick and thin, we've stood by each other.
On this Rakhi, I promise to always be there for you.
Happy Rakshabandhan bhai." She made no mention of Tej, who instead shared a post showing cousin Pinki tying a rakhi on his wrist. Tej also thanked four of his sisters – Hema, Ragini, Chanda and Anushka – for sending him rakhis, but in his X post he omitted three others – Misa, Singapore-based Rohini and Rajlakshmi.
The omissions showed tensions within the family since RJD chief Lalu Prasad expelled Tej and "disowned" him after photos and videos of the Hasanpur MLA with a woman named Anushka Yadav went viral on social media a few months ago.
When Lalu ordered Tej's expulsion from the party and family, both Misa and Rohini strongly supported their father.
Tej, Lalu's elder son, has since launched a political platform called 'Team Tej Pratap' and announced his candidature from the Mahua seat in Vaishali district, which he previously held from 2015 to 2020.
He has taken swipes at younger brother Tejashwi on several occasions and decided to ally with the VVIP, planning to field candidates in this year's assembly elections.
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Notably, Lalu's wife and former CM Rabri Devi also has longstanding differences with her brothers Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu and Subhash Yadav, once influential figures during her tenure. She instead ties rakhi to RJD MLC Sunil Kumar Singh, visiting his home on Saturday for the ritual.
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