Now Team Tej Pratap names candidate for Bhai Birendra's Maner seat
Tej Pratap Yadav
of
RJD
chief Lalu Prasad's elder son on Wednesday named Shankar Kumar Yadav as the candidate for the Maner seat, currently represented by Bhai Birendra of the party.
Following his expulsion from the RJD in May after he revealed his relationship with another woman, the former state minister has turned a "rebel" and has begun declaring candidates against the party in a direct confrontation with his father's party.
Launching a verbal attack on Birendra, the former minister appealed to the masses to defeat him in the next elections and elect a new leader who could serve the society.
"The bull has been roaming freely and he needs to be bridled," Tej Pratap said, obliquely referring to the sitting RJD legislator, while addressing a meeting in Maner. "The love and support that the people of Maner have shown to the Team Tej Pratap Yadav today is unparalleled and unique. I express my heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all the people who joined the meeting," he said.
Last week, he declared Jay Prakash Yadav as the candidate for the Ghoshi assembly constituency in Jehanabad, currently represented by Ram Bali Singh Yadav of CPI(M-L), part of the state's opposition Grand Alliance. Prior to that, he named Madan Yadav as the candidate for the Shahpur assembly constituency in Bhojpur district, currently held by RJD leader Rahul Tiwari.
Tej Pratap has not spared his younger brother Tejashwi Prasad Yadav either and launched an attack on him for undertaking the Voter Adhikar Yatra.
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