26-05-2025
Tej Pratap Yadav: Politician, lover, influencer
Days after his elder son Tej Pratap shared a picture with a woman, referring to her as his girlfriend, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav expelled him from the party for six years — and from the family. However, Tej Pratap is claiming that his social media was hacked and photos tampered his expulsion, X hasn't stopped buzzing. The hashtag #TejPratapYadav and the keyword 'Lalu Yadav' gained over 33,700 and 32,300 posts in just 24 hours, with the hashtag trending for more than nine hours on the Pratap's social media reveals how the eldest of the Yadav clan lives in his own world, divided between his deities and his group of supporters, some of whom call him Teju Bhaiya.
Like his favourite deity, Krishna, Tej Pratap is often photographed playing the flute.
He has reinvented himself over the years, posing with horses, showing off luxury cars, and flashing his state-sanctioned security, all the while chasing clout on every social media platform minister and full-time vloggerOnce a cabinet minister in Nitish Kumar's government, Tej Pratap quickly shifted gears, from politics to GoPro. He launched a YouTube channel called 'LR Vlog' in November 2021, where he documented his life on camera, from showcasing his plush bungalow to parading government escorts and convoy cars. The channel has nearly two lakh subscribers, although he hasn't been very active over the past year.
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The channel's homepage proudly displays a YouTube Silver Play Button, a physical award given to channels that reach 100,000 subscribers. He's even seen collaborating with other YouTubers, a clear badge of his influencer Tej Pratap amped up his theatrics by sharing a photo on Facebook, posing beside an Air Force chopper. He claimed he was training to become a pilot and even offered to fight for the legacy and 'Pukar' anthemTej Pratap's thirst for validation didn't begin on YouTube. It can be traced back to TikTok, where his old profile had 1.76 lakh followers and was filled with Bollywood-style stunts, luxury rides in a BMW, and superbike antics. In 2018, he even dropped a theme song titled 'Tej Pratap Pukaar Raha Hai' — all in the name of the PR machine didn't stop there. A separate YouTube channel named 'LR Bharat' runs in parallel, often covering and promoting Tej Pratap Yadav and RJD meets dramaInstagram is where Tej Pratap truly shines — or rather, reels in attention — with over six lakh followers. From meditating in a forest surrounded by police personnel to donning Krishna's attire, playing the flute, and performing a self-Rudrabhishek, his posts are nothing short of Pratap Yadav seems more at home in a reel than in a constituency. Politics might run in his blood, but it's the likes and views that seem to pump his heart. Must Watch
