‘Can’t Tolerate…’: Tejashwi Yadav’s Response To Brother Tej Pratap’s Expulsion From RJD

Last Updated:May 25, 2025, 18:45 IST

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav gave a guarded response about his brother Tej Pratap’s expulsion but minced no words in stating “things have not been to my liking”

Moments after RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav expelled his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav from the party for six years and snapped family ties with him, his younger son Tejashwi Yadav said he came to know about the move from the media.

Tejashwi, however, gave a guarded response but minced no words in stating “things have not been to my liking”. “My elder brother is an adult. He is free to make any choice in his personal life. But there are certain things we cannot tolerate. And this is what our national president has asserted in his post,” he said.

He, however, said when it comes to his elder brother, the political and personal are “different”. But, he stressed that the party, which was “dedicated to the people of Bihar, “cannot tolerate such things”.

“We cannot tolerate such things, we are working and are dedicated to the people of Bihar. If it’s about my big brother, political life and personal life are different,” he said.

Tejashwi, the leader of the opposition in the Bihar assembly, further said this was his father’s decision based on his feelings and the party had not questioned it. And, he said, it is not the norm in their family that an individual depends on directions from others in their personal lives.

“Our party’s chief has made it clear, and ever since he has said so, it is his feelings. We didn’t question such things… What he is doing in his personal life, nobody asks before doing anything. I have come to know about it via the media only,” he said.

While expelling his son from the party, Lalu Prasad declared “he shall have nothing to do with the family”. On May 24, Tej Pratap 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. 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”.

He admonished him for behaving in a manner “not in consonance with the values of my family” and declared that “he shall have no role, henceforth, in the party and the family. He is expelled from the party for six years”.

The development came with barely a few months left for the Bihar assembly polls, which the RJD will fight under the leadership of Prasad’s younger son, Tejashwi Yadav.

(With PTI inputs)

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