Patna: During a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) rally in the 1990s, when Lalu Prasad Yadav was the Chief Minister of Bihar, enthusiastic supporters put up hoardings in Patna announcing his then teenage sons – Tej Pratap and Tejashwi – “prince of youth (Prince of youth)”. This move was not liked by Lalu, who declared, “My sons are not in politics and I will punish those who put up these hoardings”.
Nearly three decades later, Tejashwi Yadav, the younger son of the RJD president, is the Deputy CM of Bihar, while the elder Tej Pratap Yadav is the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. His eldest daughter Misa Bharti is a Rajya Sabha MP, and his wife and former CM Rabri Devi is a member of the Bihar Legislative Council.
In fact, Lalu realized the importance of family support in politics early in his career.
In late 2014, as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar began to show signs of being with Jitan Ram Manjhi, Lalu remarked with an amusing look on his face. “Look, people criticized me as she was forced to resign after the arrest warrant was issued against her in 1997,” the RJD chief said in reference to Rabri Devi taking oath as the CM. fodder scam case,
Last week, the RJD chief’s eldest son-in-law – Misa Bharti’s husband Shailesh Kumar, an IT engineer who also holds an MBA degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad – drew a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). . To attend his official meetings with Tej Pratap.
Former Bihar BJP Minister Janak Ram had said that the tradition here is ,brother-in-law’ (brother-in-law) rules In the RJD, recalling the “extra-constitutional” powers exercised by Rabri Devi’s brothers Sadhu and Subhash Yadav.
The Yadav family has been the movers and shakers in Bihar politics for more than three decades, and through matrimonial ties are related to politically influential Yadav families in UP and Haryana.
The head of Bihar’s politics and his wife have seven daughters and two sons. A look at his political presence.
Misa Bharti: Lalu and Rabri’s eldest daughter Nominated Following the maintenance of the Internal Security Act (MISA), 1971, under which the RJD leader was imprisoned once.
Misa completed MBBS from Patna Medical College and Hospital. His political debut came in 2014, when he Contested Lok Sabha elections from Pataliputra but lost. it again Lost 2019 Lok Sabha elections from this seat. Misa is currently serving her second innings As a member of Rajya Sabha.
In 1999, she married Shailesh Kumar, who now has her own business. couple is Guilty in a case of money laundering.
Rohini AcharyaAccording to RJD sources, Lalu’s second daughter was named after Acharya, who had helped her give birth. She has also completed MBBS married Software Engineer Rao Samresh Singh. This couple is settled in Singapore.
Till now Rohini’s political activities have been confined to her social media posts. She is known to tweet frequently help his family members and against B J P.
Chanda Yadav: Lalu’s third daughter is a law graduate, who is married She has kept pilot Vikram Singh low-profile till now and is mostly seen during family functions.
Ragini Yadav: Former CM of Bihar fourth The engineering drop-out daughter is married to former Samajwadi Party MLA Rahul Yadav. He has a distant relation with Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.
As per the affidavit submitted by Rahul before the 2022 Uttar Pradesh election, he is a businessman assets worth Rs 100 crore,
Hema YadavLalu and Rabri have a fifth daughter Engineer Married to Delhi businessman Vineet Yadav on merit. Vineet is also known to dominate politics and is associated with the Samajwadi Party. Hema’s name last month cropped up In the ‘job for land’ scam being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). It is alleged that he got land worth Rs 61 lakh from a railway employee.
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Anushka aka Dhanu: The sixth daughter of the former CM of Bihar has done an interior designing course and is married Chiranjeev, son of former Haryana Congress minister Ajay Singh Yadav. Like his father, Chiranjeev is also associated with politics. Till now Anushka’s political activities have been confined to the promotion of family members.
Tej Pratap Yadav: The eldest of two sons often leaves his family in disrepute. Bihar ministers are college drop outs. According to JD(U) sources, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was instrumental in getting him admitted to the pilot training course, but he did not complete that either. The only mention in his election affidavits is that he has completed his higher secondary education.
he became MLA First time in 2015, and made Bihar health minister in 2017.
Tej Pratap married Aishwarya Rai, granddaughter of late Bihar CM Daroga Prasad Rai in May 2018. talk of divorce Within months, leading to strained relations with her family. Before the 2019 general election, he appealed After getting the RJD ticket, he appealed to the people not to vote for his father-in-law Chandrika Rai.
Troubled by not getting tickets to his colleagues, he did too took pot-shots With her younger brother Tejashwi in public before that election.
However, Tej Pratap seems to be softening with time. He was made the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the Grand Alliance government.
Tejashwi YadavTejashwi, eighth among Yadav siblings, has emerged as Lalu in the last few years political heir,
The first love of the Deputy CM of Bihar was cricket. were stunning A member of the Delhi Daredevil team of the Indian Premier League (IPL), although he remained the 12th man.
When his cricket career failed to take off, he was brought into politics by Lalu in 2009. Tejashwi spent time before seeing his father in public meetings and learning from him. bounce In the election fray in 2015. he became Deputy CM In the Nitish Kumar government as part of the then Mahagathbandhan.
It was in 2018, however, when Lalu was Jailed He had to take responsibility of the party in the fodder scam.
The initial performance was disastrous. RJD fail To win a single seat under his leadership in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Frustrated Tejashwi, not even caring to attend the Bihar Legislative Assembly, in which he was the Leader of the Opposition, left Patna for Delhi.
He managed to transform himself in the 2020 Bihar election, defeating the JDU-BJP alliance by securing around 111 seats, but was brought down by the poor performance of the Congress.
In the current alliance with JD(U), they have 79 MLAs and solid support of Left and Congress MLAs. Political observers believe he is poised to become the next Bihar chief minister – the youngest being 35 years old if he makes it in 2024.
last year he married His longtime friend Rachel Godinho in an intimate ceremony. She is now known as Rajshree Yadav.
While there was speculation in some political circles about the adverse effect of marriage outside the Yadav caste on his career, RJD leaders denied such possibilities.
Raj Laxmi Yadav: The youngest of the Yadav siblings, Raj Lakshmi was born in 1990 after Lalu became the Chief Minister of Bihar. In the early 1990s, a picture of Lalu, holding Raj Lakshmi in his arms, went viral, waiting for his turn for a medical check-up.
He married Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, grandson of Mulayam Singh Yadav, at a high-profile function in Delhi in 2015, which was attended by PM Narendra Modi.
(Edited by Polomi Banerjee)
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