Tej Pratap Yadav

Tej Pratap Yadav

About Tej Pratap Yadav

Tej Pratap Yadav

Elder brother of Tejashwi, expelled from RJD in 2025 due to alleged "irresponsible behavior,". He filed his nomination from Mahua.
 
Tej Pratap formed his own party, the Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD), which was registered in September 2025. He announced that he would contest from the Mahua Assembly constituency in Vaishali district, a seat he had won in 2015 as an RJD candidate and is looking to reclaim.
 
His party has announced 21 candidates for the Bihar Assembly election, forming alliances with five regional parties, including Vanchit Vikaas Insaan Party and Bhojpuriya Jan Morcha, aiming to create a broader base in Bihar.

Latest Updates on Tej Pratap Yadav

Land for jobs scam: CBI pays a visit to Bihar's former CM Rabri Devi's home

The CBI filed an FIR against Lalu Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi, and daughter Misa Bharti over the land for jobs scam and submitted its chargesheet for the same

Updated On: 06 Mar 2023 | 3:38 PM IST

Politics over Iftar parties in Bihar, Tej Pratap invites Amit Shah

Tej Pratap Yadav posted an invitation card on his Twitter handle and invited Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Updated On: 22 Apr 2022 | 1:20 PM IST

Tej Pratap Yadav invites CM Nitish Kumar to re-enter Mahagathbandhan

RJD chief Lalu Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav has invited Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to re-enter the 'Mahagathbandhan'.

Updated On: 11 Apr 2022 | 1:08 PM IST

Tej Pratap Yadav demands Lalu Prasad's immediate release from jail

"I have seen my father being repeatedly put in jail, having been implicated in a case he had sought to crack," 35-year-old Yadav said

Updated On: 23 Mar 2022 | 4:44 PM IST

FIR against Tej Pratap Yadav for hiding property details in poll affidavit

A FIR has been registered against RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav over allegedly hiding details of property in the affidavit filed during the Assembly elections in Bihar in 2020, the police said

Updated On: 30 Dec 2021 | 11:39 AM IST

Bihar: Tejashwi, Tej Pratap Yadav seen together after long gap

The relationship between the two had turned sour

Updated On: 29 Nov 2021 | 5:21 PM IST

Lalu Prasad Yadav being held hostage in New Delhi, alleges Tej Pratap Yadav

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tej Pratap Yadav on Saturday alleged that his father and veteran leader Lalu Prasad Yadav has been held "hostage" in New Delhi despite getting bail earlier this year

Updated On: 03 Oct 2021 | 10:01 AM IST

Lalu's sidelined son Tej Pratap Yadav floats parallel organisation

Sidelined in the RJD, founded and headed by his father Lalu Prasad, elder son Tej Pratap Yadav has floated a new students' body with the ostensible aim of strengthening the parent organisation. Yadav launched the Chhatra Janshakti Parishad two days ago and claimed that it was not meant to pose any challenge to the Chhatra RJD, the party's official student wing, but work towards "mobilizing youth at the village level". The maverick MLA came out with the announcement, claiming, as always, that he had "the blessings of Lalu Prasad", at a time when he was left licking his wounds after losing the battle in a tug of war with state RJD chief Jagadanand Singh. Singh, known to be close to Yadav's younger and more powerful sibling Tejashwi Yadav, had earned the wrath of the mercurial elder brother recently when he sacked Akash Yadav as the state president of Chhatra RJD. Though there was no official word on the reasons behind the removal of Akash Yadav, one of the few close friends of Tej ..

Updated On: 07 Sep 2021 | 2:37 PM IST

Poster row: Tej Pratap threatens to file PIL, FIR against journalists

Tej Pratap Yadav came live on his Facebook handle on Monday and angrily threatened to file FIR, Defamation, and PIL against journalists highlighting the controversy

Updated On: 11 Aug 2021 | 8:57 AM IST

Bihar has become 'Lalumay': Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tej Pratap Yadav

In phase two of the Bihar polls, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and son of supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav said Bihar has become 'Lalumay' and everyone looks up to him with respect

Updated On: 03 Nov 2020 | 12:10 PM IST

Voting underway in phase 2 of Bihar polls; Tejashwi, Tej Pratap in fray

Polling got underway in 94 constituencies of Bihar in the second phase of elections which will decide the fate of Tejashwi Yadav and more than 1,450 other candidates

Updated On: 03 Nov 2020 | 7:54 AM IST

Sushil Modi questions Tej Pratap for owning properties worth crores

Sushil Kumar Modi sought clarification from RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav for amassing wealth to the tune of crores of rupees without having any job or business

Updated On: 15 Oct 2020 | 8:47 AM IST

Lalu Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap files nomination from Hasanpur seat

He was accompanied by his younger brother and Grand Alliance chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav

Updated On: 13 Oct 2020 | 11:02 PM IST

Tejashwi to seek re-election from Raghopur, Tej Pratap moves to Hasanpur

Tej Pratap Yadav has relinquished Mahua constituency in Vaishali district this time, and is set to file nomination from Hasanpur, while his brother Tejashwi is seeking re- election from Raghopur

Updated On: 13 Oct 2020 | 9:39 AM IST

FIR against Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap in Dalit leader's murder case

A political storm has erupted ahead of the Bihar elections after an FIR was registered in the Khajanchi Haat police station in Purnia against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and his brother Tej Pratap Yadav

Updated On: 05 Oct 2020 | 4:29 PM IST

Tej Pratap demands Jharkhand Police withdraw case for violating guidelines

RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav demanded Jharkhand Police to withdraw the case against him and others for violating COVID-19 lockdown guidelines as he stayed at the hotel in Ranchi without permission

Updated On: 31 Aug 2020 | 8:23 AM IST

JD(U) won't gain anything from Chandrika Rai joining them: Tej Pratap Yadav

Janta Dal (United) JD(U) will not gain anything from Chandrika Rai joining their party, said former state minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tej Pratap Yadav

Updated On: 21 Aug 2020 | 6:14 PM IST

Bihar: Tej Pratap's father-in-law Chandrika Rai, two other MLAs join JD(U)

Rai's daughter Aishwarya had tied the knot with Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav in May, 2018 though the latter filed a divorce petition barely six months later citing incompatibility

Updated On: 21 Aug 2020 | 1:16 PM IST

Tej Pratap and not Tejashwi, lead from the front at RJD foundation day

He said anyone who comes between him and his brother will be torn like the enemies of the Pandavas were

Updated On: 06 Jul 2019 | 9:03 PM IST

Sidelined by his family, angry Tej Pratap Yadav could cost RJD in elections

Senior party leaders say that Tej Pratap's defiance may cost the party in the coming days

Updated On: 01 Apr 2019 | 2:42 AM IST